Who is sponsoring NCT01737060?

NCT01737060 is sponsored by Oslo University Hospital.

What drugs are being tested in NCT01737060?

Interventions in NCT01737060: Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.

What condition does NCT01737060 study?

NCT01737060 studies Proximal Humeral Fractures, AO/OTA (2007) Group B2 and C2.

Is NCT01737060 still recruiting?

NCT01737060 is currently completed. Last updated 4 October 2022.

Last reviewed 2022-10-04 · How we verify

NCT01737060: DELPHI

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Displaced Proximal Humeral Fractures: Delta Prothesis or Philos Plate?

Completed NA Last updated 4 October 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in Proximal Humeral Fractures, AO/OTA (2007) Group B2 and C2 in 124 participants. Completed in 1 September 2022.

Timeline

1 January 2013

Primary endpoint
1 August 2017

1 September 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Oslo University Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	124
Start date	1 January 2013
Primary completion	1 August 2017
Estimated completion	1 September 2022
Sites	1 location across Norway

Drugs / interventions tested

Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty

Conditions studied

Proximal Humeral Fractures, AO/OTA (2007) Group B2 and C2 — all drugs for Proximal Humeral Fractures, AO/OTA (2007) Group B2 and C2 →

Sponsor

Oslo University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 65 to 85, any sex, with Proximal Humeral Fractures, AO/OTA (2007) Group B2 and C2. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

To investigate the assumption that reversed shoulder prosthetic replacement will give a better functional outcome compared to open reduction and internal fixation with an angular stable plate in displaced proximal humeral fractures. Short name: The DelPhi trial.

Publications & conference data

5 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Is Superior to Plate Fixation at 2 Years for Displaced Proximal Humeral Fractures in the Elderly: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.
Fraser AN, Bjørdal J, Wagle TM, Karlberg AC, et al · · 2020 · cited 136× · PMID 31977825 · DOI 10.2106/jbjs.19.01071
Clinical investigation for displaced proximal humeral fractures in the elderly: a randomized study of two surgical treatments: reverse total prosthetic replacement versus angular stable plate Philos (The DELPHI-trial).
Fjalestad T, Iversen P, Hole MØ, Smedsrud M, et al · · 2014 · cited 20× · PMID 25261913 · DOI 10.1186/1471-2474-15-323
Pegs not superior to screws for fixation of fractures of the proximal humerus.
Bønes I, Karlberg AC, Liljeholm M, Fraser AN, et al · · 2022 · cited 4× · PMID 35109905 · DOI 10.1186/s13018-022-02947-3
Assessment of therapeutic clinical trials for proximal humeral fractures.
Koa J, Fares MY, Daher M, Abboud JA. · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 38556914 · DOI 10.5397/cise.2023.00521
External validity in a multicenter randomized clinical trial of proximal humeral fractures: the DelPhi trial.
Tallay E, Lindberg SK, Lee-Ødegård S, Bjordal J, et al · · 2022 · cited 2× · PMID 33880653 · DOI 10.1007/s00590-021-02982-6

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01737060 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Oslo University Hospital
Last refreshed: 4 October 2022

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