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Supine Positioning, Fracture Table for Femur Fractures (FLiP Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Daniel Axelrod, MD
Research Sponsored by Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to 6 months
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FLiP Trial Summary

This trial is testing whether it is feasible to do a definitive trial to compare two different ways of positioning patients during surgery to fix a broken femur.

Eligible Conditions
  • Femur Fracture

FLiP Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~six months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and six months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Feasibility to conduct definitive Clinical Trial
Secondary outcome measures
Ventilator - respiratory equipment
Health Related Quality of Life
Length of Hospital, ICU Stay
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FLiP Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: Supine Positioning, Fracture TableActive Control1 Intervention
During the supine fracture table phase, patients will be positioned supine on a fracture table. The operative leg will be placed in a boot, attached to the traction limb. The non-operative leg will either be scissored away from the operating area in a traction boot (without traction placed) or placed in a stirrup at 90 degrees of hip flexion in hemi-lithotomy. A central post will be used to prevent patient movement during application of traction, and all bony prominences will be padded. Fluoroscopy will be obtained through standard practices intraoperative to document assessment of rotation.
Group II: Lateral Positioning, Free drapeActive Control1 Intervention
During the lateral positioning phase, patients will be placed in lateral position after anaesthetic has been provided. A beanbag will be placed below the patient, and the patient will be safely turned to a lateral position. The beanbag will be inflated, the leg will be prepped, and a free drape will be applied. No traction will be used. Alternatively, some participating sites may use stulberg positioners rather than an inflatable beanbag, based on hospital preference. This positioning mirrors the positioning utilized for the direct lateral, posterior or posterolateral approach to a total hip arthroplasty or hemiarthroplasty

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Hamilton Health Sciences CorporationLead Sponsor
368 Previous Clinical Trials
300,893 Total Patients Enrolled
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)OTHER_GOV
1,340 Previous Clinical Trials
26,452,598 Total Patients Enrolled
Hamilton Academic Health Sciences OrganizationOTHER
20 Previous Clinical Trials
4,766 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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How many participants are being included in this clinical experiment?

"Affirmative. The information available on clinicaltrials.gov verifies that this research endeavour, which was first uploaded to the website in October of 2020, is presently enlisting participants. A total of 100 volunteers must be recruited from two separate clinics for completion."

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Is the enrollment period for this research project still ongoing?

"The most recent clinicaltrials.gov records point to this medical trial actively seeking participants; it was posted on October 16th 2020 and received its final amendment on July 26 2021."

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
The FLiP Study, a Pilot Cluster Randomized Trial
2020. "The FLiP Study, a Pilot Cluster Randomized Trial". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03868280.
~22 spots leftby Apr 2025
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