NCT06848023

Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty vs Rotator Cuff Repair for 60+

Clinical Outcomes of Patients 60 Years of Age and Older: Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Versus Rotator Cuff Repair Involving Three Tendon Tears

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 74 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Campbell Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 95 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To compare the one year outcomes between 60 year old patients with a three tendon tear treated as part of their standard of care with either a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty or rotator cuff repair surgery.

Detailed description

A retrospective record review will be completed to identify eligible subjects who had either a reverse total shoulder arthroplasty or rotator cuff repair to treat their three tendon tear. Medical record abstraction of standard of care will be completed among the reverse total shoulder arthroplasty cohort. Rotator cuff repair subjects will be contacted with a study invitation and scheduled for a single study visit to collect three patient reported outcomes, assess range of motion and complete a ten-minute magnetic resonance imaging exam following signed consent.

Conditions

• Shoulder Injuries
• Shoulder Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty	standard of care treatment reverse total shoulder arthroplasty delivered
PROCEDURE	Rotator Cuff Repair	standard of care treatment rotator cuff repair delivered

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-10
• Primary completion: 2026-09-01
• Completion: 2026-12-01
• First posted: 2025-02-26
• Last updated: 2025-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States