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The Wrist-Free Study - Comparing Traditional Above Elbow Casts to Ones That Free the Wrist

NCT06496672 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2024-07-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized controlled trial compares clinical outcomes, patient comfort and satisfaction of freeing the wrist in casts for supracondylar humerus fractures in children.

Conditions

  • Supracondylar Humerus Fracture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Modified long arm cast

A shorter cast that frees the wrist

PROCEDURE

Traditional long arm cast

Current standard of care where the cast extends up to the palmar bar

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KK Women's and Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Kenneth PL Wong, FRCS · KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-11-09
Primary Completion
2024-08-31
Completion
2024-08-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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