NCT05156749

Short and Long-arm Fiberglass Cast Immobilization for Distal Salter Harris I and II Forearm Fractures in Children

Unterarm-Combicast Versus Oberarm-Combicast Bei Gelenknahen Distalen (Salter Harris I/II) Radius- Und Vorderarmfrakturen Im Kindesalter

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Children's Hospital, Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether short-arm fiberglass cast (SAC) immobilization provides fracture stabilization comparable to that of long-arm cast (LAC) treatment of displaced and non-displaced distal Salter Harris I/II forearm fractures in paediatric patients.

Detailed description

The patients are allocated randomly into the two groups(short-arm cast, long-arm cast). After confirming study participation, patients draw a sealed envelope enclosing a numbered card, which assignes them to one group or other. After choosing the envelope, neither the ED staff nor the parents and their childrenare blinded for the treatment groups. However, the data are going to be analyzed under blinded conditions

Conditions

• Fracture Forearm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	short-arm fiberglass cast	fracture stabilization of salter harris I/II fractures with a fiberglass short-arm cast
DEVICE	long-arm fiberglass cast	fracture stabilization of salter harris I/II fractures with a fiberglass long-arm cast

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-12-07
• Primary completion: 2025-06-30
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2021-12-14
• Last updated: 2024-12-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland