The Additional Pain Relieving Benefit of Using a Splint in Suspected Wrist Fractures in Adult Patients at an Emergency Department - a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Region Skane
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Pain assessment
Overview
Brief Summary
Randomized clinical trial comparing SAM aluminium splint vs pain relief as usual in patients seeking emergency department care for suspected wrist fractures.
Detailed Description
Randomized controlled trial of suspected wrist fractures in patients seeking emergency department care. Comparison of pain relief. Randomized to standard care or standard care + aluminium splint.
Primary outcome: Numeric rating scale (NRS) pain rating at 1 hour. Secondary outcomes: Pain medication usage between groups. Negative impact on radiology results.
Safety endpoint: Reported side effects
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Suspected distal fracture of radius
Exclusion Criteria
- •No X-ray veriefied fracture.
Arms & Interventions
SAM splint
Recieves SAM splint for pain relief
Intervention: SAM splint (Device)
Control
Treatment as usual
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pain assessment
Time Frame: 60 minutes
Self assessed pain according to NRS (numeric rating scale)
Secondary Outcomes
- Negative impact on radiology(24 hours from enrollment in study.)
- Pain relief medication(24 hours from enrollment.)
- Adverse events(24 from enrollment in ER.)