What this means
This trial plans to compare surgery with non-surgical care for a displaced shoulder fracture. It is still recruiting, so it does not yet show which treatment works better.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 50–65
- Where
- 2 sites
The science
- Registered title
- Surgical Versus Non-surgical Treatment of Displaced Proximal Humerus Fracture in Adults Aged 50 to 65 Years
- Trial ID
- NCT06416618 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Proximal Humeral Fracture, Shoulder Fractures
- What is tested
- Surgical, Non surgical
- Sponsor
- Zealand University Hospital
- Ages
- 50 Years to 65 Years
- Dates
- First posted May 16, 2024 · updated Sep 18, 2025
Registry summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to study whether surgery results in better functional outcomes than non-surgical treatment among patients aged 50-65 with a displaced proximal humerus fracture.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does osteosynthesis result in better patient-reported functional outcomes compared to non-surgical treatment at 12 months follow-up?
Aim is also to characterize the patient group aged 50-65 regarding fracture morphology, osteoporosis, and clinical frailty scale.
The study compare operation with either plate or nail fixation to non-surgical treatment.
Participants will:
- Receive either surgical treatment or non-surgical treatment.
- At 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years, the patient will answer two short questionnaires (Oxford Shoulder Score and Eq-5D-3L).
The primary outcome will be Oxford Shoulder Score at 12 months. The secondary outcome will be OSS at 6 and 24 months and EQ-5D-3L score measured at the same time-points. Adverse events and conversion to surgery will be registered. OSS and EQ-5D-3L will be completed just before the 6 months visit.
Sites (2)
- Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Region Sjælland, Denmark
- Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland