# Rapid Sternal Closure System (TALON)

> **NCT00638014** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Duke University** · enrollment: 51 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Sternal Wound Infection
- Mediastinitis

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Rapid Sternal Closure System
- **DEVICE:** Conventional wire closure

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00638014
- **Lead sponsor:** Duke University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-03
- **Primary completion:** 2009-07
- **Final completion:** 2009-07
- **Target enrollment:** 51 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2011-05-02

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00638014

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00638014, "Rapid Sternal Closure System (TALON)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00638014. Licensed CC0.

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