# Orthosis of Acute Traumatic Rib Fractures Via RibFx Belt for Pain Alleviation and Improved Pulmonary Function

> **NCT03846024** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of Vermont Medical Center** · enrollment: 27 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rib Fracture
- Rib Fracture Multiple
- Trauma
- Trauma Chest
- Trauma Injury
- Trauma, Multiple

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** RibFx Orthosis Belt

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03846024
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Vermont Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2018-07-25
- **Primary completion:** 2020-04-09
- **Final completion:** 2020-04-09
- **Target enrollment:** 27 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on COVID precautions and restrictions of research in the clinical setting; challenges with participant engagement and data collection post-discharge.
- **Last updated:** 2023-01-12

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03846024

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03846024, "Orthosis of Acute Traumatic Rib Fractures Via RibFx Belt for Pain Alleviation and Improved Pulmonary Function". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03846024. Licensed CC0.

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