Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04081233
Surgical Stabilization for Rib Fractures
The Effect of Early Stabilization of Rib Fractures on Patient-Centered Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 84 (actual)
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to compare the usual care alone to usual care plus early surgical stabilization in adult trauma patients who have been admitted with rib fractures, to evaluate for heterogeneity of treatment effect in high risk subgroups and to determine the the impact of multiple rib fractures on post-discharge health status and time to return to work or usual physical activity.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | surgical stabilization | Surgical procedure utilizing any commercially available internal rib fixation system |
| PROCEDURE | Usual care | Usual care typically consists of breathing exercises and pain control,often including opioids |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-02-23
- Primary completion
- 2022-12-31
- Completion
- 2022-12-31
- First posted
- 2019-09-09
- Last updated
- 2024-04-02
- Results posted
- 2024-02-21
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04081233. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.