DENS
Duration of External Neck Stabilisation following odontoid fracture in older or frail adults

The main aim of the study is to determine whether earlier removal of a hard collar is associated with a better quality of life in older and frail patients with a fracture of the odontoid process bone in the neck.
Chief Investigator: Dr Paul Brennan
Number and location of participating sites (by region/ country): 25 sites across the UK
EudraCT number: N/A
ISRCTN number: N/A
Funder: NIHR HTA
Start and End date
Of grant award: 01 February 2021 to 31 January 2025
Of recruitment: November 2021 to 31 August 2023
Current Status: Recruiting
Trial Website: N/A
Email: DENS.Trial@ed.ac.uk
UK GDPR Privacy Statement: As part of Patient Information Sheet
Co-sponsor Representative: http://accord.scot/
Chief Investigator
Dr Paul Brennan, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, BioQuarter, University of Edinburgh, EH16 4XU, paul.brennan@ed.ac.uk
Trial Managers
Jennifer Waddell and Bea Selby
ECTU, University of Edinburgh, level 2, NINE Edinburgh BioQuarter, 9 Little France Road, Edinburgh EH16 4UX DENS.Trial@ed.ac.uk
ECTU involvement: Trial management / Statistics / Data base and randomisation / Health Economics.
(UKCRC)