Clavicular Shortening Post-fracture - Does it Change? - a Prospective Study of 70 Patients

NCT ID: NCT02089282

Last Updated: 2014-03-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-03-31

Brief Summary

In an attempt to answer if clavicular length changes after a fracture e.g. that any shortening becomes worse or better, 70 patients will be followed 3 times over 21 days using a novel ultrasound method.

Conditions

Stability of Clavicular Fractures Within the First 3 Weeks

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Clavicle fractures

Ultrasound

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Interventions

Ultrasound

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

All patients who sustain a displaced medial, mid and lateral clavicle fracture from March 2014 to August 2015 referred from Slagelse and Holbæk emergency departments are eligible. The last patients are seen end of mid-July 2015 given the 21 days of follow up.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients that have bilateral clavicle fractures and/or prior operations involving the clavicle are excluded. Malignant diagnoses are excluded.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 17 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Odense University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Holbaek Sygehus

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Holbæk sygehus

Holbæk, Vest-sjælland, Denmark

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Denmark

Facility Contacts

Anders Thorsmark Høj, MD

Role: primary

+ 45 5948000

Anders Thorsmark Høj, MD

Role: backup

athh@regionsjaelland.dk

+45 59484000

Other Identifiers

SJ-369

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id