A Clinical Trial for the Surgical Treatment of Elderly Distal Radius Fractures

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

304

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 10, 2012

Primary Completion Date

February 3, 2018

Study Completion Date

January 8, 2019

Conditions
Distal Radius Fracture
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Open Reduction and Internal Fixation

Internal fixation with a volar locking plating system

PROCEDURE

External Fixation

External Fixation with a bridging external fixator. Can be done with or without percutaneous pinning.

PROCEDURE

Percutaneous Pinning

Pinning with any number of Kirschner wires

PROCEDURE

Closed Reduction and casting

Closed reduction and immobilization with a cast and/or splint

Trial Locations (24)

11021

North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck

14642

University of Rochester, Rochester

15213

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

19104

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

20114

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

21218

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

27157

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem

27710

Duke University, Durham

28207

OrthoCarolina, Charlotte

40241

Norton Healthcare, Louisville

44109

The MetroHealth System, Cleveland

45459

Kettering Health Network, Centerville

48109

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

55101

HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, Saint Paul

55905

Mayo Clinic, Rochester

73126

University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City

98104

University of Washington, Seattle

06030

University of Connecticut, Farmington

02115

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

02215

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

V3L 3W7

Fraser Health Authority, New Westminster

Unknown

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

National University of Singapore, Singapore

N6A 4V2

University of Western Ontario, London

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

NIH

collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

lead

University of Michigan

OTHER

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