Status:
UNKNOWN
Low Dose Dexamethasone for Distal Radius Fractures
Lead Sponsor:
Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
Conditions:
Post Operative Pain
Distal Radius Fracture
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The addition of the steroid dexamethasone to a single injection of local anesthetic has been shown to significantly prolong the duration of peripheral nerve blockade compared to local anesthetic alone...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients over the age of 18 undergoing open reduction and internal fixation of a distal radius fracture less than 3 weeks from injury with a volar plate technique
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) levels 1 through 3 at time of surgery
- Opioid naïve patients
Exclusion
- History of Drug/opioid/alcohol abuse
- Polytrauma patients
- History of inflammatory disorder, infection, dementia, psychiatric/neurological disorder, relevant drug/local anesthesia allergy, relevant chronic upper extremity pain (RSD, fibromyalgia, neuralgia, etc)
- Excessive BMI
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 10 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 31 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05274113
Start Date
March 10 2022
End Date
March 31 2023
Last Update
March 10 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107