Clinical trialNCT03709693TerminatedObservational

Clinical Outcomes in Patients Treated With SternaLock Blu

SponsorZimmer BiometEnrollment156Cardiac Surgical ProceduresCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Valve Diseases

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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the rate of deep sternal wound infection at 30 days post-operative following a full median sternotomy in patients treated with SternaLock Blu for rigid sternal fixation. This study will also provide evidence of the clinical performance of SternaLock Blu for up to 90 days using real world evidence methodology. Sternal complications will be reported through 90 days follow up.

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Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a findmyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

Keith Allen, MD
St. Luke's Hospital
Principal Investigator
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Marc Gerdisch, MD
St Franciscan Health
Principal Investigator
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Sites

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

United States

St. Franciscan Health
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Saint Luke'S Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Pllc
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, 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: 14 May 2019
Primary completion: 13 May 2020
Completion: 13 May 2020
Last update posted: 23 Jul 2021
Registered enrollment: 156
Registry id: NCT03709693

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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.