Web-based rehab after wrist salvage surgery

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This trial compares a web-based rehabilitation protocol to conventional face-to-face rehabilitation following wrist salvage procedures for osteoarthritis. It is designed to determine non-inferiority in patient-reported outcomes related to pain and function after surgery. Eligible participants are adults undergoing specified salvage procedures and having access to digital identification. The study is sponsored by Karolinska Institutet with Region Stockholm as a collaborator, and procedures occur at the Södersjukhuset department of hand surgery in Stockholm.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Planned surgery:
* Four corner fusion (4CF)
* Lunate-Capitate fusion (LCF)
* Scaphoid-Trapezium-Trapezoid fusion (STT)
* Radius-Scaphoid-Lunate fusion (RSL)
* Proximal Row Carpectomy (PRC)
* Access to digital identification.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unstable rheumatoid arthritis or other chronic inflammatory arthritis. However, stable inflammatory arthritis with unchanged medication during the last 12 weeks is not an exclusion criteria.
* History of psoriasis arthritis, gout, or pseudogout affecting the hand or wrist.
* Symptomatic OA in nearby joints.
* Inability to co-operate with the follow-up protocol (language difficulties, severe psychiatric disorder, cognitive impairment, drug addiction, inability to use web-based tools).

Where it's running

• Department of hand handsurgery, Södersjukhuset
  Stockholm, Sweden Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Elin M Swärd, PhD — KI Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset
• Study coordinator: Tobias Tandrup, MSc, PhD student
• Email: tobias.tandrup@ki.se
• Phone: +46812364394

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.