We are happy to announce that the BLOCK Trial protocol has been published in BMJ Open - a renowned, peer reviewed medical journal with open access.

You can read the article here.

A new notable study from Central and Northern Jutland is shedding light on how nerve blocks can help manage Colles fractures in the Emergency Department. The study investigated whether using peripheral nerve blocks (median and radial nerve blocks) during the procedure could improve the quality of the closed reduction.

Interestingly, while patients didn’t report less pain during the closed reduction procedure compared to the standard haematoma block, those who got the nerve blocks ended up with better bone alignment on X-rays and fewer of them needed follow-up surgery.

Professor of Health Psychology at the Department of Psychology at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Bobby Zachariae, experienced inadequate pain management during treatment for a broken wrist – an experience he shared with Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR).

This is exactly the challenge we are addressing in The BLOCK Trial: How can we ensure better pain relief and an improved patient experience?

Read more about Bobby’s experience.

We are very grateful to be funded by Sygeforsikringen “danmark” and for the awareness they help raise for The BLOCK Trial. You can read more about the trial on ‘Sundhedsdonationers' website.

We’re very pleased to announce that University Hospital Copenhagen - Herlev is going to be inclusion site nr. 11. We’re now working at full speed to get the first included and we look very much forward to a great partnership !

We are very pleased to announce that the first patient has been included in The BLOCK Trial on December 11th 2024!

Currently two sites, NOH - Hillerød and Hvidovre Hospital has started the inclusion. The remaining sites are scheduled to start inclusion in January and February 2025. Follow the progress as we update the inclusion chart above.