Status:
COMPLETED
Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures
Lead Sponsor:
Tampere University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Kuopio University Hospital
Jyväskylä Central Hospital
Conditions:
Humeral Fractures, Proximal
Eligibility:
All Genders
60-100 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This trial is designed to compare head-to-head conservative with operative treatment in 2 stratum. Stratum 1: In 2 part fractures the comparison is between conservative treatment and operative treatme...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Low energy proximal humeral displaced (more than 1 cm or 45 degrees) 2 part fracture where fracture line emerges through the surgical (or anatomical) neck
- Low energy proximal humeral displaced (more than 1 cm or 45 degrees) 3 or 4 part fracture
Exclusion
- Refuse to participate the study
- Less than 60 years old
- Non-independent
- Dementia and/or institutionalized
- Does no understand written and spoken guidance in either Finnish or Swedish
- Pathological fracture or previous fracture in the same proximal humerus
- Serious intoxicant dependent, eg. In first aid breathalyzer shows more than 2‰
- Other operational injury in the same upper limb
- Major nerve injury (eg. Complete radialis- or delta palsy)
- Open fracture
- Multi-trauma or -fractured patient
- Fracture dislocation or head splitting fracture
- Undisplaced fracture
- Isolated tuberculum fracture
- Fracture has no precondition to ossify by conservative treatment (no bony contact between fracture parts or the humeral shaft is in contact with the articular surface)
- Treating surgeon considers patient unsuitable to attend the study on medical basis
- Cuff-arthropathy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
250 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01246167
Start Date
January 1 2011
End Date
November 1 2019
Last Update
March 10 2020
Active Locations (6)
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1
Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark
2
Regionaalhaigla, PERH
Tallinn, Estonia
3
Jyväskylä Central Hospital
Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland, 40620
4
Tampere University Hospital
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland, 33521