Total vs. Reverse Shoulder Replacement: Pain Relief Two Years After Surgery

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Arthritis

In brief

Specific Aim: To compare early postoperative pain relief in patients over the age of 70 who undergo either Total Shoulder Arthroplasty or Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty in treatment of glenohumeral osteoarthritis. Hypothesis: Early postoperative pain relief will be greater in those undergoing Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01884077

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

19

Starts

2012-11-01

Expected to finish

2016-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-12-05

Who can join

Age: 70 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 70 or older,
• have radiographic signs of osteoarthritis (narrowing of the glenohumeral joint space, marginal osteophytes around the humeral head, progressive changes with sclerosis and subcortical cystic formation and flattening of the humeral head),
• intact rotator cuff but with atrophy or fatty degeneration (defined as Grade II atrophy noted on preoperative shoulder ultrasound),
• objective weakness as measured with Isobex testing,
• limited forward elevation (less than 90 degrees)

You may not qualify if…

• patients who present with pain secondary to inflammatory arthropathy,
• obvious full-thickness rotator cuff tear,
• cuff tear arthropathy,
• revision arthroplasty,
• fracture or trauma,
• patients who had previous rotator cuff repair or prior open surgery prior to shoulder arthroplasty.
• pregnancy

Where it is running

• Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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