The COBRAS Trial

NYU Langone Orthopedics

Steps to enroll a patient in The COBRAS Trial:

  1. Double check inclusion/exclusion criteria.

  2. Print out the consent form and baseline pain questions (link above).

  3. Fill out the consent form and have the patient sign it. Do not sign it yourself. A study team member will sign the form later.

  4. Complete the pain severity questions with the patient (attached to the consent form).

  5. After you have completed the consent form and baseline pain questions, fill out the enrollment information (link above).

  6. Send Dr. Kingery a text notifying him that you enrolled a patient.

  7. Prescribe the standardized pain medication regimen for the patient.

Inclusion criteria:

  • Patients with a closed, isolated humeral shaft fracture

Exclusion criteria:

  • Open fractures

  • Polytrauma

  • Patient or attending preference to acutely fix operatively

  • Current malignancy or concern for pathologic fracture

  • Prisoners