Long Term Prognosis of MRI Diagnosed Partial Thickness Tears of the Rotator Cuff

Completed

Conditions studied: Rotator Cuff Tear

In brief

Patients diagnosed with partial thickness tears of the rotator cuff are sometimes surgically repaired, while other cases are not. It is unknown how patients fare over time without electing surgical repair and how outcomes differ by type of injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00779415

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

10

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2012-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-02-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients examined at the Hershey Medical Center from 1/1/02-12/31/06 with a documented MRI report of a partial thickness tear of the rotator cuff that was treated non-operatively.

You may not qualify if…

• Full thickness tear of the rotator cuff, surgically repaired rotator cuff, and patients who do not fit criteria listed in inclusion criteria.

Where it is running

• Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.