In:
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 34, No. 10 ( 2020-10), p. 524-532
Abstract:
To assess whether the fixation method and vitamin D supplementation affect the risk of patient-important outcomes within 12 months of injury in nongeriatric femoral neck fracture patients. Design: A pilot factorial randomized controlled trial. Setting: Fifteen North American clinical sites. Participants: Ninety-one adults 18–60 years of age with a femoral neck fracture requiring surgical fixation. Intervention: Participants were randomized to a surgical intervention (sliding hip screw or cancellous screws) and a vitamin D intervention (vitamin D 3 4000 IU daily vs. placebo for 6 months). Main Outcome Measurements: The primary clinical outcome was a composite of patient-important complications (reoperation, femoral head osteonecrosis, severe femoral neck malunion, and nonunion). Secondary outcomes included fracture-healing complications and radiographic fracture healing. Results: Eighty-six participants with a mean age of 41 years were included. We found no statistically significant difference in the risk of patient-important outcomes between the surgical treatment arms (hazard ratio 0.90, 95% confidence interval 0.40–2.02, P = 0.80) and vitamin D supplementation treatment arms (hazard ratio 0.96, 95% confidence interval 0.42–2.18, P = 0.92). Conclusions: These pilot trial results continue to describe the results of current fixation implants, inform the challenges of improving outcomes in this fracture population, and may guide future vitamin D trials to improve healing outcomes in young fracture populations. Although the pilot trial was not adequately powered to detect treatment effects, publishing these results may facilitate future meta-analyses on this topic. Level of Evidence: Therapeutic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0890-5339
DOI:
10.1097/BOT.0000000000001773
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2020
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2041334-8
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