Status:
COMPLETED
Distal Radius Buckle Fracture Follow up Study
Lead Sponsor:
The Hospital for Sick Children
Collaborating Sponsors:
Physician Services Incorporated
Conditions:
Distal Radius Fracture
Eligibility:
All Genders
5-17 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators will be enrolling children with distal radius buckle fractures, treating them with a removable splint and randomizing them to follow up as needed vs required follow up with a primary...
Detailed Description
Buckle fractures of the distal forearm that include the radius are the most common fracture in childhood, and the risk of this fracture occurring is about 1 in every 25 children.Despite the high frequ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Otherwise healthy children aged 5 to 17 years who present to the study ED within three days of a wrist injury that is diagnosed in the ED as a distal radius buckle fracture will be eligible for enrolment. Furthermore, approximately 15% of children with this fracture have an associated ulnar buckle or ulnar styloid fracture. In previous similar research, children with these associated ulnar fractures were included in the study population. Thus, distal radius buckle fractures with or without an associated buckle/styloid fracture of the distal ulna will be eligible for participation.
Exclusion
- Children at risk for pathologic fractures such as those with congenital or acquired bony disease (Appendix I).
- Congenital anomalies of the extremities which may complicate clinical or radiographic assessment.
- Multisystem trauma and multiple fractures of the same limb since these patients would require additional management and follow-up beyond that of an isolated buckle fracture.
- Patients cognitively and developmentally delayed such that they are unable to communicate pain or have limited performance in activities of daily living at baseline.
- Past history of ipsilateral distal radius/ulna fracture within 3 months of enrollment.
- Patients who do not have phone or electronic mail access. This will preclude follow up of these patients.
- Patients in whom the English language is so limited that consent and/or follow up is not possible.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 30 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
149 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03248687
Start Date
April 1 2018
End Date
November 30 2019
Last Update
May 12 2020
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Kathy Boutis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G1X8