Pillow or traction? small study tests better pain care for elderly hip fracture patients
NCT ID NCT03185663
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study tested two ways to manage pain in patients aged 70 and older who had a hip fracture and were waiting for surgery. One method used a continuous pulling technique on the skin, and the other used a pillow placed between the legs. The goal was to see which approach caused less pain during washing before surgery. Only 40 people took part, so the results are very early and not conclusive.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- traction-stuck (continuous pulling method) and a pillow between the legs
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could identify a better way to manage pain and prevent pressure ulcers in elderly patients waiting for hip fracture surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It does not test a new drug or cure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2017
- Finished
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May 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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70 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: * Patient aged 70 and over, * Extracapsular fracture isolated from the proximal end of the femur, * Informed consent of the patient for participation in the study, * Patient affiliated to a social security scheme. Exclusion Criteria: * Restlessness or fragile skin condition that may prevent the establishment or maintenance of traction stuck preoperatively * Insane or confounding Pathology, * Predictable time before operation\> to 72 hours (eg anticoagulated patient orally before the fracture \[antiplatelet agents are allowed\], other associated diseases: urinary tract infection, pneumonia ...) * Patient under guardianship, curatorship, or under judicial protection.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Limoges Hospital
Limoges, 87042, France
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