# Does Vitamin C Reduce Finger Stiffness After Distal Radius Fractures?

> **NCT02216812** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Massachusetts General Hospital** · enrollment: 134 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Finger Stiffness
- Distal Radius Fracture

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** 500 mg vitamin c, 1 pill per day for 6 weeks
- **DRUG:** 1 placebo pill for 6 weeks

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02216812
- **Lead sponsor:** Massachusetts General Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-08
- **Primary completion:** 2017-12-22
- **Final completion:** 2017-12-22
- **Target enrollment:** 134 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-08-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02216812

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02216812, "Does Vitamin C Reduce Finger Stiffness After Distal Radius Fractures?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02216812. Licensed CC0.

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