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Treatment of Olecranon Fractures in the Elderly

NCT04670900 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2025-03-25

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Summary

Operative treatment, with tension band wiring or plate fixation, will be compared with non-operative treatment of displaced olecranon fractures (Mayo classification 2A and 2B) in patients 75 years or older.

Conditions

  • Olecranon Fracture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Active non-operative treatment with optional plaster cast

Patients allocated to non-operative treatment are offered a back-slab in 60 degrees of flexion for pain-relief. The back-slab is removed 7-14 days following injury.

PROCEDURE

Tension band wiring or plate fixation

Choice of operative treatment is TBW or PF with a precontoured anatomical plate. The treating surgeon decides if TBW or PF is chosen as operative treatment method. The surgeries are performed according to OTA principles by an experienced surgeon, a trauma fellow or a consultant as approved by the participating hospitals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oslo University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Frede Frihagen, PhD · University of Oslo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-22
Primary Completion
2025-04-30
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • Norway
  • Sweden

Study Locations

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