# Flail Chest - Rib Fixation Study

> **NCT01147471** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Virginia Commonwealth University** · enrollment: 24 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Flail Chest

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** operative rib fixation
- **PROCEDURE:** operative rib fixation surgery

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01147471
- **Lead sponsor:** Virginia Commonwealth University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2010-09
- **Primary completion:** 2014-08
- **Final completion:** 2014-08
- **Target enrollment:** 24 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Insufficient enrollment
- **Last updated:** 2015-08-06

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01147471

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01147471, "Flail Chest - Rib Fixation Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01147471. Licensed CC0.

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