Three Cancellous Screws Versus Four Cancellous Screws for Femoral Neck Fixation

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorPeking University Third Hospital

About this trial

This study is a prospective randomized controlled clinical study. Patients with femoral neck fracture (AO classification 31-B) will be randomly divided into three-screw fixation group and four-screw fixation group. The internal fixation failure rate (IFFR) and functional outcomes of the two groups will be compared and the patients will be followed up to 2 years after surgery.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age ≥18 years

Patients with unilateral femoral neck fractures that will be treated with internal fixation

According to AO fracture classification, subjects with the fracture type (31-B)

Subjects (with the help of relatives) can understand the informed documents and patient questionnaires.

Disqualifiers

Subject does not provide voluntary consent to participate in the study.

The researcher believes that the subjects have conditions that affect the participation and follow-up of this study. (for example, the patient lives in a remote area or has difficulty in going back to the hospital for follow-up or does not cooperate with the medical guidance and suggestions of the surgeon.)

The subjects were pregnant or lactating women.

The researchers believe that the subjects have psychological disorders, which may affect the treatment outcome.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • three cancellous screws

    Device

    All patients with femoral neck fractures will be randomly divided into 2 groups at a ratio of 1:1. Three screws for internal fixation in the three-screw group, and three cancellous screws with an inverted triangle pattern are used to fix the fracture of femoral neck.

  • four cancellous screws

    Device

    All patients with femoral neck fractures will be randomly divided into 2 groups at a ratio of 1:1. Four screws for internal fixation in the four-screw group, and the fourth screw will be implanted in the horizontal direction of the femoral distance on the basis of the three screws.

Treatment groups

290 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: three-screw groupActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: four-screw groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Internal fixation failure rate

defined as the total incidence of internal plant cut-out and fracture

Time frame
from operation to 2-year follow-up after the surgery

Secondary outcomes

1

Number of Participants with Bone nonunion

evaluate bone healing according to the lateral X-ray examination. According to the regulations of Food and Drug Administration of the US, if there are no obvious signs of fracture healing 9 months after the fracture, or if there is no obvious difference in fracture space after three consecutive months, it is defined as nonunion.

Time frame
from operation to 9-month follow-up after the surgery
2

Harris hip score

the score value is from 0 to 100, and a higher score means a better outcome

Time frame
from operation to 2-year follow-up after the surgery
3

operation time

from the incision to internal fixation implanted.

Time frame
intraoperative
4

The times of intraoperative fluoroscopy

average 25 milliseconds per X-ray shot, record the number of X-ray shot

Time frame
intraoperative

Other outcomes

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