EASY Algorithm Trial (Elbow Trauma Assessment Using Sonography in Children and Youth) Diagnostic Accuracy and Safety of Point-of-care Ultrasound as a Screening Tool for Suspected Elbow Fractures in Children Aged 5 to 15 Years: a Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study
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Conditions studied: Elbow Fractures, Distal Humerus Fracture, Pediatric Trauma, Radius Fracture, Olecranon Fracture, Supracondylar Humerus Fracture
In brief
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the safety and accuracy of ultrasound as a screening tool to detect broken bones (fractures) in the elbow area in children and youth aged 5 to 15 years. The main question it aims to answer is: \- Can ultrasound reliably show that there is a fracture in the elbow area after an accident? Participants will: * Have an ultrasound of their elbow to look for fluid in the joint. * Have standard X-rays of their elbow to check if there is a fracture. * Have their medical records checked and answer a phone call 6 weeks later to see how their elbow has healed (only if no fracture was found during the first visit).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07429344
- Run by
- Timo Munz
- People needed
- 543
- Starts
- 2026-03-02
- Expected to finish
- 2027-01-15
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-08
Who can join
Age: 5 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- children and adolescents aged 5-15 years with anamnestic and clinically justified need for the exclusion of a fracture after elbow trauma
You may not qualify if…
- elbow trauma as part of a polytrauma,
- parents' insufficient German language skills (spoken or written),
- trauma more than 72 hours ago,
- presentation at the emergency room with current, post-traumatic external X-ray images of the affected elbow joint from another clinic or practice,
- open fracture of the affected elbow joint,
- skin avulsion of the affected elbow joint,
- visible deformity of the affected elbow joint,
- and pathological status of peripheral circulation, motor function, and/or sensitivity.
Where it is running
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin — Berlin, Germany (enrolling)
- Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln — Berlin, Germany (enrolling)
- Klinikum Chemnitz — Chemnitz, Germany
- Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden — Dresden, Germany
- BG Klinikum Duisburg — Duisburg, Germany
- Universitätsklinikum Freiburg — Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf — Hamburg, Germany
- Klinikum Kassel — Kassel, Germany
- Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck — Lübeck, Germany
- Klinikum Stuttgart — Stuttgart, Germany
- Klinikum St. Marien Amberg — Amberg, Germany
- Universitätsklinikum Tübingen — Tübingen, Germany
- Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch — Berlin, Germany
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