Suprapatellar Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures

October 17, 2023 updated by: Spectrum Health Hospitals

Suprapatellar Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures: Long Term Follow Up

To investigate the functional outcomes and prevalence and severity of knee pain for patients undergoing suprapatellar nailing of tibial shaft fractures.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

Suprapatellar nailing...

Participants will be followed for 10 years prospectively. Follow up visits will occur at 2 weeks, 6weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 3 years, 5 years, 7 years and 10 years.

Interim analysis will be done at 1, 3, 5, and 7 years with final analysis occuring at 10 years.

Primary and secondary endpoints in patients undergoing suprapatellar nailing of tibial shaft fractures are:

  1. To evaluate the long term presence of knee pain
  2. To evaluate the long term functional outcomes

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

38

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients presenting with tibial shaft fractures.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Isolated, unilateral tibial shaft fractures
  • Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) classification of 42 and may extend to 43A or 43B
  • age 18-65, including pregnant women
  • open or closed fractures
  • able to sign consent
  • english speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • compartment syndrome
  • other lower extremity injuries that will affect functional outcomes
  • problems maintaining follow up (homeless, not willing to return for follow up)
  • pathological fractures
  • prisoners
  • previous retained hardware in the injured leg
  • injuries requiring vascular repair

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Long term presence of knee pain
Time Frame: 10 years
During follow up visits participants will be administered the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain intensity short form 3a and Pain interference short form 8a. These forms will be analyzed together to determine an overall presence of knee pain.
10 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Long term functional outcomes
Time Frame: 10 years
During follow up visits participants will be administered the Lysholm knee score and the PROMIS Mobility measure. These forms will be analyzed together to determine the overall long term function of the participants.
10 years
Knee Range of Motion (ROM)
Time Frame: 10 years
During follow up visits the participants knee ROM will be measured
10 years
Fracture Healing
Time Frame: 10 years
During follow up visits fracture healing will be evaluated
10 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Blake W Miller, DO, Spectrum Health Hospitals

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 24, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 30, 2016

First Posted (Estimated)

April 5, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 18, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 17, 2023

Last Verified

October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2016-027

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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