Status:

COMPLETED

Comparison of Bioactive Glass and Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate as Bone Graft Substitute

Lead Sponsor:

Turku University Hospital

Conditions:

Bone Neoplasm

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

This study is designed to perform a head-to-head comparison of two synthetic ceramic bone graft substitutes, bioactive glass (BAG) and beta-tricalcium phosphate (TCP), in filling of contained bone def...

Detailed Description

This study is designed to perform a head-to-head comparison of two synthetic ceramic bone graft substitutes, bioactive glass (BAG) and beta-tricalcium phosphate (TCP), in filling of contained bone def...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with primary or recurrent benign bone tumor or tumor-like condition that requires operative treatment by means of tumor evacuation and defect filling
  • Pathological fractures of patients in Stratum I are treated by means of conservative treatment for three months before tumor surgery

Exclusion

  • History of acute or chronic local infection
  • History of malignancy (excluding carcinoma basocellular) within past 5 years
  • A history of local radiotherapy
  • A known metabolic skeletal disease (such as osteoporosis, Paget's disease or osteomalacia)
  • Medication affecting bone turnover (oral bisphosphonates, PTH, sodium fluoride, strontium ranelate, calcitonin, testosterone, systemic cortico- or anabolic steroids)
  • Any plans to use phenol or other chemical/thermal method of local tumor control
  • Pregnancy
  • Any other condition that in the judgment of the investigator, would prohibit the subject from participating in the study or may hinder the collection of data and interpretation of the results

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00841152

Start Date

March 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2018

Last Update

March 16 2021

Active Locations (5)

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Helsinki University Hospital

Helsinki, Finland, 00029

2

Kuopio University Hospital

Kuopio, Finland, 70211

3

Oulu University Hospital

Oulu, Finland, 90220

4

Tampere University Hsopital

Tampere, Finland, 33521