Status:

COMPLETED

Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery With Administration of Intravenous Tranexamic Acid

Lead Sponsor:

National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

Conditions:

Rotator Cuff Tears

Shoulder Arthorscopy Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Purpose: The study aimed to determine whether intravenous administration of tanexamic acid (TXA) before shoulder arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery can improve arthroscopy visual clarity. Method...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients who were diagnosed with rotator cuff tear and failure of conservative treatment for more than 3 months. The tear size was measured by MRI and must be repairable.

Exclusion

  • Acute traumatic rotator cuff tear.
  • History of coagulopathy
  • Under anticoagulation therapy before surgery
  • Abnormal coagulation profile (prothrombin time or activated partial thromboplastin time) before surgery
  • Renal or liver disorder
  • Uncontrolled hypertension (baseline systolic pressure \>180 mmHg)
  • Allergy to local anesthetic agent or TXA.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 7 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 28 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

72 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04025736

Start Date

June 7 2017

End Date

February 28 2018

Last Update

July 19 2019

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National Cheng Kung University Hospital

Tainan, Taiwan, 704