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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01029574
Other study ID # 0292/08
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
First received December 9, 2009
Last updated December 2, 2014
Start date September 2008
Est. completion date December 2013

Study information

Verified date December 2014
Source University of Sao Paulo
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Brazil: Ethics Committee
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Repair of the rotator cuff has high rates of re-rupture (20-54%), despite good clinical results. Several ways to improve the healing tendon-bone are currently studied, among them the most used is the use of growth factors. The platelet-rich plasma is a source of several growth factors, and is already used in various orthopedic procedures. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma in improve tendon-bone healing in arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs.


Description:

Rotator cuff repair(RCR) is a procedure widely performed in the shoulder surgery, given the high prevalence of this type of injury in the population. Regardless of the approach employed, the procedure consists of the rehabilitation of the rotator cuff to his bed. Despite the clinical results are highly satisfactory (success rate around 85%), studies using ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a rate of re-rupture after surgery 20 to 54%. These levels of re-injury suggest a sub-optimal healing in the bone-tendon interface.

Attempts to improve the healing in place of the RMR has been extensively studied in the orthopedic literature. One is the use of growth factors (GF), cytokines play an important role in chemotaxis, cell proliferation and differentiation, as well as the synthesis of extracellular matrix, and that theoretically could have beneficial role in tissue repair.

The Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) is one of the most studied sources of GF. It is easy to prepare and non-immunogenic (is done with the patient's own blood), and has the further advantage of the presence of several FC (including PDGF, bFGF, TGF-B, VEGF, EGF, CTGF and IGF). This fact is important because the disease have different effects on different receivers during the various stages of healing.

The use of PRP in bone healing has been evaluated in several studies with conflicting results. There are preclinical studies demonstrating the beneficial effect of PRP on tendon and ligament repair. However, there is no published papers showing the effectiveness of the use of PRP on tendon-bone interface.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of PRP in enhancing the healing tendon-bone repair after injury of RC.

Will be operated patients with complete injury (full thickness) of the rotator cuff, divided into two groups randomly. The use of PRP or not will be decided by sealed envelopes, with 20 individuals in each group. The subjects will be assessed pre and postoperatively according to the criteria for the Constant and UCLA and with the help of MRI, being unknown to the evaluators to which group the patient belongs.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 54
Est. completion date December 2013
Est. primary completion date December 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 30 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Pain or functional deficit in the shoulder to justify surgical intervention;

- Complete lesion(full thickness) of the supraspinatus tendon resulting from trauma or degenerative confirmed by MRI;

- Patients skeletally mature, regardless of sex;

- Signing the consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Psychiatric disorders;

- Vascular-nerve lesions affecting the upper limb;

- Pregnancy;

- Immature skeleton;

- Comorbidities unmatched clinically;

- Osteoarthritis of the acromioclavicular joint symptomatic requiring surgical intervention;

- Glenohumeral arthrosis grades 2, 3 and 4 Samilson and Prieto;

- Rotator Cuff Arthropathy grades IB, IIA and IIB of Seebauer;

- Active or recent infection;

- Neuropathic arthropathy;

- Previous surgery on the same shoulder operated;

- Patients with painful pathologies of the cervical spine;

- Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia;

- Patients who do not understand or do not agree with the consent form;

- Fatty degeneration of the muscles of the MR resonance;

- Retraction of the tendon greater than 3cm (MRI or intraoperative);

- Subscapular or Infraspinatus rupture that needs repair (MRI or intraoperative).

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Platelet rich plasma
Ultra-centrifuged PRP, 40ml, in the liquid way, after portal closure.

Locations

Country Name City State
Brazil University of São Paulo São Paulo
Brazil University of São Paulo - Orthopedics and traumatology department São Paulo

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Sao Paulo Criogenesis

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary UCLA Score 12 months Yes
Secondary Constant Scores and Re-tear rate (MRI) 12 months Yes
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