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

KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Supracondylar Humerus Fracture

Treatments: Procedure: Modified long arm cast; Procedure: Traditional long arm cast

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06496672

KKWCHWristFree

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 76 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Type I and Type IIa Supracondylar Humerus Fracture

Exclusion criteria

• History of elbow injury
• Polytrauma

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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76 participants in 2 patient groups

Traditional

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group receive the existing treatment, which is a cast that terminates at the palmar bar.

Treatment:

Procedure: Traditional long arm cast

Modified

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group receive the experimental treatment, a cast that terminates at the wrist.

Treatment:

Procedure: Modified long arm cast