Actively Recruiting

Phase 3
Age: 18Years - 64Years
All Genders
NCT04678154

Evaluation of a New Strategy for Protocolized Antibiotic Care for Severe Open Fractures: SEXTANT

Led by Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium · Updated on 2025-05-13

1200

Participants Needed

31

Research Sites

307 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

M

Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium

Lead Sponsor

U

United States Department of Defense

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

The proposed study is a multi-center, prospective randomized controlled trial comparing current standard of care treatment to the SEXTANT treatment protocol in patients with Type III open fractures of the tibia and IIIB fractures of the ankle and hindfoot.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Evaluation of a New Strategy for Protocolized Antibiotic Care for Severe Open Fractures: SEXTANT

Who Can Participate

Age: 18Years - 64Years
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Have an injury meeting at least one of the following: Gustilo type III tibia fracture (OTA 41, 42, 43) needing second surgery for final debridement and wound closure, Gustilo type IIIB ankle fracture (OTA 44), Gustilo type IIIB calcaneus fracture (OTA 82), Gustilo type IIIB talus fracture (OTA 81), or traumatic trans-tibial amputation needing delayed primary closure or flap coverage
  • Be between 18 and 64 years old
  • May have risk factors for infection such as diabetes, steroid use, HIV, or other infections
  • May have a traumatic brain injury
  • May have other fractures including spine, upper limb, pelvis, hip, femur, or foot
  • May have been initially treated at a different hospital if wound closure was not done before joining the study
  • May have injuries on both limbs if one limb is rated more severe and only that limb is enrolled
  • May have other infections not related to tibia or hindfoot
  • May have any method of fracture stabilization (nail, plate, external fixator, cast)
  • May have had a fasciotomy
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Currently receiving treatment for an infection at the wound, implant, or fracture site related to the study
  • Likely unable to maintain follow-up due to severe psychiatric illness, intellectual disability without family support, living outside hospital area, planning follow-up elsewhere, being a prisoner, or lacking contact information

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 31 locations

1

Stanford University

Redwood City, California, United States, 94063

Actively Recruiting

2

_University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94110

Actively Recruiting

3

University of California at San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94110

Actively Recruiting

4

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045

Actively Recruiting

5

St Mary's University/Tenent Health

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, 33407

Actively Recruiting

6

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303

Actively Recruiting

7

Indiana University School of Medicine - Methodist Hospital

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

Actively Recruiting

8

Indiana University/Eskenazi Health

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

Actively Recruiting

9

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40506

Actively Recruiting

10

LSU Health Sciences

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112

Actively Recruiting

11

University of Maryland , MD Department of Orthopaedics

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201

Actively Recruiting

12

Walter Reed Military Medical Center

Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20889

Actively Recruiting

13

Harvard/Mass General/Brigham Hospitals

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Actively Recruiting

14

Hennepin County Medical Center / Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55415

Actively Recruiting

15

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216

Actively Recruiting

16

Dartmouth Hitchcock

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03766

Actively Recruiting

17

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

Jamaica, New York, United States, 11418

Actively Recruiting

18

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514

Actively Recruiting

19

Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28203

Actively Recruiting

20

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157

Actively Recruiting

21

METROHealth

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44109

Actively Recruiting

22

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43201

Actively Recruiting

23

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104

Actively Recruiting

24

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19140

Actively Recruiting

25

Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02905

Actively Recruiting

26

Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02905

Actively Recruiting

27

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232

Actively Recruiting

28

University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Actively Recruiting

29

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903

Actively Recruiting

30

Inova Fairfax MEdical Campus

Falls Church, Virginia, United States, 22042

Actively Recruiting

31

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

S

Suna Chung, MPH

CONTACT

S

Susan C Collins, MSc

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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