Evaluation of Surgical Treatment on Pain and Disability for Chronic, Non-healing Rib Fracture
CompletedPhase 4NCT00774618
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Individuals with non-healing rib fractures may experience significant pain and disability. This is called rib fracture non-union, an unusual problem and one that most physicians have little experience with. The investigators hypothesize that surgical repair of rib fracture non-union is clinically efficacious and safe in 6 month follow-up. The objective of this study is to evaluate how repairing non-healing rib fractures affects pain and disability.
Study details
- Official title
- Prospective Trial of Operative Management of Rib Fracture Non-Union
- Conditions
- Rib Fracture
- Interventions
- Device: Resection with or without plate fixation
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Collaborators
- ACUTE Innovations, LLC
- Start date
- 2008-10
- Primary completion
- 2011-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects must be at least 18 years of age 2. Subjects must have rib fracture non-union (3 months or greater since injury), confirmed with Chest CT or MRI 3. The subject will have signed an IRB approved written informed consent and HIPAA authorization to participate in the study 4. Subjects will be able to participate in interviews with study staff and complete study surveys reliably Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects who are enrolled in another investigational treatment trial 2. Subjects who have received an investigational drug or device within 30 days of enrollment 3. Female subjects who are pregnant
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00774618