Skip the cast? new study tests immediate wrist movement after fracture surgery
NCT ID NCT05150925
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two recovery approaches after wrist fracture surgery: moving the wrist right away versus wearing a cast for two weeks. Researchers want to see which method helps patients return to work sooner and improves wrist function. About 240 adults aged 18-65 with a broken wrist will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Immediate mobilization (no cast) vs. 2-week cast immobilization
- What this could lead to
- If immediate mobilization works better, patients could return to work and daily activities sooner after wrist fracture surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center trial with 240 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Immediate movement might increase pain or healing issues in some patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 240 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Intra- or extra articular DRF (Colles, Smith, Volar barton) * operative treatment justified Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate in the study * Open fracture with a severity greater than Gustilo grade 1 * Patient aged less than 18 or over 65 * Patient does not understand written or spoken guidance in local languages * Pathological fracture * Previous fracture in the same wrist or forearm in the last 10 years, that has led to impairment of function * Ipsilateral fracture in upper extremity * Associated fractures of the ulna (except fractures of the PSU) * Polytrauma
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Danderyds Sjukhus
Danderyd, Sweden
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Kuopio University Hospital
Kuopio, Finland
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Laura Kärnä
Tampere, Finland
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Sundsvalls sjukhuset
Sundsvall, Sweden
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Teemu Karjalainen
Jyväskylä, Finland
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