Clinical trialNCT00819286CompletedInterventional

Evaluation of Primary Plating in Sternotomy Patients for Osteosynthesis and Pain

SponsorZimmer BiometEnrollment140MediastinitisPainSternal Non-unionSternal Wound Infection

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Summary

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The goal of this study is to evaluate sternal osteosynthesis, chest wall pain and return to normal activity in open heart surgery patients who had their breast bone closed either with wires or plates.

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Investigators

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Brian DeGuzmann, MD
St. Joseph's Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
Principal Investigator
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H Edward Garrett, Jr, MD
Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, TN
Principal Investigator
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Jai Raman, MD
University of Chicago
Study Chair
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Kenton Zehr, MD
Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX
Principal Investigator
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Michael Wong, MD
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Principal Investigator
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Sven Lehmann, MD
Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany
Principal Investigator
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Sites

6 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Germany

Leipzig Heart Center
Leipzig, Germany

United States

St. Joseph'S Heart and Lung Institute
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, United States
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Scott & White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Nov 2008
Primary completion: 31 Jan 2011
Completion: 31 Dec 2011
Last update posted: 13 Feb 2018
Registered enrollment: 140
Registry id: NCT00819286

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.