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Comparing Forearm and Upper Arm Combi Cast for Distal Forearm Fractures in Children

NCT03297047 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2019-09-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The standard treatment for children with closed reduction of displaced distal forearm fractures is an immobilization with an upper arm combicast. The hypothesis is that an forearm immobilization with combicast in children 4-16 years might be sufficient.

Conditions

  • Salter-Harris Type I
  • Salter-Harris Type 2
  • Radius Fractures
  • Forearm Fracture

Interventions

DEVICE

combi cast

upper arm or forearm combi cast

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Children's Hospital, Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Georg Staubli, Dr. med · Emergency department, University Children's Hospital Zurich

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-02
Primary Completion
2019-08-29
Completion
2019-08-29

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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