Operative Versus Non-Operative Treatment for Atraumatic Rotator Cuff Tears
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Official title
Operative Versus Non-Operative Treatment for Atraumatic Rotator Cuff Tears: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Pragmatic Trial
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
Rotator cuff tears are one of the most common reasons to seek musculoskeletal care in the United States and one of the fastest growing ambulatory surgery procedures. However, data on comparison of operative versus non-operative treatment is lacking and urgently needed.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03295994
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 187 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 40 Years to 84 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 19, 2018 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Feb 28, 2025 (Actual)
- Completion
- Feb 28, 2025 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Mar 30, 2026
2018 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 19
- U.S. states
- 16
- U.S. cities
- 17
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | Phoenix | Arizona | 85054 | — |
| University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) | San Francisco | California | 94158 | — |
| Western Orthopaedics | Denver | Colorado | 80218 | — |
| University of Colorado - Denver | Denver | Colorado | 80222 | — |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242 | — |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington | Kentucky | 40536 | — |
| Johns Hopkins | Baltimore | Maryland | 21218 | — |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02118 | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02215 | — |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48106 | — |
| Washington University | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Columbus | Ohio | 43202 | — |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | — |
| Orthopedic Institute | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | 57105 | — |
| Ortho Tennessee - Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic | Knoxville | Tennessee | 37922 | — |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
| University of Texas Southwestern | Dallas | Texas | 75390 | — |
| Ortho Virginia | Richmond | Virginia | 23294 | — |
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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03295994, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Mar 30, 2026 · Synced Oct 24, 2026
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