COMPLETED

Does Weightbearing Crutch Technology Impact Patient Compliance?

Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

The goal of this study is to determine if weight-bearing crutch technology that delivers active feedback to patients during their treatment will impact patient compliance with physician instructions.

Official Title

A Randomized, Parallel, Two Arm, Unblinded Single-center Study of the Effects of Patient-provided Feedback on Fracture Healing and Weight-bearing Status in Orthopedic Patients Undergoing Operative Fixation or Non-operative Treatment of Isolated Tibial Plateau, Pilon, and Other Ankle Fractures

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-06-09
Study Completion:2025-07-28
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:COMPLETED

Study ID

NCT05825079

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Willing and able to participate in study and complete consent
  2. * Will undergo treatment of an isolated tibial plateau, pilon, or ankle fracture and placed in a non-weightbearing status with the use of crutches at NYU.
  3. * Have access and use of a mobile phone (exclusively iOS and/or Android devices)
  1. * Patients with concomitant TBI
  2. * Polytrauma patients
  3. * Pathologic fractures
  4. * Prisoners

Contacts and Locations

Principal Investigator

Kenneth A. Egol, MD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
NYU Langone Health

Study Locations (Sites)

NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, 10016
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

  • Kenneth A. Egol, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, NYU Langone Health

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-06-09
Study Completion Date2025-07-28

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-06-09
Study Completion Date2025-07-28

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Fracture Healing