# Hard-soled Shoe Versus Short Leg Walking Cast for a Fifth Metatarsal Avulsion Fracture: A Randomized Multicenter Noninferiority Trial

> **NCT02050698** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital** · enrollment: 96 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Metatarsal Fracture
- Treatment

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Protected weightbearing in a hard-soled shoe
- **PROCEDURE:** Protected weightbearing in a short leg walking cast

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02050698
- **Lead sponsor:** Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2014-01
- **Primary completion:** 2016-01
- **Final completion:** 2017-01
- **Target enrollment:** 96 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2015-10-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02050698

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02050698, "Hard-soled Shoe Versus Short Leg Walking Cast for a Fifth Metatarsal Avulsion Fracture: A Randomized Multicenter Noninferiority Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02050698. Licensed CC0.

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