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

Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, Usher Building, The University of Edinburgh, 5‒7 Little France Road, Edinburgh BioQuarter ‒ Gate 3, EDINBURGH EH16 4UX DENS.Trial@ed.ac.uk

ECTU involvement: Trial management / Statistics / Data base and randomisation / Health Economics.

(UKCRC)