# Short Forearm Casting Versus Below-elbow Splinting for Acute Immobilization of Distal Radius Fractures

> **NCT02679066** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Johns Hopkins University** · enrollment: 200 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Distal Radius Fracture

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Sugar-tong splint
- **DEVICE:** Short forearm cast

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02679066
- **Lead sponsor:** Johns Hopkins University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2014-01
- **Primary completion:** 2019-02
- **Final completion:** 2019-02
- **Target enrollment:** 200 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** lack of consistent enrollment, follow up and results
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02679066

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02679066, "Short Forearm Casting Versus Below-elbow Splinting for Acute Immobilization of Distal Radius Fractures". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02679066. Licensed CC0.

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