NCT06046404

Refraining From Closed Reduction of Dislocated Distal Radius Fractures in the Emergency Department

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 134 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Maasstad Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators test the efficacy of closed reduction in displaced distal radial fractures in the emergency department.

Detailed description

in a multicenter cluster randomized trial the investigators aim to include 134 patients with displaced distal radial fractures awaiting surgery and randomize between closed reduction followed by plaster casting and plaster casting alone. Primairy outcomes are pain in the days leading up to surgery and postoperative hand- and wrist function. Secondary outcomes are length of stay in the emergency department, length of surgey, return to work and complications.

Conditions

• Wrist Fractures
• Distal Radius Fractures
• Closed Reduction of Fracture and Application of Plaster Cast
• Wrist Injuries
• Radius Fracture Distal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	closed reduction	the intervention of closed fracture reduction widely known and part of daily practice. we test the eficacy of this intervention by not performing it in our test group.
PROCEDURE	no closed reduction	no reduction will be performed

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-08
• Primary completion: 2025-05-01
• Completion: 2025-07-01
• First posted: 2023-09-21
• Last updated: 2025-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands