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NCT04068935
Buddy Taping Compared to Splint Immobilization for Displaced Paediatric Finger Fractures
NA trial testing fracture immobilization after reduction of displaced finger fractures in Fracture Finger in 50 participants. Completed in 16 January 2023.
16 January 2023
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University Children's Hospital, Zurich |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 50 |
| Start date | 20 August 2019 |
| Primary completion | 16 January 2023 |
| Estimated completion | 16 January 2023 |
| Sites | 1 location across Switzerland |
Drugs / interventions tested
- fracture immobilization after reduction of displaced finger fractures
Conditions studied
- Fracture Finger — all drugs for Fracture Finger →
Sponsor
University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Who can join
Adults 4 to 16, any sex, with Fracture Finger. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Fracture immobilization with Buddy taping is not inferior to Splint immobilization for non-displaced extra-articular paediatric finger fractures. However, whether the same applies for reduced finger fractures is unclear.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Buddy taping after reduction of displaced extra-articular phalangeal finger fractures in children: a randomized controlled trial.
Weber DM, Luckert C, Kalisch M, Subotic U, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 39487748 · DOI 10.1177/17531934241293338
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04068935 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University Children's Hospital, Zurich
- Last refreshed: 16 May 2023
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