Distal Radius Interventions for Fracture Treatment

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-10
SponsorAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

About this trial

This protocol describes a multicenter, prospective randomized superiority trial with a patient preference cohort comparing functional outcomes between children treated with sedated reduction versus no formal reduction.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Provision of signed and dated informed consent form by parent or legal guardian

Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study

Male or female, aged 4-10 years

Diagnosis of 100% dorsally displaced radius metaphyseal fracture with any or no ulna involvement

Disqualifiers

Physeal involvement of fracture

Presence of open fracture, pathologic fracture, neuromuscular disease, or metabolic disease

Fractures other than the ulna near the same level in the ipsilateral arm

Fracture cannot be treated with acute reduction due to being older than 10 days

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Reduction
  • Immobilization

Treatment groups

334 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Lead sponsor

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

Collaborator