Status:
RECRUITING
SupraScapular Cuff Study: Assessing the Effects of Size and Type of Rotator Cuff Tear on Suprascapular Nerve Function
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Conditions:
Orthopedic Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The primary objective of the study is to determine in adult patients with a rotator cuff tear, what size and pattern of rotator cuff tear would result in damage to the suprascapular nerve. The second...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- • All patients age ≥18 years presenting to a UHNM shoulder clinic with a confirmed diagnosis of a rotator cuff tear (affecting one or both shoulders).
Exclusion
- Bony pathology (such as significant shoulder arthritis that would exclude isolated rotator cuff repair)
- Grossly abnormal shoulder anatomy
- Motor Neurone Disease
- Cervical cord disease affecting the SSN nerve roots
- Patients unable to undergo MRI scan
- Previous surgery at the affected glenohumeral joint
- Patients unable to tolerate NCS
- Acute fracture affecting the glenohumeral joint
- Recent glenohumeral joint dislocation (past 12 months)
- Patients unable or unwilling to give full informed consent
- Patients unable or unwilling to comply with the study procedures
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 23 2025
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 30 2029
Estimated Enrollment :
250 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06002009
Start Date
June 23 2025
End Date
September 30 2029
Last Update
September 3 2025
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom