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Surgery vs. Casting for Displaced Articular Radius Fractures in Elderly

NCT03009890 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 138

Last updated 2023-01-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Objective: to compare the functional outcome after open reduction and internal fixation with non-operative cast treatment for elderly patients with displaced intra-articular distal radius fractures.

Conditions

  • Radius Distal Fracture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Surgery (Open Reduction Internal Fixation)

Either volar of dorsal plating or both

PROCEDURE

Cast treatment

Hospitals may use their preferred protocol

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Maasstad Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Deventer Ziekenhuis

    collaborator OTHER

  • JointResearch

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rudolf W Poolman, Prof. MD PhD · OLVG, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-01
Primary Completion
2022-11-01
Completion
2022-11-01

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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