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Cast or Operation for Medial Epicondyle Fracture Treatment in Children

NCT05131672 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 334

Last updated 2024-08-30

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Summary

This protocol describes a multicenter, prospective randomized superiority trial of medial epicondyle fracture treatments comparing functional outcomes between children treated with operative reduction and fixation or non-operative immobilization.

Conditions

  • Fracture Elbow

Interventions

PROCEDURE

open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF)

open reduction and internal fixation with pin or screw fixation

PROCEDURE

cast immobilization

immobilization in a cast without reduction

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    collaborator NIH

  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joseph Janicki, MD · Ann and Robert H. Lurie Hospital Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-28
Primary Completion
2027-10-31
Completion
2028-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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