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Registry of Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma and Health Outcomes in Skeletally Immature Children

Recruiting
Conditions
Long Bone Fractures
Registration Number
NCT04207892
Lead Sponsor
AO Innovation Translation Center
Brief Summary

International registry to collect prospective treatment and outcomes data on specific, key non-pathological fractures in children with open physes. Data will be collected during follow-up visits according to standard of care at 3 to 8 weeks, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months

Detailed Description

This international registry will collect prospective treatment and outcomes data on specific, key non-pathological fractures in children with open physes. The long-term goal is to build this registry to include all fractures according to the AO pediatric fracture classification (AO PCCF). However, to establish proof-of-principle and study feasibility, the investigators aim to first begin with the inclusion of a limited number of key long bone fracture types for which optimal treatment and management are under particular debate, or for which substantial clinical equipoise exists. Consequently, the investigators aim to begin with separate registry arms based on defined fracture segments in specific bones. Each registry arm will be defined by a customized set of outcomes to be collected. Participants will be enrolled into these specific arms according to their injury diagnosis. The registry arms will be categorized as follows:

* Proximal humerus fractures

* Distal humerus fractures

* Proximal radius fractures

* Forearm shaft fractures

* Tibial shaft fractures (with/without fibula fracture)

All participants enrolled in the registry will be followed over the course of their treatment from the time of enrolment to end of treatment in accordance with the treating surgeon's regular clinical practice. All relevant information will be recorded at baseline and at each follow-up visit that participants attend at the orthopedic clinic, according to standard of care for each fracture type. A standardized set of prospective data including demographic information, baseline injury information, diagnosis, treatment details and clinical, radiographic, functional, and PROs will be collected for each participant. Data involving additional outcomes or variables may also be collected depending on the specific sub-study or registry arm that the participant is enrolled in.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Radiologically confirmed open physis in the injured bone at time of injury
  • Diagnosis of an isolated fracture according to the AO PCCF
  • Willingness and ability of the patient/parents/legally responsible care giver to participate in the registry, including obtaining imaging and adhering to follow-up procedures according to standard of care in each clinic
  • Willingness and ability of the parent(s) to support the patient in his/her study participation
  • Ability of parents or a legal guardian to understand the content of the patient information/ICF and to sign and date the IRB/EC approved written informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria
  • Radiologically confirmed closed physis in the injured bone at time of injury
  • Polytrauma/multiple fractures
  • Previous fracture of the same anatomical region
  • Underlying musculoskeletal or neuromuscular disorder
  • Present to participating centers with a displaced humeral fracture, tibial shaft fracture, forearm fracture, or femoral neck fracture at greater than 4 weeks postinjury
  • Unable to provide the legal consent
  • Inability of the patient/parents/legally responsible caregiver to participate in imaging and/or FU procedures

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Data collection of fracture and trauma detailsup to 24 months

To analyze the AO Pediatric Long Bone Fracture Classification in terms of utility for treatment decision-making and prediction of fracture outcomes

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Axial deviation and range of motion (ROM)up to 24 months

Axial deviation or difference in ROM in the shoulder (abduction/adduction, internal rotation/external rotation, flexion/extension), elbow (flexion/extension, varus/valgus), wrist (flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, supination/pronation), hip (flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, internal rotation/external rotation (in flexion)), knee (flexion/extension), ankle (flexion/extension, supination/pronation, abduction/adduction)

Patient-reported outcomeup to 24 months

Patient Reported Outcomes of Fracture Healing

Leg length discrepancyup to 24 months

The Leg Length Discrepancy (LLD) will be measured using the standing blocks method

Return to full activityup to 24 months

Time to full weight-bearing, time to full activity, and time to return to kindergarten/school

Implant removalup to 24 months

Assessment if implant removal was done.

Trial Locations

Locations (17)

University of Missouri Health Care

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Columbia, Missouri, United States

Queensland Children's Hospital

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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Children's Hospital at Westmead

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Sydney, Australia

IWK Health Centre

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Halifax, Canada

The Hospital for Sick Children

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Toronto, Canada

Hospital Base Valdivia

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Valdivia, Chile

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

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Ottawa, Canada

Kinderchirurgische Klinik, Klinikum Karlsruhe

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Karlsruhe, Germany

Tamale Teaching Hospital

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Tamale, Ghana

Karamandaneio Children's Hospital

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Patras, Greece

Tejasvini Hospital and Shantharam Shetty Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SSIOT) (Orthopaedics)

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Mangalore, India

Lady Reading Hospital

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Peshawar, Pakistan

Hospital Sant Joan de Dรฉu Barcelona

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Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitario del Rรญo Hortega

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Valladolid, Spain

Hospital Universitario de Caracas

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Caracas, Venezuela

BC Children's Hospital

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Vancouver, Canada

Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka

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Rijeka, Croatia

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