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CompletedNCT07864441ABCCIUpdated Oct 7, 2026

Preventing Knee Stiffness in Infected Distal Femoral Fractures in Children

An interventional study of Patellar Traction in Infected Distal Femoral Fractures and Knee Stiffness, sponsored by The Second Hospital of Qinhuangdao. Completed. Open to participants aged 7 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-07.

Sponsored by The Second Hospital of Qinhuangdao · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 10 years 8 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2016, registered Sep 2026).
Updated Oct 7, 2026Newly registeredGo to Updates ↓

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
101
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
7 Years to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this observational study is to prevent keen stiffness health in in Infected Distal Femoral Fractures in Children. This prospective study aimed to compare the effects of early patellar traction versus no patellar traction in children with infectious femoral fractures and bone defects on relieving knee stiffness. We hypothesized that early patellar traction could improve knee stiffness, leading to better knee function. The primary outcome was performance-based knee tests, and the secondary outcome is knee function in children.

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Conditions studied

  • Infected Distal Femoral Fractures
  • Knee Stiffness
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In context

Femoral Fractures, Distal

31 studies on the registry are indexed under Femoral Fractures, Distal; 11 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 101 is above the median of 81 across 22 interventional studies indexed under Femoral Fractures, Distal.

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Lead sponsor

The Second Hospital of Qinhuangdao is the lead sponsor of 11 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
7 Years to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • patients age \<18 years
  • simultaneous fractures in the other lower limb that affect daily activities
  • combined bone defects
  • severe knee stiffness (extension deficit >20°)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria

  • age ≥ 18 years
  • concurrent fractures of another lower limb, which affects activities of daily living
  • a lack of a normal opposite limb for functional comparison
  • uncooperative patients;
  • diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease
  • combined diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, or gout.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
101 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Traction group

    patellar traction

    Procedure: Patellar Traction

  • Active comparator
    Non-Traction group

    not patellar traction

    Procedure: Patellar Traction

Interventions

  • ProcedurePatellar Traction
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. knee test

    performance-based knee test

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 2 year

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • 10. Shen Z, Deng Y, Peng A, Zhang Y. Modified Judet's quadricepsplasty plus patellar traction for knee stiffness after femoral fracture surgery. Int Orthop. 2021;45:1137-1145. doi: 10.1007/s00264-020-04823-3. 11. Tandon SC, Thomas PB. Persistent osteomyelitis of the femur--2 cases of exchange intramedullary nailing with gentamicin beads in the nail. Acta Orthop Scand. 1996;67:620-622. doi: 10.3109/17453679608997768. 12. Sundgren K. Cemented modular intramedullary nail in failed knee arthroplasty--a report of 2 cases. Acta Orthop Scand. 1999;70:305-7. doi: 10.3109/17453679908997813. 13. Wasko MK, Kaminski R. Custom-Made Antibiotic Cement Nails in Orthopaedic Trauma: Review of Outcomes, New Approaches, and Perspectives. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:387186. doi: 10.1155/2015/387186.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jan 2016 to primary completion in May 2022, 76 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 26, 2026
First posted
Oct 7, 2026
StartActual
Jan 1, 2016
Primary completionActual
May 30, 2022
CompletionActual
May 30, 2022
Last update
Oct 7, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
Registered
First appeared on the registry. No changes since
Oct 7, 2026
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  1. Oct 7, 2026
    First appeared on the registry

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07864441
Lead sponsor
The Second Hospital of Qinhuangdao
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 7, 2026
Start date
Jan 1, 2016
Primary completion
May 30, 2022
Completion
May 30, 2022
Last update
Oct 7, 2026

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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