Midds Ankle Fracture

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  geko™ neuromuscular electrostimulation (NMES) device, pilot feasibility study looking at time to surgery study in patients requiring ankle fixation following fracture, comparison to matched retrospective controls

• IRAS ID

  199766

• Contact name

  Paul Baker

• Contact email

  paul.baker@stees.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Firstkind Ltd

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  NCT02841007

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 4 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  The geko™ device is indicated for the prevention and treatment of oedema. The aim of this study is to show that recruiting, and performing study assessments in ankle fracture patients requiring surgery to fix their ankle attending the James Cook Hospital is feasible, and to obtain data to support the powering of a larger study to demonstrate the effectiveness of the geko™ device at reducing length of stay for this population of patients. This study will also allow us to assess the acceptability, tolerability and compliance of treatment with the geko device.

• REC name

  London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/LO/0380

• Date of REC Opinion

  17 Mar 2016

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion