Post-Op Rotator Cuff Pain Study With Subacromial Bupivacaine Infusion

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Rotator Cuff Tear

In brief

Subacromial pain catheters have been used with uncertain efficacy for many years after rotator cuff repair to aid in postoperative pain control. Our null hypothesis is that postoperative subacromial continuous infusion bupivacaine catheters will provide no pain control benefits over placebo infusions or no catheter use.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01126593

Run by

Orlando Health, Inc.

People needed

96

Starts

2008-12-01

Expected to finish

2010-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-11-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Full thickness rotator cuff tear
• Pre operative MRI
• Patients who are medically stable to undergo the surgery
• Patients who consent to involvement in the study

You may not qualify if…

• Prior surgery on the involved shoulder
• Preoperative MRI suggesting that the rotator cuff tear is unrepairable
• Patients with known allergies to oxycodone, bupivacaine or a similar drug
• Workman's compensation patients
• Patients who do not fill out their visual analog scores or their medication diaries.

Where it is running

• Orlando Orthopaedic Center — Orlando, Florida, United States

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