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Influence Of Zoledronic Acid On Healing After Arthroskopic Repair Of Chronic Rotator Cuff Lesions A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Trial ZORRO

Phase 2
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Trauma (rupture of a tendon)
Osteoporosis
Registration Number
2024-519082-22-00
Lead Sponsor
AUVA Trauma Center Vienna
Brief Summary

Longitudinal investigation of zoledronic acid on tendon integrity via magnetic resonance imaging at six, twelve, twentyfour and sixty months after arthroscopic repair of chronic rotator cuff lesions.

Null hypothesis: Adjuvant intravenous therapy with zoledronic acid does not improve tendon healing after arthroscopic reconstruction of chronic rotator cuff tears compared to a control group without adjuvant therapy with zoledronic acid.

Detailed Description

Several aspects of the incidence will be assessed (number of zolpidem consumers, change in consumption profile, and consumption of other sedative drugs) before and after the regulatory framework change.

The epidemiological study will enable us to respond to all these aspects and it will be completed by the observational study with practitioners and patients that have been affected by the regulatory framework change.

General practitioners will be interviewed by phone about their perception of the regulatory framework change, their attitudes towards their patients with zolpidem prescription and the drugs they used if they had changed the patients prescription.

All consumers included in the study will have to fulfill a self-questionnaire about their perception of the regulatory framework change, their attitudes towards their consumption of zolpidem (stop, diminution, replacement) and their favorite replacement drug.

The impact of regulatory prescription change of zolpidem will have a pleiotropic impact which can't be evaluated on a single criterion. It must be considered in a global, multifocal manner. This is why several criteria will be used to assess several incidence and several populations.

These different approaches will enable us to respond to three questions

* What is the impact on the number of consumers? Prevalence and incidence of zolpidem consumers over several periods (before and after the regulatory prescription change) will be evaluated from French National Health Insurance Fund for Employees database.

* What is the impact on consumption patterns of zolpidem? The investigators will assess different patterns of zolpidem consumption (i) occasional use versus chronic use will be assessed from French National Health Insurance Fund for Employees database and from consumers of general medicine and specialized centers for drug addict patients (ii) problematic use (consumption not in accordance with summary of product characteristics according to at least one of these parameters: duration of consumption, dosage, manner in which zolpidem is obtained, route of administration, or seeking psychoactive effects different from hypnotic effect) versus no problematic use will be assessed from French National Health Insurance Fund for Employees database and from consumers of general medicine and specialized centers for drug addict patients.

* What is the impact on consumption of other sedatives drugs? The investigators will look for reports of zolpidem prescriptions on other drugs and if reports are maintained from French National Health Insurance Fund for Employees database, general practitioners will be interviewed about change in their prescriptions and their preferred drug for replacement, and consumers of general medicine and specialized centers for drug addict patients will be asked about their attitudes towards their consumption of zolpidem (stop, diminution, replacement) and their favorite replacement drug.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Authorised, recruitment pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria

 Age between 50 and 70 years  Magnetic resonance imaging verified rotator cuff tear (within 6 months prior to surgery)  Rupture size with a maximum diameter of 3 cm  Willingness to participate in the study  Willingness to participate in a unified physiotherapy with use of a shoulder abduction pad for four weeks postoperatively

Exclusion Criteria

 Patients younger than 50 or older than 70 years of age  Pregnancy  Known allergy to zoledronic acid or other components of the medicinal product  Previous fracture of the affected shoulder  Previous surgery of the affected shoulder  Previous or existing bacterial infection of the affected shoulder  Rupture of more than two tendons in the affected shoulder (massive rotator cuff tear)  Isolated subscapularis tendon tear  Presence of glenohumeral osteoarthritis (Hamada type 3 or higher)  Diabetes mellitus (fasting glucose ≥ 126 mg/dl, HbA1C ≥ 6.5%)  Malignant tumor disease  Pathological dental status  Known disease that interferes with bone metabolism  Concomitant diseases that do not permit general anesthesia  Previous therapy with anti-osteoporotic drugs (bisphosphonates, denosumab, teriparatide)  Epilepsy  Claustrophobia  Chronic alcohol abuse  Drug abuse

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
 Tendon integrity 6 months postoperative (no re-rupture/re-rupture)  Tendon integrity 12, 24 and 60 months postoperative (no re-rupture/re-rupture)

 Tendon integrity 6 months postoperative (no re-rupture/re-rupture)  Tendon integrity 12, 24 and 60 months postoperative (no re-rupture/re-rupture)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Fatty muscle infiltration, shoulder abduction and adduction, shoulder anteversion and retroversion, shoulder rotation internal and external, shoulder strength, pain evaluation, Constant-Murley-Score, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Score, Subjective Shoulder Value

Fatty muscle infiltration, shoulder abduction and adduction, shoulder anteversion and retroversion, shoulder rotation internal and external, shoulder strength, pain evaluation, Constant-Murley-Score, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Score, Subjective Shoulder Value

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AUVA Trauma Center Vienna

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Vienna, Austria

AUVA Trauma Center Vienna
🇦🇹Vienna, Austria
Jakob Schanda
Site contact
+5939345201
jakob.schanda@auva.at

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