Awake wrist surgery: could a local anesthetic and tiny camera improve fracture repair?
NCT ID NCT06379555
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new way to fix certain wrist fractures using a local anesthetic called WALANT (which keeps you awake but pain-free) and a tiny camera (arthroscope) to guide the repair. The goal is to see if this combination is practical and improves precision, reduces risks, and speeds up recovery. The trial will enroll 12 adults with a displaced wrist fracture and measure how often the procedure can be completed without switching to general anesthesia.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- WALANT anesthesia (wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet) combined with wrist arthroscopy
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a more precise, less risky, and faster-recovering surgical option for wrist fractures.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small exploratory study (12 people) with no control group, so results may not apply broadly. The procedure might fail and require switching to general anesthesia.
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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 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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 70 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: * Patient, male or female, aged ≥ 18 and \< 70 years * Patient with a displaced articular fracture of the distal radius (unilateral wrist fracture) * Patient treated on ambulatory way * Patient affiliated to or beneficiary of a social security system * French speaking patient, having signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with previous infection or wrist bone surgery * Patient with multiple fractures or with bilateral wrist fractures * Patient with associated fracture with the wrist fracture * Patient with "pathological" bone * Protected patient: adult under guardianship, curatorship or other protection legal, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision * Patient hospitalized without consent
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Les Franciscaines (Hôpital privé de Versailles)
RECRUITINGVersailles, 78000, France
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