Does aspiration of simple traumatic elbow effusions benefit the patients?

ISRCTN	ISRCTN76668714
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN76668714
Protocol serial number	N0185131394
Sponsor	Department of Health
Funder	Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)

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Not provided at time of registration

Dr D Boon
Scientific

Accident and Emergency Dept
Derriford Hospital
Derriford Rd
Plymouth
PL6 8DH
United Kingdom

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	To ascertain whether aspiration of traumatic elbow effusions reduces pain, increases mobility and quality of life?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning: Traumatic elbow effusion
Intervention	Randomly assigned to aspiration or not.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Parameters of pain, mobility and quality of life will be assessed on presentation, after treatment, one day, one week and 3 months.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	01/10/2007

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Not Specified
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	150
Key inclusion criteria	150 patients with traumatic elbow effusions, or type 1/2 radial head fractures.
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/11/2003
Date of final enrolment	01/10/2007

Accident and Emergency Dept

Plymouth
PL6 8DH
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
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