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This is a Study to Find Out Whether Surgery Using a Metal Plate to Fix a Broken Elbow in Older Adults Leads to Better Recovery and Arm Function Compared to Non-surgical Treatment
Led by Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona · Updated on 2026-02-10
84
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
208 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study takes place in one hospital and uses a random method to divide patients into groups. It looks at the best way to treat a broken elbow (specifically, a displaced olecranon fracture) in older adults who don't use their arms heavily. There are 84 patients in total, with 42 people in each group
CONDITIONS
Official Title
This is a Study to Find Out Whether Surgery Using a Metal Plate to Fix a Broken Elbow in Older Adults Leads to Better Recovery and Arm Function Compared to Non-surgical Treatment
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients with an acute (< 2 weeks) Mayo type 2A or 2B olecranon fracture
- Patients aged > 65 years
- Patients with reduced functional demand, Clinical Frailty Scale score > 2 and < 7
- Patients able to provide informed consent and follow all study procedures
- Signed informed consent for study participation
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients aged < 65 years or with Clinical Frailty Scale score > 7 or < 2
- Fracture seen more than 2 weeks after injury
- Old fracture (> 6 months), pseudoarthrosis, or unhealed nerve injury of the same arm
- Open (Gustilo-Anderson type 2 or 3) or pathological fracture
- Previous severe injury or condition of the elbow causing major functional impairment
- Severe comorbidities preventing safe surgery
- Other acute fracture or nerve damage of the same arm
- Known drug or alcohol abuse
- Inability to follow study procedures (e.g., language barriers, severe comorbidities)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
EOC - Orthopaedics and Traumatology Service
Lugano, Switzerland, 6900
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Research Team
D
Davide Previtali, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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