Vitamin C for reducing the severity of pain post distal radius fracture.
- Conditions
- PainDistal radial fractureAnaesthesiology - Pain managementInjuries and Accidents - Fractures
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614000261617
- Lead Sponsor
- James Cook University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
Patients shall only be included who are undergoing operative intervention with plate, screws, K-wires or external fixation or those undergoing conservative treatment.
We will exclude multi-trauma, patients with diagnosed pain or functional issues with the involved wrist or chronic pain patients. Exclusion of patients who require washouts post initial surgery or require prosthesis removal/readjustment prior to 6 week mark will also be conducted. Because of Vitamin C’s side effect of increasing iron uptake we will also exclude any patients who have a diagnosed or documented history, or family history of iron uptake disorders, eg. Haemachromatosis. Patients under the age of 18 an those with an intellectual or mental impairment will also be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Post operative pain assessed using the 11 point numerical pain rating scale[6 weeks post commencement of treatment ];Function as assessed by the DASH and PRWE score[6 weeks post commencement of treatment ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Audit of wrist fractures at Mackay Base Hospital which will include mechanism of fracture, type of fracture, type of fixation and number of days between injury and fixation. This secondary outcome will allow us to see if any of these factors influence pain at the 6 week mark[6 weeks post commencement of treatment ]