# A Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing IM Nails and Plate Fixation in Distal Femur Fractures

> **NCT00429663** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Boston Medical Center** · enrollment: 160 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Femoral Fractures

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** reamed, interlocking intramedullary nail
- **DEVICE:** locking periarticular plate

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00429663
- **Lead sponsor:** Boston Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-02
- **Primary completion:** 2014-12
- **Final completion:** 2016-12
- **Target enrollment:** 160 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-05-11


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00429663

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00429663, "A Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing IM Nails and Plate Fixation in Distal Femur Fractures". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00429663. Licensed CC0.

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