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Shoulder fracture surgery under the microscope: new study tracks recovery

NCT ID NCT03328650

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study follows 150 adults who need surgery for a broken upper arm bone (proximal humerus fracture) using the ALPS plating system. Researchers will measure shoulder strength, movement, and pain, and track any complications. The goal is to see how well this surgical tool performs in real-world use.

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Study facts

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Participants

About 150 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Aug 2017

Expected to finish

Dec 2031

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Patients who have suffered a proximal humerus fracture that requires operative intervention using the A.L.P.S Proximal Humerus Plating System.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who present with a proximal humerus fracture requiring primary or revision ORIF using A.L.P.S Proximal Humerus Plating System * Patients who present with a proximal humerus fracture that involves the metaphysis * 18 years or older Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under the age of 18 * Patients who have an infection, sepsis, or osteomyelitis * Patients who are unwilling to take part in study, have documented psychiatric disorder that limits ability to consent and maintain follow-up, or who may have severe problems maintaining follow-up (e.g. patients who are prisoners, homeless, intellectually changed without adequate family support) * Patients who do not speak English (do to unavailability of non-English surveys) * Patients who have known risk factors of pathologic fractures (e.g. bone metastasis) * Patients who have received treatment for osteoporosis (e.g. bisphosphonate) within the last 5 years or whose treatment lasted longer than 5 years * Patients who have Type 1 diabetes * Patients who have other bone disease (e.g. osteogenesis imperfecta, Paget's disease, thyroid disease, Vitamin D deficiency, hyperparathyroidism) * Patients that have a history of cancer, abnormal serum calcium, or chronic steroid use

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

humerus fracture Shoulder Fractures

As listed by the trial registrant

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Proximal humeral fracture

How to take part

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Vanderbilt Orthopaedics

    RECRUITING

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

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