# Sternal Closure With STERNUMFIX in Patients With High Risk

> **NCT01408745** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Aesculap AG** · enrollment: 166 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Sternum Wound Infection
- Nonunion of Fracture of Sternum

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Sternumfix
- **PROCEDURE:** steel wire

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01408745
- **Lead sponsor:** Aesculap AG
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2008-06
- **Primary completion:** 2012-08
- **Final completion:** 2012-11
- **Target enrollment:** 166 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** terminatedd due to insufficient recruitment
- **Last updated:** 2015-04-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01408745

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01408745, "Sternal Closure With STERNUMFIX in Patients With High Risk". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01408745. Licensed CC0.

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