Short Versus Conventional Plaster Cast Fixation Time in Reduced Distal Radius Fractures (GitRa)

Uppsala University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colles' Fracture

Treatments: Device: 10-day cast

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02798614

GR-0102

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the radiographic and clinical outcomes after short versus conventional plaster cast fixation time in reduced distal radius fractures.

Full description

Displaced distal radius fractures treated with closed reduction and plaster cast fixation are radiographed 10 days (range 8-13 days) after reduction and randomized to one of two study arms; immediate removal of plaster cast or continued fixation in plaster cast for another 3 weeks. Radiographic and Clinical outcome measurements at 1, 4 and 12 months

Enrollment: 109 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Distal radius fracture with intact ulna (except for processus styloideus ulnae)
• Dorsal angulation 5-40 degrees
• Axial compression < 4 mm
• Intra articular step-off < 1 mm
• Low energy trauma
• Closed fracture
• Suitable for treatment with closed reduction and plaster cast fixation

Exclusion criteria

• Fracture older than 3 Days
• Previously fractured ipsi- or contralateral wrist
• Dementia
• Inflammatory joint disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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109 participants in 2 patient groups

10-day cast

Active Comparator group

Description:

Removal of plaster cast 10 Days after reduction

Treatment:

Device: 10-day cast

1-month cast

No Intervention group

Description:

Removal of plaster cast 1 month after reduction