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

ConditionFracture Forearm
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-16
SponsorUniversity Children's Hospital, Zurich

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Salter Harris I or II fracture of the distal radius or a forearm fracture

informed consent

Disqualifiers

open/instable/intraarticular fracture

age <4 years or > 16years

no informed consent

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • short-arm fiberglass cast

    Device

    fracture stabilization of salter harris I/II fractures with a fiberglass short-arm cast

  • long-arm fiberglass cast

    Device

    fracture stabilization of salter harris I/II fractures with a fiberglass long-arm cast

Treatment groups

120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: short-arm fiberglass castExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: long-arm fiberglass castActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Rate of fracture displacement

difference in fracture angulation values either at pre-treatment or during follow-up between the two groups (short-arm cast; long-arm cast)

Time frame
in the first four weeks after trauma

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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