An observational study in Femoral Neck Fractures, sponsored by Stanford University. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 65 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-10.
Sponsored by Stanford University · Observational
The goal of this observational study is to understand how hip function changes over 24 months in adults with minimally displaced femoral neck fractures who are treated without surgery. The study will also describe outcomes for patients who receive surgery as part of their usual clinical care.
Participants will:
207 studies on the registry are indexed under Femoral Neck Fractures; 40 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 100 is below the median of 137 across 60 observational studies indexed under Femoral Neck Fractures.
Browse Femoral Neck Fractures studies →Stanford University is the lead sponsor of 2,168 studies on the registry; 431 are open to participants now.
Of its 267 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 207 (78%) have results posted.
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Patients presenting to Stanford Health Care Emergency Department or Orthopaedic Trauma Clinic
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Exclusion Criteria:
Participants treated non-operatively for femoral neck fractures
Other: Non-operative management
Participants treated operatively for femoral neck fractures
Procedure: Operative management
Patient reported outcome measures and functional outcomes at 6 weeks, 4 months, 12 months and 24 months post injury
Patient reported outcomes and functional outcomes at 6 weeks, 4 months, 12 months, and 24 months post injury
Changes in Modified Harris Hip Score
Changes from baseline to 12 months. The modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS) is a measure of physical function scored from 0 to 100, where higher scores indicate better physical function and lower scores indicate worse physical function.
Time frame: 6 weeks, 4 months, 12 months post injury
Failure of non-operative management
Failure rate of non-operative management defined as conversion to hemiarthroplasty, or total hip arthroplasty.
Time frame: 6 weeks, 4 months, 12 months, 24 months post injury
Changes in Oxford Hip Score
Changes from baseline to 24 months. The Oxford Hip Score is a measure of physical function scored on the 0 to 48 scale. Each of the 12 items scored 0 to 4, higher scores indicating better physical function and lower scores indicate worse physical function.
Time frame: 6 weeks, 4 months, 12 months, 24 months post injury
Changes in health related quality of life
Changes from baseline to 24 months in EQ-5D-5L. EQ-5D-5L is a patient reported outcome measure to measure health related quality of life scored on a 5 to 25 scale where higher scores indicate worse health status and lower scores indicates better health status.
Time frame: 6 weeks, 4 months, 12 months, 24 months post injury
Changes to Barthel Index
Changes from baseline to 24 months. The Barthel index is a measure of a participant's level of functional independence in basic activities of daily living. It is scored on a 0-100 scale, where higher score indicating higher level of independence and lower score indicating higher level of dependence.
Time frame: 6 weeks, 4 months, 12 months, 24 months post injury
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Plan to share: No
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Start is estimated for Nov 2026; primary completion for Dec 2028, 25 months later.
Of 20 observational studies under Femoral Neck Fractures, half reached primary completion within 40 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 28 and three quarters within 120. This study's planned 25 months is below that.
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
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 ↗
This study is not yet recruiting, as verified in Nov 2026. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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