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Bone socket formation with a punch for Rotator Cuff Tears (Punch/Drill Trial)

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Led By Matthew J Smith

Research Sponsored by Matt Smith

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 2 weeks to 6 months

Awards & highlights

Punch/Drill Trial Summary

This trial looks at whether different ways of making suture anchor sockets during rotator cuff surgery affects post-op pain.

Eligible Conditions

Rotator Cuff Tears

Punch/Drill Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 2 weeks to 6 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~2 weeks to 6 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 2 weeks to 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

PROMIS Short Form - Pain Interference

PROMIS Short Form - Physical Function

SANE

+1 more

Secondary outcome measures

MRI of the shoulder

Punch/Drill Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Active Control

Group I: Bone socket formation with a punchActive Control1 Intervention

suture anchor socket creation with punch

Group II: Bone socket formation with a drillActive Control1 Intervention

suture anchor socket creation with drill

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Matt SmithLead Sponsor

Matthew J SmithPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Missouri Health System, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is the age restrictions of this research confined to individuals aged forty or fewer?

"The study mandates that participants are between 18 and 80 years old. Additionally, there exists 78 trials for people younger than the age of consent and 461 studies targeting those above retirement age."

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What is the scope of participants in this research project?

"Affirmative. As per the information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical trial is presently searching for volunteers to take part in it; having been posted initially on April 1st 2020 and most recently updated on December 2nd 2021. The clinical experiment requires 100 participants from a single site to be recruited."

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Do I qualify to partake of this clinical experiment?

"This research is searching for 100 participants with postoperative pain, aged 18-80. Those who meet the criteria are eligible to apply."

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Is this clinical trial currently open to participants?

"Affirmative. The data hosted on clinicaltrials.gov affirms that this medical research is still recruiting patients, which was initially posted on April 1st 2020 and has been revised most recently in December 2021. 100 volunteers are needed from a single medical facility."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Punch vs. Drill Tunnel Use for Anchor Tunnel Creation and Correlation With Post-operative Pain

Matt Smith 2020. "Punch vs. Drill Tunnel Use for Anchor Tunnel Creation and Correlation With Post-operative Pain". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04288570.