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Last refreshed on: 17 December 2012
Main ID:  NCT00250081
Date of registration: 03/11/2005
Primary sponsor: Shriners Hospitals for Children
Public title: Comparison of Tendon Transfer, Botox Injections and Ongoing Treatment in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy UECP
Scientific title: Multi Center Project: Comparison of Functional Outcomes of Tendon Transfer Surgery, Botulinum Toxin Injections and Regular Ongoing Treatment in Hemiplegic Upper Extremity Cerebral Palsy
Date of first enrolment: February 2005
Target sample size: 38
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00250081
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Countries of recruitment
Canada United States
Contacts
Name:   Michelle James, MD
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Affiliation:  Shriners Hospitals for Children, Northern Calfiornia
Name:   Anita Bagley, PhD
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Affiliation:  Shriners Hospitals for Children, Northern California
Name:   Ann Van Heest, MD
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Affiliation:  Shriners Hospitals for Children, Twin Cities
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- diagnosis of UECP

- aged four to 17 years

- candidate for standard surgical management (tendon transfer)

Exclusion Criteria:

- subject could benefit from procedures in addition to standard surgical
management and releases, and these procedures could be performed at the same
anesthetic (for example, elbow flexor release)

- previous Botulinum toxin injection session in the affected UE in < 1 year

- previous ipsilateral UE surgery

- primary language other than English or Spanish

- subject and/or parent unwilling to attend eight therapy sessions and perform home
exercise protocol



Age minimum: 4 Years
Age maximum: 17 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cerebral Palsy
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Botulinum Toxin injections in Upper Extremity
Procedure: Regularly ongoing therapy
Procedure: Upper Extremity Tendon transfer
Primary Outcome(s)
Scores on functional assessments at initial, 6 month and 1 year post intervention. [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Scores on questionnaires that assess participation and patient satisfaction at initial, 6 month and 1 year post intervention. [Time Frame: 1 Year]
Secondary ID(s)
83004-278826
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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