Comparing ways of reattaching hip muscles after femur replacement surgery
Studies how well people walk after hip muscles are reattached to a femur implant.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Abductor Reattachment Methods in Proximal Femur Replacements: What is the Best Method?
Key facts
- Where
- Durham, United StatesSee the site
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for people who have had, or will have, surgery to replace the top part of the thigh bone (proximal femur) by a bone-cancer surgeon.
- Age
- 16 Years to 75 Years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Earlier treatment
- Has had or is scheduled for proximal femur replacement by an Ortho Oncology surgeon.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Cannot walk before or after the procedure
- Unlikely to complete at least some of the follow-up visits, in the investigator's opinion
Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 16 and 75 years old?
Source: NCT03261544, who can take part
Where in United States
- Duke UniversityDurham, United StatesContact: Elizabeth SachsTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Who runs it
- Duke University
- Trial code
- NCT03261544
- Record updated
- 15 July 2026
- Original description
The purpose of this study is to assess the functional outcomes in patients undergoing proximal femur resection and reconstruction with an endoprosthesis, based on the abductor muscle repair technique. The investigators hypothesize that those patients who receive reattachment of the abductors directly into the prosthesis will have better functional outcomes overall. Furthermore, the investigators plan to develop a simple, cost effective, and reproducible method to assess abductor function at clinical post-operative visits through plain radiographs.Read full original descriptionShow less
Abductor Reattachment Methods in Proximal Femur Replacements: What is the Best Method?
The purpose of this study is to assess the functional outcomes in patients undergoing proximal femur resection and reconstruction with an endoprosthesis, based on the abductor muscle repair technique. The investigators hypothesize that those patients who receive reattachment of the abductors directly into the prosthesis will have better functional outcomes overall. Furthermore, the investigators plan to develop a simple, cost effective, and reproducible method to assess abductor function at clinical post-operative visits through plain radiographs.
Inclusion: Has undergone or is scheduled for proximal femur replacement by an Ortho Oncology surgeon.
Exclusion: Non-ambulatory before or after the procedure; Subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, have not or likely will not complete at least some portion of the investigator's recommended follow-up.