NCT03786679

Non-operative Treatment in Sweden of Proximal Humeral Fractures

Non-operative Treatment in Sweden of Proximal Humeral Fratures, a Randomised Multicenter Trial.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Lars Adolfsson · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Proximal humeral fractures are common especially in the elderly population. The majority of these fractures are minimally displaced and may be treated non-operatively. There is however a controversy about which fractures that need surgery and randomised trials have not been able to show a clinically important advantage in patient reported outcome measures for those operated. The trend is therefore that also displaced and comminute fractures are treated non-operatively. There is however very little scientific support for how the non-operative treatment should be designed and performed. Therefore this prospective multicenter study is aiming at investigating the benefit of a four week immobilisation orthosis as compared to early range of motion exercises for those patients not assigned for surgery one week after the trauma.

Conditions

• Proximal Humeral Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Ultrasling ER III orthosis	Application of orthosis and start of rehabilitation after four weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-25
• Primary completion: 2024-02-25
• Completion: 2024-02-25
• First posted: 2018-12-26
• Last updated: 2023-03-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden