Clinical and surgical parameters can be combined to predict how long it will take a tibia fracture to heal

The FRACTING (tibia FRACTure prediction healING days) Study: Can clinical and surgical parameters be combined to predict how long it will take a tibia fracture to heal? A prospective multicentre observational study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN10831351

Enrollment

519

Registered

2017-06-30

Start date

2010-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-29

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Conditions

Patients who had suffered a tibia fracture. Musculoskeletal Diseases Tibia fracture

Interventions

Patients who had suffered a tibia fracture were recruited in 40 Italian orthopaedic traumatology centres to be surgically treated. The patient's treatment and the time of follow-up were left to the ch

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with post-traumatic fractures type 41-A and B, 42-A-B and C, 43-A and B according to AO classification 2. Fracture treatment within 3 days from trauma 3. Patient age >18 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Fractures involving the tibia plateau and malleolar fractures 2. Patients with autoimmune diseases or neoplasia 3. Patients who could not return to the treating centre for follow-up visits

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Time to healing of a tibia fracture is calculated by correlating surgical and clinical data in a dedicated software used to calculate the score: score versus healing time.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Ability of the score to identify fractures at risk of non-union healing after more than six months.	—

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026