Actively Recruiting
Single Versus Dual Implant Fixation of Distal Femur Fractures
Led by Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Updated on 2026-04-07
144
Participants Needed
16
Research Sites
167 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
W
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Lead Sponsor
U
United States Department of Defense
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare two types of surgical fixation in patients with specific kinds of distal femur fractures. The main questions it aims to answer is which operation for distal femur fractures is better for efficient return to work and everyday activities.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Single Versus Dual Implant Fixation of Distal Femur Fractures
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years
- Surgically treated displaced distal femur extra articular or complete articular fractures
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients with injury features that preclude treatment with 2 implants
- Patients unlikely to follow-up due to homelessness, or planning follow up at another institution
- Body Mass Index (BMI) > 40
- Injury due to ground level fall
- Patient that speaks neither English or Spanish
- Patients with multisystem injuries that could preclude return to work
- Under 18 years of age
- Prisoner
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 16 locations
1
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
Actively Recruiting
2
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
Actively Recruiting
3
Emory University, Grady Memorial Research Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30303
Actively Recruiting
4
Atrium Health Navicent
Macon, Georgia, United States, 31201
Actively Recruiting
5
Louisiana State University
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70112
Not Yet Recruiting
6
University of Maryland, Shock Trauma Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201
Actively Recruiting
7
NYC Health and Hospital/Bellevue
New York, New York, United States, 10016
Not Yet Recruiting
8
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514
Actively Recruiting
9
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28204
Actively Recruiting
10
Atrium Health Cabarrus
Concord, North Carolina, United States, 28025
Actively Recruiting
11
Pennsylvania State University
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
Actively Recruiting
12
Prisma Health- Upstate
Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29605
Actively Recruiting
13
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232
Actively Recruiting
14
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, United States, 77555
Not Yet Recruiting
15
Inova
Fairfax, Virginia, United States, 22031
Actively Recruiting
16
Valley Health
Winchester, Virginia, United States, 22601
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
R
Rachel Seymour, PhD
CONTACT
C
Christine Churchill, MA
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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