Clinical trials: Subtrochanteric Fractures
Osteoporosis, Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Bisphosphonate Users Radiographic Characteristics of the Hip (BURCH) Study
Background: Osteoporosis is a condition where the bone becomes more brittle and more likely to break as a person ages. The drugs that people take to treat this condition have prevented many common hip fractures.
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Bone Diseases, Metabolic, Hip Fractures
- Trial name
- NCT01360099
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Pertrochanteric Fracture, Intertrochanteric Fractures
Pertrochanteric Fracture Fixation In Elderly Adults Using Proximal Femoral Nail Anti-rotation (HERACLES) With a T-shaped Parallel Blade: A New Design
This is a prospective case series of elderly adult patients sustaining pertrochanteric fractures who will be treated by a proximal femoral nail with a non-helical (straight) blade.
- Conditions
- Pertrochanteric Fracture, Intertrochanteric Fractures, Pertrochanteric Fracture of Femur, Closed, Pertrochanteric Fracture of Femur, Open
- Trial name
- Heracles PFN (NCT03911180)
- Testing
- Proximal femoral nail with straight parallel blade
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center