# Helical Blade vs Lag Screw Fixation for Cephalomedullary Nailing of Low Energy Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures

> **NCT04306198** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Instituto Traumatologico Dr. Teodoro Gebauer Weisser** · enrollment: 200 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Hip Fractures

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Osteosynthesis with Trochanteric Fixation Nail (TFN), using a lag screw as a proximal fixation.
- **DEVICE:** Osteosynthesis with Trochanteric Fixation Nail (TFN), using a helical blade as a proximal fixation.

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04306198
- **Lead sponsor:** Instituto Traumatologico Dr. Teodoro Gebauer Weisser
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2020-03
- **Primary completion:** 2021-04
- **Final completion:** 2021-11
- **Target enrollment:** 200 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04306198

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04306198, "Helical Blade vs Lag Screw Fixation for Cephalomedullary Nailing of Low Energy Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04306198. Licensed CC0.

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