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Sex Hormone Supplementation and Rotator Cuff Repair: A Preliminary Randomized Trial
Led by University of Utah · Updated on 2026-03-19
58
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
303 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
Shoulder tendon tears are a common cause of shoulder pain and disability and after surgery the repaired tendon often does not heal. In this pilot study, men with low sex hormone levels will be randomly assigned to receive sex hormone therapy or placebo pills while healing from tendon repair surgery in their shoulder. Sex hormone therapy increases sex hormone levels, and the investigators will test whether these increased sex hormone levels show promise in improving tendon healing and patient shoulder function and pain.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Sex Hormone Supplementation and Rotator Cuff Repair: A Preliminary Randomized Trial
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- A plan for a primary rotator cuff repair surgery
- Male sex
- Rotator cuff tear greater than 1 cm in width, full thickness involving supraspinatus or infraspinatus tendon
You will not qualify if you...
- Active infection
- Pre-operative testosterone supplementation
- Known diagnosis of secondary testicular failure or testosterone deficiency
- Medically unfit for surgery
- Revision rotator cuff surgery
- Unwillingness to participate or complete post-operative imaging
- Inability to read or understand written instructions
- Prisoner status
- Concomitant patch augmentation or tendon transfer during surgery
- Untreated prostate cancer
- Liver disease
- Pituitary or hypothalamic dysfunction
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84108
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Research Team
P
Peter Chalmers
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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