Massachusetts General Hospital
The aim of this project is to assess the effectiveness of the IlluminOss pelvic implants in patients with pelvic metastatic disease presenting with pain, risk of pathologic fracture, non-displaced or minimally displaced pathologic fracture of the pelvis, and geriatric patients with pelvic fragility fractures. Results from this study will be used to confirm preliminary clinically and possibly statistically significant reductions in pain and improvements in function among these patients.
The matrix morphology of the tumors in metastatic bone disease (MBD) may be of blastic, lytic, or mixed characteristics. Cancers of purely lytic or mixed blastic-lytic composition are the most concerning, as they result in local destruction of the cortical and trabecular bone, causing significant pain and increasing the risk of a pathologic fracture. Function and mobility are severely affected in this patient population due to mechanical and oncogenic pain. Prophylactic fixation of impending pathological fractures from MBD has demonstrated significant clinical benefit in terms of reducing mec…
Inclusion criteria: Patients are being targeted because they have already agreed to the undergo the IlluminOss Pelvic Implant for standard clinical care. It is a decision made by the treating surgeon separately from research and prior to mention of the study. 1. Patient is a skeletally mature patient 21 years of age or older (closed epiphyseal plates) who receiving the FDA-approved IlluminOss Pelvic Implant 2. IlluminOss Pelvic Implant is intended to treat pain due to impending or actual non-displaced or minimally displaced pathologic fractures of the pelvis secondary to metastatic malignanc…
Impending or actual non-displaced or minimally displaced pathologic fractures of the pelvis
Pelvic fragility fracture in a geriatric patients (age 65 or older)
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