Upper-Extremity Bone or Joint Surgery: Long Term Outcome

NCT ID: NCT02366221

Last Updated: 2025-11-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Total Enrollment: 750 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 1998-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2027-12-31

Brief Summary

The specific aim of the study is to obtain long-term follow-up information on patients who have completed their standard clinical care in the Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service. The study will help to qualify and quantify long-term recovery and outcomes from uncommon upper extremity fractures, as well as non-fracture bone and joint conditions. The hypotheses vary, but generally focus on the patterns of injury, the results of treatment and the complications encountered.

Conditions

Upper Extremity Fractures; Upper Extremity Non-Fracture Bone and Joint Conditions

Study Design

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

Study Groups

All subjects

Subjects with a history of complex arm trauma

60-minute visit to the outpatient clinic

Intervention Type: OTHER

An interview, an injury-specific physical exam and/or a set of xrays.

Phone Interview

Intervention Type: OTHER

If subject cannot return to office in Boston, researcher may conduct interview over the phone.

Interventions

60-minute visit to the outpatient clinic

An interview, an injury-specific physical exam and/or a set of xrays.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Phone Interview

If subject cannot return to office in Boston, researcher may conduct interview over the phone.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects with a history of complex arm or leg trauma who have completed their normal care in the Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service

Exclusion Criteria

• Vulnerable populations

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Neal Chung-Jen Chen

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Neal Chen, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Massachusetts General Hospital

Other Identifiers

1999P008705

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id