Recruiting
Phase 1
Phase 2

Ultrasound Assisted

Sponsor:

University of British Columbia

Code:

NCT01561573

Conditions

Colles Fracture

Point of Care Ultrasound

Emergency Ultrasound

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 19+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Point of care ultrasound

Study Details

Brief summary:

PURPOSE: to evaluate the utility of bedside ultrasound performed by emergency physicians in the evaluation and reduction of colles fractures as compared with traditional pre and post reduction radiographs. With the objectives of assessing Emergency Ultrasounds (EU) utility in guiding reduction attempts of Colles fractures and to compare EU to x-ray for the final assessment of reduction adequacy.

Conditions

Colles Fracture

Point of Care Ultrasound

Emergency Ultrasound

Study ID

NCT01561573

Start date

Apr, 2012

Status verified date

Apr, 2012

Completion date

Dec, 2012

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2012

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 19+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • > 19 years old
  • Able to provide voluntary and informed consent
  • Distal radius fracture is the main traumatic injury
  • Planned reduction to be performed by the EP
  • Treating EP trained to perform EU for fractures OR one of the study authors available to perform EU

Exclusion Criteria:

  • < 19 years old
  • Patient unable to provide voluntary and informed consent
  • Distal radius fracture is only one of several significant injuries
  • No reduction to be performed by the EP
  • EP not trained to perform EU for fractures AND no study author available to perform EU

Study Design

Enrollment

136 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Diagnostic

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: Ultrasound colles fracture

This is a single arm study

Interventions

Point of care ultrasound

A bedside ultrasound machine will be used to image the colles fracture during the fracture reduction process.

Primary outcome measure

  • Efficacy of Point of care ultrasound in Identifying colles fracture reduction [ Time Frame: 1 year ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Andrew Skinner, MD

6046197384

Locations

St. Paul's Hospital

Recruiting

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6Z1Y6

Contacts

Andrew Skinner, MD

6046197384

Principal Investigator:

Andrew Skinner, MD

Saint John Regional Hospital

Recruiting

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, E2L4L2

Contacts

Paul Atkinson, MD

pandjatkinson@googlemail.com

St. John's Health Science Center

Recruiting

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, A1B 3V6

Contacts

Andrew Smith, MD

ajjsmith1@yahoo.com

Sudbury Regional Hospital

Recruiting

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, P3E5J1

Contacts

Steve Socransky, MD

7055618760

Principal Investigator:

Steve Socransky, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of British Columbia

Last update posted

Apr 24, 2012

Last verified

Apr, 2012

Keywords

  • Point of Care Ultrasound
  • Emergency Ultrasound
  • Colles Fracture
  • Fracture Reduction
  • Bedside Ultrasound

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of British Columbia on 2012-04-24.