# Observational Clinical Study on Elderly Patients With Fracture of the Proximal Femur Treated With the Chimaera Nail

> **NCT05197335** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Orthofix s.r.l.** · enrollment: 206 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hip Fractures
- Subtrochanteric Fractures
- Intertrochanteric Fractures
- Pertrochanteric Fracture

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Chimaera short nail (length = 180 mm) in combination with one or two telescopic cephalic screws

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05197335
- **Lead sponsor:** Orthofix s.r.l.
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-07-09
- **Primary completion:** 2022-03-31
- **Final completion:** 2022-07-31
- **Target enrollment:** 206 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05197335

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05197335, "Observational Clinical Study on Elderly Patients With Fracture of the Proximal Femur Treated With the Chimaera Nail". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05197335. Licensed CC0.

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