Active clinical trials for "Hip Fractures"

Senior hip fracture patients are the most vulnerable to malnutrition and protein deficiency. Low protein intake, like vitamin D deficiency, contribute to an increased risk for hip fracture. Notably, several clinical trials with protein supplementation in senior hip fracture patients resulted in fewer deaths, shorter hospital stay, and a higher likelihood of return to independent living. The proposal is to test the effect of an oral nutritional supplement (ONS) which has been designed to meet the specific nutrient needs of senior bone and muscle health. The hypothesis is that this ONS will improve functional recovery after hip fracture (as measured by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)), improve quality of life, improve muscle mass, and- decrease falls and hospital re-admission after hip fracture.

Improving the patient experience has become a major focus of quality improvement efforts in Ontario and in health systems worldwide. However, our existing knowledge base is relatively under-developed, particularly in how patients experience care as they transition from one care setting to another and the relationship between patient experience and clinical outcomes. The Patient Oriented Discharge Summary (PODS) is a discharge instruction tool created by patients, caregivers, health-care providers and design experts. It provides a written template for providers to engage patients and caregivers when reviewing important instructions on medications, activity and diet restrictions, follow-up appointments and worrisome symptoms warranting emergency care following admission to hospital. The PODS also uses plain and simple wording, large fonts, pictograms, and includes white space for patients to take notes and provides the option for translation of major headings into the most common spoken languages. The PODS impact study will study the impact of using the PODS versus usual discharge instructions on patient experience and health outcomes in a provincial-wide randomized study across acute care and rehabilitation hospitals.

Hip fracture surgery is a major world health care burden and concern, as it has a large and increasing prevalence and carries very high patient mortality, disability and community health care cost. As the commonest cause of mortality is from cardiac complications, and cardiac disease is prevalent and frequently missed by standard care, we hypothesise that earlier and more accurate diagnosis and treatment of cardiac pathology in this cohort will lead to improved outcome. Focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) is a new increasingly popular technique used by doctors that enables earlier and more accurate diagnosis of cardiac disorders that can be performed routinely before hip fracture surgery. Our preliminary data of 64 patients demonstrated that routine FCU before surgery lead to a change in cardiac diagnosis and management in 50% of patients requiring hip fracture surgery, which was associated with a 50% reduction in mortality 12 months after surgery compared with controls. It is therefore important for a large randomised trial to be performed to confirm or rebuke these findings, as if true, would have a very large impact on health care and may also improve health care and outcome in other high-risk surgical populations. The proposed pilot study is a pilot study which aims to establish feasibility, safety, compliance and group separation prior to commencing a definitive multicentre trial.

The Study is a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trials. The Objective is to investigate the effect of single-high-dose glucocorticoid on surgical stress response and postoperative delirium among Elderly hip Fracture Patients undergoing surgery.

The purpose of this study is evaluate postoperative delirium after general anesthesia and regional anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. Our research hypotheses are: (1) regional anesthesia may contribute to decrease the incidence of postoperative delirium. (2) Regional anesthesia may improve the outcome of elderly patient and reduce healthcare costs associated with postoperative delirium. (3) Postoperative delirium may result in poor long-term functional outcomes.

This study evaluates the effect of EXPAREL on total opioid consumption through 72 hours following fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) in subjects undergoing repair of intertrochanteric hip fracture.

This study evaluates the rate of cut-out and fixation failures in helical blade fixation versus lag screw fixation for cephalomedullary nailing of peritrochanteric femur fractures.

The study objective is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral YM150 for prevention of venous thromboembolism in subjects undergoing hip fracture surgery or surgery in the lower extremities.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether TTP889 prevents venous thromboembolism following surgery to repair hip fracture.

The main aim is to assess the effectiveness of introducing a standardized intervention program for treatment of patients with a fragility fracture as measured by changes in the fracture rates and the mortality.