A randomised controlled trial comparing Kirschner wire stabilisation versus manipulation under anaesthesia (MUA) plaster treatment for displaced radial fractures

ISRCTN ISRCTN37842313
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN37842313
Protocol serial number N0231170070
Sponsor Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
Funders Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK), Southampton NHS Trust (UK), NHS R&D Support Funding (UK)
Submission date
29/09/2006
Registration date
29/09/2006
Last edited
01/11/2011
Recruitment status
Stopped
Overall study status
Stopped
Condition category
Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Nick Clarke
Scientific

Dept Orthopaedic Surgery, MP 817
Southampton General Hospital
Tremona Road
Southampton
SO16 6YD
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)23 8079 6140
Email ortho@soton.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study designInterventional
Study designRandomised controlled trial
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectivesTo compare kirschner wire stabilisation versus manipulation under anaesthesia (MUA) plaster treatment in displaced radial fractures.
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedInjury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning: Displaced radial fractures
Intervention1. Kirschner wire stabilisation
2. Manipulation under anaesthesia (MUA) plaster treatment

Please note, this trial was stopped due to poor recruitment.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measure(s)

Not provided at time of registration

Key secondary outcome measure(s)

Not provided at time of registration

Completion date01/04/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)Participant recruitment issue

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexNot Specified
Target sample size at registration30
Key inclusion criteria1. Isolated injury in distal third radius greater than 50% shaft diameter displacement
2. Plus or minus distal ulnar fracture
3. Injury less than 24 hours
4. Above 12 years old
Key exclusion criteria1. Physeal fractures
2. Compound fractures
3. Fractures requiring open reduction
Date of first enrolment20/10/2005
Date of final enrolment01/04/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • United Kingdom
  • England

Study participating centre

Dept Orthopaedic Surgery, MP 817
Southampton
SO16 6YD
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan