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Mindfulness/Meditation (MM) for Rotator Cuff Tears

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Waitlist Available
Led By Michael Banffy, MD
Research Sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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 6months post-op
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether a meditation app can help reduce pain and opioid consumption for individuals who have had surgery.

Eligible Conditions
  • Rotator Cuff Tears

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6months post-op
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6months post-op for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
number of opioid pills
visual analog scale
Secondary outcome measures
Patient reported out comes :Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE)
Patient reported out comes: The Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey (VR-12)
compliance of the intervention in the MM groups which will be tracked via the Headspace application.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Mindfulness/Meditation (MM)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
will receive the usual standard of care post-operative pain pills for the involved shoulder with the addition of access to the Headspace application for mindfulness/meditation (Mindfulness/Meditation Group)
Group II: control (CON)Active Control1 Intervention
will receive the usual standard of care post-operative pain pills for the involved shoulder (Control Group)

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLead Sponsor
500 Previous Clinical Trials
164,808 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Rotator Cuff Tears
42 Patients Enrolled for Rotator Cuff Tears
Michael Banffy, MD3.931 ReviewsPrincipal Investigator - Cedar Sinai -Kerlan Jobe
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2 Previous Clinical Trials
105 Total Patients Enrolled
1Patient Review
Banffy's initial diagnosis was correct, but he went against what we had discussed pre-operation — opting for a less invasive procedure. This was despite the fact that he knew it wouldn't solve the root of the problem. He prescribed me months of expensive physical therapy that did nothing. And when I follow up with him, he would frequently miss the appointment. In the end, he decided that I needed the original procedure after all. So not only was his original suggestion correct, but he also wasted my time and money.

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
The Effect of Mindfulness/Meditation on Post-operative Pain and Opioid Consumption
Michael Banffy, MD 2020. "The Effect of Mindfulness/Meditation on Post-operative Pain and Opioid Consumption". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04855968.
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