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Brachial Plexus Nerve Block Versus Haematoma Block for Closed Reduction of Distal Radius Fracture in Adults - The BLOCK Trial. A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial.
Led by Nordsjaellands Hospital · Updated on 2025-06-17
1716
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
120 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of the project is to evaluate the beneficial and harmful effects of an ultrasound-guided brachial plexus nerve block for patients with a distal radius (wrist) fracture in the need of realignment of fractured bone endings without cutting the skin (closed reduction), in comparison to a haematoma block, which is standard care in Denmark. Every participant will receive one of the following types of anaesthesia for the realignment of the wrist fracture: 1. A nerve block of the arm (plexus brachialis block) 2. A haematoma block, which is the current standard anaesthesia in the emergency departments.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Brachial Plexus Nerve Block Versus Haematoma Block for Closed Reduction of Distal Radius Fracture in Adults - The BLOCK Trial. A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial.
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adults (age 2618 years) with a distal radius fracture in need of closed reduction
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients who would never qualify for surgery according to local guidelines
- Lack of informed consent
- No Danish Central Person Register (CPR) number
- Allergies to the trial medication
- Distal radius fracture initially deemed to require surgery regardless of the outcome of the closed reduction
- Open fractures (fracture-related wound requiring sutures)
- Other fractures on the same extremity (NOT including distal ulna fracture(s))
- Bilateral distal radius fractures both requiring closed reduction
- Concomitant medical or surgical condition taking priority over the closed reduction of the distal radius fracture.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Copenhagen University Hospital - North Zealand Hillerød
Hillerød, Capital Region, Denmark, 3400
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Research Team
C
Cecilie D Harwood, MD, PhD-fellow
CONTACT
A
Anders K Nørskov, MD, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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