NCT06876350

Woodcasting Versus Thermoplast Splint in CMC Arthroplasty

Patient Satisfaction for Post-Operative Carpometacarpal Arthroplasty: Wood Casting Versus Thermoplastic Splint

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Foundation for Orthopaedic Research and Education · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is a prospective, randomized, nonblinded trial to evaluate patient preference in splints after having a carpometacarpal arthroplasty.

Detailed description

Patients undergoing carpometacarpal arthroplasty will be randomized into the woodcast or thermoplast splint after their surgery to see which is preferred using compliance and surveys.

Conditions

• Carpometacarpal (CMC) Joint Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Woodcasting Splint	This is the experimental group so we could see the outcomes and preference for patients using surveys and compliance scores
OTHER	Control (Standard treatment)	Thermoplastic splints are standard of care treatment for patients after CMC arthroplasty. We will use the data from this group as the comparator to the experimental group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-03
• Primary completion: 2025-05-31
• Completion: 2025-06-30
• First posted: 2025-03-14
• Last updated: 2025-03-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States