Time to Healing in Displaced Pediatric Diaphyseal Forearm Fractures Treated With Bioabsorbable Compared to Titanium Intramedullary Nails
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Summary
NIH has registered a new clinical trial (NCT07536581) comparing bioabsorbable intramedullary nails to titanium elastic intramedullary nails for treating displaced pediatric diaphyseal forearm fractures. The randomized controlled trial will assess fracture healing time on X-ray, complications, recovery, function, and family experience. Children requiring surgery will be randomly assigned to either treatment group.
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NIH registered a new clinical trial on ClinicalTrials.gov. The study will enroll children with displaced diaphyseal forearm fractures requiring surgical treatment and randomly assign them to receive either bioabsorbable or titanium intramedullary nails.
For healthcare providers and clinical investigators, this registry entry provides notice of an active randomized controlled trial investigating whether bioabsorbable nails can reduce the need for second surgery while maintaining comparable healing rates. The study collects outcomes including radiographic healing time, complications, functional recovery, and family experience measures.
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Time to Healing in Displaced Pediatric Diaphyseal Forearm Fractures Treated With Bioabsorbable Compared to Titanium Intramedullary Nails
N/A NCT07536581 Kind: NA Apr 17, 2026
Abstract
This study looks at children with forearm fractures that need surgery. The standard treatment uses titanium nails, which usually need to be removed in a second operation later. This study compares titanium nails with bioabsorbable nails, which gradually dissolve in the body and may help some children avoid another operation.
The study will compare how quickly the fractures heal on X-ray, and also look at complications, recovery, function, and the family's experience. Children who need surgery will be randomly assigned to one of the two treatments so the comparison is fair.
Hypothesis: The researchers expect that fractures treated with bioabsorbable nails will heal almost as quickly as fractures treated with titanium nails, while reducing the need for later implant removal surgery.
Conditions: Forearm Injuries, Radius Fractures, Ulna Fractures, Fractures, Bone, Child, Adolescent, Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary, Internal Fixation, Orthopedic Operations, Polymers, Fracture Healing, Radiography, Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
Interventions: Bioabsorbable intramedullary nail, Titanium elastic intramedullary nail
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