Zimmer ActivBraid Rotator Cuff Repair (RCR) Study

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Conditions studied: Rotator Cuff Repair of the Shoulder

In brief

We will enroll up to 65 patients undergoing primary arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (RCR) using ActivBraid™Collagen Co-Braid suture (Zimmer Biomet) and evaluate RCR healing as well as shoulder range of motion, strength, and patient-reported outcomes at 6m, 1y and 2y.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06971497

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

65

Starts

2025-08-11

Expected to finish

2029-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-08-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18-75 years
• acute or chronic, reparable, 1-5 cm full thickness tear of the supraspinatus and/or infraspinatus tendons

You may not qualify if…

• prior ipsilateral shoulder surgery
• outstanding worker's compensation claim
• symptomatic cervical spine disease
• a frozen shoulder
• advanced glenohumeral arthritis
• isolated subscapularis tear
• significant radiation exposure for other medical reasons.
• known is advance to be claustrophobic
• known history of hypersensitivity to bovine-derived materials.

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States (enrolling)
• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States (enrolling)

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