Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
A0053
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Intervention
Intravenous regional (Biers) block to the affected arm using either:
1. 30 ml normal saline, or
2. 15 mg guanethidine in 30 ml 0.5% pritocaine
Intervention type
Drug
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
15 mg guanethidine in 30 ml 0.5% pritocaine
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/1999
Overall trial end date
01/01/2001
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Closed, unilateral fracture of the distal radius
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/1999
Recruitment end date
01/01/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Bristol
BS2 9HW
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)
Sponsor details
Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7TD
United Kingdom
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info@arc.org.uk
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Arthritis Research Campaign (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=12002497
Publication citations
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Results
Livingstone JA, Atkins RM, Intravenous regional guanethidine blockade in the treatment of post-traumatic complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (algodystrophy) of the hand., J Bone Joint Surg Br, 2002, 84, 3, 380-386.