A study to compare the efficacy of platelet rich plasma versus dextrose for management of rotator cuff tear with shoulder joint pain.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M751- Rotator cuff tear or rupture, notspecified as traumatic
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/03/018230
- Lead Sponsor
- ESI Institute of Pain Management
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1) Refractory to 2 month conservative treatment
2) Diagnosis confirmed by MRI
1) Patient refusal.
2) Bleeding diathesis and preoperative platelet count <125,000 or less likely
3) RC tears secondary to fracture and dislocations, patients with an associated
dislocation at the time of study
4) RC tears that underwent prior surgical repair or revision arthroscopy
5) preexisting conditions associated with upper extremity pain, including impingement,
arthritis, ongoing infection, carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical neuropathy, other
nerve pathologies, local malignancy, and systemic disorders (uncontrolled diabetes,
hypothyroidism), gross shoulder instability.
6) problems with follow-up and patients in another on-going trial that would interference with the assessment of the primary or secondary outcomes
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain in Numeric Rating ScaleTimepoint: Before injection, After 8 weeks and 12 weeks of injection
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of Life assessed by University of California at Los Angeles Shoulder scale (UCLA)Timepoint: Before injection, After 8 weeks and 12 weeks of injection