Microfracture at Proximal Humerus Lateral to Footprint Could Enhance the Rotator Cuff Healing

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Rotator Cuff Tears, Micro Fracture

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether there is any effect on rotator cuff healing by making microfracture at the lateral side of the footprint. The main question it aims to answer are: * \[whether the lateralized microfracture could decrease the retear rate after arthroscopy rotator cuff repair.\] * \[whether the lateralized microfracture could improve the functional recovery after arthroscopy rotator cuff repair.\] Participants with medium to larger size rotator cuff tears will be randomly assigned to the study group treated with lateralized microfracture immediately after arthroscopy rotator cuff repair or the control group treated with conventional arthroscopy rotator cuff repair without microfracture.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05624164

Run by

Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University

People needed

88

Starts

2022-10-01

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2022-11-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Medium to large Rotator cuff tear(1cm-5cm) diagnosed by MRI
• Patients can complete the follow-up and comply with all post-operative rehab instructions
• Failure of non-operative treatment for at least 3 months

You may not qualify if…

• Revision rotator cuff surgery
• Partial thickness rotator cuff tears
• Small (less than 1cm) and Massive (greater than 5cm) rotator cuff tears
• Disease history of the affected shoulder
• Systemic immune diseases
• Irreparable rotator cuff tear

Where it is running

• Afiliated Hospital of Nantong University — Nantong, Jiangsu, China (enrolling)
• Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University — Nantong, Jiangsu, China

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