Clinical and Structural Outcome After Early Repair of the Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tear
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01557309 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: March 19, 2012
Last Update Posted
: August 17, 2016
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The optimal timing for surgical repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears is controversial. Today there are no prospective studies investigating the short to mid-term outcome after early arthroscopic repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears and the Swedish National Musculoskeletal Competence Centre requests more research to this subject. The investigators will follow 60 patients with acute rotator cuff tear undergoing early rotator cuff repair during the first year after surgery.
The investigators hypothesise that the outcome after rotator cuff repair is good.
Condition or disease |
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Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear |
There exists controversy in the current literature regarding timing for surgical repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears. We have seen no prospective studies describing the progression of shoulder function improvement the first year after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
We hypothesize that early arthroscopic repair of traumatic rotator cuff tears yields successful functional and structural outcomes but there will be a progression of shoulder function improvement during the hole first postoperative year.
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 60 participants |
Observational Model: | Case-Only |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Arthroscopic Repair of Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tears. A Prospective Trial |
Study Start Date : | November 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 2014 |

- Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC) [ Time Frame: Two years ]
- Constant Shoulder Score (CS) [ Time Frame: One year ]
- standardised measure of health status with EQ-5D [ Time Frame: Two years ]
- cuff integrity [ Time Frame: One year ]
- Complications [ Time Frame: within one year ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples Without DNA

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- trauma to the shoulder with sudden onset of symptoms
- asymptomatic shoulder before trauma
- mr positive for full thickness rotator cuff tear
Exclusion Criteria:
- fracture
- severe comorbidity
- more than 6 weeks after trauma
- glenohumeral degeneration signs or osteoarthritis on x-ray

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01557309
Sweden | |
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Helsingborg Hospital | |
Helsingborg, Sweden, 25187 |
Study Director: | Karl Lunsjo, Ass Prof | Helsingborgs Hospital |
Publications:
Responsible Party: | Knut Aagaard, MD, MD., Lund University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01557309 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
KAstudy2 |
First Posted: | March 19, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 17, 2016 |
Last Verified: | August 2016 |
Keywords provided by Knut Aagaard, MD, Lund University:
traumatic rotator cuff tear arthroscopic rotator cuff repair age early rotator cuff repair |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Rotator Cuff Injuries Rupture Wounds and Injuries Shoulder Injuries Tendon Injuries |