Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Time to Healing, Loss of Fixation, and Loss of Alignment in Supracondylar Distal Femur Fractures Among a Geriatric Population Treated With Abaloparatide: A Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study
Brief Summary: Supracondylar femur fractures in the geriatric population present a unique challenge to the orthopaedic surgeon both in terms of fixation, healing, and final extremity axial alignment.
Pulsed dosing of parathyroid hormone derivatives (Forteo) has been shown to increase bone mass, and several studies in Europe have demonstrated its benefit as an adjuvant for fracture healing.
Abaloparatide represents a new compound which similarly offers great potential for accelerating fracture healing, especially healing associated with callous formation.
This is a randomized, double blind placebo-controlled trial to compare a group of patients being treated for supracondylar distal femur fractures who receive abaloparatide (n=38) with a control group of patients who receive a placebo (n=38).