Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Code:

NCT05785182

Conditions

Trauma Injury

Trauma

Open Fracture

Fracture Infection

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Open Fracture

Infected Fracture

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a pilot prospective, observational study of patients with open or infected fracture evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of OCT, a light-based imaging modality that requires no drug or contrast agent.

Conditions

Trauma Injury

Trauma

Open Fracture

Fracture Infection

Study ID

NCT05785182

Start date

Mar 27, 2023

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Jun, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 years or older
  • Open fracture
  • Fracture Related Infection

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Metatarsal fractures

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Open Fracture

High energy open fracture.

Infected Fracture

Infected open or closed fracture.

Interventions

Open Fracture

Patients 18 years of age or older with open fracture. Provision of informed consent.

Infected Fracture

Patients 18 years of age or older with infected fracture. Provision of informed consent.

Primary outcome measure

  • Feasibility and acceptability of OCT imaging [ Time Frame: 36 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Holly B Symonds

603-653-9440Holly.B.Symonds@hitchcock.org

Devin S Mullin

603-650-6032Devin.S.Mullin@hitchcock.org

Locations

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Recruiting

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03766

Contacts

Holly B Symonds

603-653-9440Holly.B.Symonds@hitchcock.org

Devin S Mullin

603-650-6032Devin.S.Mullin@hitchcock.org

Principal Investigator:

Ida L Gitajn, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Last update posted

Jul 22, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center on 2026-07-22.