Metal plate aims to hold together tough knee fractures
NCT ID NCT06028971
First seen Sep 09, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are observing how well a metal bone plate called the Biphasic Plate Distal Femur works when surgeons use it to fix fractures of the lower thigh bone. The study follows 60 patients whose breaks sit just above the knee, including fractures around hip or knee replacements. Doctors track complications linked to the surgery or the plate and check X-rays to see whether the bone heals properly.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Biphasic Plate Distal Femur, a metal bone plate used to fix fractures of the lower thigh bone
- What this could lead to
- If the plate performs well, surgeons could have a reliable option for fixing complex fractures around the knee, including breaks near hip or knee replacements.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational case series with 60 patients and no comparison group, so it cannot prove the plate works better than other implants. Some fractures may fail to heal or the plate may loosen, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Eledgible patients will be identified at the sites (primary care clinics)
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with fractures of the distal femur requiring internal fixation and treated with the Biphasic Plate DF as indicated according to the IFU. As per the IFU, the Biphasic Plate DF is indicated for: * Distal shaft fractures * Supracondylar fractures * Intraarticular fractures * Periprosthetic fractures * No other major implant beside the Biphasic Plate DF is used for fixation of the distal femur fracture, with the exceptions of lag screw(s) and/or cerclage wire(s), and/or a joint replacement. * Patients who are willing and able to comply with postoperative FUs per local standard of care. * Ability to provide informed consent according to the IRB/EC defined and approved procedures. * Patients over 18 years of age Exclusion Criteria (preoperatively): * Patient is participating in another interventional clinical trial. Exclusion Criteria (intraoperatively): * Change of surgical plan intraoperatively at the discretion of the surgeon that Biphasic Plate DF is not used * Necessity to apply a second (medial) plate (double plating) or an intramedullary nail in case of critical fixation distally
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Diakonie Jung-Stilling Siegen
Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, 57074, Germany
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Kantonsspital Graubünden
Chur, Kanton Graubünden, 7000, Switzerland
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Univeritätsklinikum Münster
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, 48149, Germany
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Universitätsspital Basel
Basel, 4031, Switzerland
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Universitätsspital Zürich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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