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Treatment of the Biceps With Concomitant Supraspinatus Tears
Led by La Tour Hospital · Updated on 2025-04-25
180
Participants Needed
4
Research Sites
260 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The long head of the biceps (LHB) tendon is thought to be a common source of shoulder pain and dysfunction in patients with rotator cuff pathology. Tenotomy and tenodesis have been shown to produce favourable and comparable results in treating LHB lesions, but a controversy still exists regarding the treatment of choice. Some suggest that tenotomy should be reserved for older, low-demand patients, while tenodesis should be performed in younger patients and those who engage in heavy labor. Proponents of tenotomy suggest that this is a technically easy procedure that leads to easy rehabilitation and fast return to activity with a low complication and reoperation rate. However, those who support LHB tenodesis list good preservation of elbow flexion and supination strength, improvement of functional scores, elimination of pain, and avoidance of cosmetic deformity as benefits of the procedure. Alternatively, the LHB can be maintained in the joint without tenodesis or tenotomy. In fact, it has not been clearly shown that LHB tenodesis or tenotomy leads to improved outcomes compared to leaving the biceps tendon intact.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Treatment of the Biceps With Concomitant Supraspinatus Tears
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patient voluntarily consents to participate in the study and has the mental and physical ability to participate in the study, fill out subjective questionnaires, return for follow-up visits, and comply with prescribed post-operative physical therapy.
- Full thickness tear of the supraspinatus tendon
- Intact subscapularis tendon
- Primary rotator cuff repair
- Age 50-80
You will not qualify if you...
- Previous full thickness biceps tear
- Infection and neuropathic joints
- Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse
- Patients incapable of judgement or under tutelage
- Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, contraindication for MRI scan etc.
- Enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons
- Patient declines to participate in study
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 4 locations
1
Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
Actively Recruiting
2
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
Actively Recruiting
3
Group 23 Sports Medicine
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T3B 6B7
Actively Recruiting
4
la Tour hospital
Meyrin, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, 1217
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Alexandre Lädermann, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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