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Full-thickness Rotator Cuff TearPhase 4NCT04895280

Effectiveness of Corticosteroid vs Ketorolac Shoulder Injections

A Phase 4 study testing Ketorolac, Marcaine and Kenalog in people with Full-thickness Rotator Cuff Tear and Rotator Cuff Tendinitis, run by Michael Khazzam at 1 site in United States.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the functional outcomes of patients with shoulder pathology treated with either ketorolac or corticosteroid injections, in a randomized double-blinded study. Investigators will compare the effectiveness of ketorolac compared to corticosteroid. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
Ketorolac, Marcaine and Kenalog
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Nov 2024to Nov 2028
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age: > or = 18 years old
  • Rotator Cuff Tendinitis
  • Atraumatic Full-thickness Rotator Cuff Tear
  • Subjects who speak English
  • Women who are of non-childbearing potential

Who cannot join

  • Age: < 18 years old
  • Prior Shoulder Surgery
  • Fracture
  • Acute Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tear
  • Infection
  • Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus (HbA1c >8)
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  • Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
  • Recent Prior Shoulder Injection in either the Subacromial space Workers Compensation
  • History of Peptic Ulcer disease (includes both Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers), Gastrointestinal perforation, Inflammatory Bowel disease (Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's disease), or any other gastrointestinal pathology
  • Tumor Involving the Shoulder Region
  • Prior history of gastrointestinal bleeding, allergic reactions, impaired renal function, seizures or cardiac arrhythmias
  • Subject unable to provide informed consent
  • Subjects who don't speak English
  • Patients who are pregnant or lactating at time of screening or are of pregnant bearing age
  • Patients currently receiving an aspirin, NSAID regimen or any other anti-inflammatory agents that could affect inflammation response.
  • Patients taking any anti-platelet agents, warfarin or other anticoagulants, or SSRIs.
  • Patients with any bleeding disorders such as coagulopathy, hypercoagulable state, or platelet disorders including thrombocytopenia.
  • Patients with cardiac disease such as congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, or myocardial infarction.
  • Patients with severe renal failure. Patients with severe liver impairment or active liver disease.
  • Patients with heavy alcohol use; this is defined as consuming 8 or more drinks per week for a woman and 15 or more drinks per week for a man.
  • Patients likely to have severe problems maintaining follow-up, including patients diagnosed with severe psychiatric conditions, patients who live too far outside the hospital's catchment area, patients who are incarcerated and patients who have unstable housing situations. Patients with a known hypersensitivity to bupivacaine or other local anesthetic agent of the amide-type.
  • Patients who have experienced asthma, urticaria, or allergic-type reactions after taking aspirin or other NSAIDs
  • Patients who are allergic to aspirin, ketorolac tromethamine and other NSAIDs.
  • Patients who are currently on probenecid or pentoxifylline as described in the approved label of Ketorolac tromethamine injection.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75390

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About this study

Official title: Effectiveness of Corticosteroid vs Ketorolac Shoulder Injections: a Prospective Double-Blinded Randomized Trial

The purpose of this study is to compare the functional outcomes of patients with shoulder pathology treated with either ketorolac or corticosteroid injections, in a randomized double-blinded study. Investigators will compare the effectiveness of ketorolac compared to corticosteroid.

Specific Aim 1:

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Hypothesis 1: Injection of the shoulder (in the subacromial space) with Ketorolac will be more effective than corticosteroid injection for the treatment of a variety of shoulder pathologies.

The risks associated with this study primarily concern adverse reactions to the study drugs. The drugs used in this study are not narcotics or habit-forming but can have side effects. The patient's physician will screen for any heart, intestinal, or kidney disease or condition that would increase the chance for the patient to have an unwanted side effect.

Read the detailed description

The proposed study is a three arm, double-blinded, prospective randomized controlled clinical trial with follow-up immediately after the injection and at day 2, and weeks 1, 2, 4, 6, and 12. In this study investigators will compare the effectiveness of ketorolac compared to corticosteroid.

Subjects being seen for a rotator cuff injury will be randomized into one of three treatment groups pertaining to their pathology. The intervention will begin once the subject has consented and answered the Baseline Outcome Shoulder Questionnaire. The Baseline Outcome Questionnaire consists of the Visual Analog Score, American Shoulder and Elbow Score, Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Short Form-12, and questions pertaining to patient characteristics, injury characteristics, co-morbidities, patient history, medications, and demographics.

Being tested
Ketorolac, Marcaine, Kenalog
Keywords
Shoulder, Rotator Cuff
Medical subject headings
Rotator Cuff Injuries

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • KetorolacDrug

    Also called Toradol

    Ketorolac: will receive an injection of 4 cc 0.25% Marcaine without epinephrine and 30 mg ketorolac x 1

  • MarcaineDrug

    Also called Bupivacaine Hydrochloride

    Marcaine (control): will receive an injection of 4 cc 0.25% Marcaine without epinephrine

  • KenalogDrug

    Also called Triamcinolone Acetonide

    Kenalog: 4 cc 0.25% Marcaine without epinephrine and 40 mg triamcinolone x 1.

Study groups in NCT04895280
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group 1 (marcaine)Otherwill receive an injection of 4 cc 0.25% Marcaine without epinephrine
Receives: Drug: Marcaine
Group 2 (ketorolac)Experimentalwill receive an injection of 4 cc 0.25% Marcaine without epinephrine and 30 mg ketorolac x 1
Receives: Drug: Ketorolac; Drug: Marcaine
Group 3 (kenalog)Other4 cc 0.25% Marcaine without epinephrine and 40 mg triamcinolone x 1. Group 3 is standard of care
Receives: Drug: Marcaine; Drug: Kenalog

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Visual Analog Scale

    Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale prior to first injection. The visual analog scale is a 0-10 scale, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain.

    Measured: Baseline - pre-injection

  2. Visual Analog Scale

    Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale after first injection. The visual analog scale is a 0-10 scale, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain.

    Measured: Baseline - immediately after the injection

  3. Visual Analog Scale

    Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale. The visual analog scale is a 0-10 scale, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain.

    Measured: Day 2

  4. Visual Analog Scale

    Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale. The visual analog scale is a 0-10 scale, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain.

    Measured: Week 1

  5. Visual Analog Scale

    Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale. The visual analog scale is a 0-10 scale, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain.

    Measured: Week 2

  6. Visual Analog Scale

    Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale. The visual analog scale is a 0-10 scale, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain.

    Measured: Week 4

  7. Visual Analog Scale

    Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale. The visual analog scale is a 0-10 scale, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain.

    Measured: Week 6

  8. Visual Analog Scale

    Pain as measured by the Visual Analog Scale. The visual analog scale is a 0-10 scale, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain.

    Measured: Week 12

  9. American Shoulder and Elbow Score (ASES)

    Pain, instability, and activities of daily living as measured by the American Shoulder and Elbow Score. The ASES is a 100-point scale that consists of two dimensions: pain and activities of daily living. One pain scale is worth 50 points, and activities of daily living worth 50 points. A higher score indicates a better outcome.

    Measured: Baseline

  10. American Shoulder and Elbow Score (ASES)

    Pain, instability, and activities of daily living as measured by the American Shoulder and Elbow Score. The ASES is a 100-point scale that consists of two dimensions: pain and activities of daily living. One pain scale is worth 50 points, and activities of daily living worth 50 points. A higher score indicates a better outcome.

    Measured: Week 6

  11. American Shoulder and Elbow Score (ASES)

    Pain, instability, and activities of daily living as measured by the American Shoulder and Elbow Score. The ASES is a 100-point scale that consists of two dimensions: pain and activities of daily living. One pain scale is worth 50 points, and activities of daily living worth 50 points. A higher score indicates a better outcome.

    Measured: Week 12

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE)

    Measure the patient's self-reported function on a scale of 0 to 100

    Measured: Baseline

  2. Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE)

    Measure the patient's self-reported function on a scale of 0 to 100

    Measured: Week 6

  3. Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE)

    Measure the patient's self-reported function on a scale of 0 to 100

    Measured: Week 12

  4. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Sleep quality as measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

    Measured: Baseline

  5. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Sleep quality as measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

    Measured: Week 6

  6. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

    Sleep quality as measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

    Measured: Week 12

  7. Short Form 12 (SF-12)

    General health survey as measured by the Short Form 12 (SF-12)

    Measured: Baseline

  8. Short Form 12 (SF-12)

    General health survey as measured by the Short Form 12 (SF-12)

    Measured: Week 6

  9. Short Form 12 (SF-12)

    General health survey as measured by the Short Form 12 (SF-12)

    Measured: Week 12

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 May 2021
  2. Study startNov 2024 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionNov 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completionNov 2028 (estimated)

Why it stopped: lack of participants

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04895280
Sponsor's protocol ID
STU-2021-0232
Status last verified
Nov 2024
First submitted
12 May 2021
Last updated
15 Nov 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Adebajo AO, Nash P, Hazleman BL. A prospective double blind dummy placebo controlled study comparing triamcinolone hexacetonide injection with oral diclofenac 50 mg TDS in patients with rotator cuff tendinitis. J Rheumatol. 1990 Sep;17(9):1207-10.

    PubMed 2290163
  • Alvarez CM, Litchfield R, Jackowski D, Griffin S, Kirkley A. A prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial comparing subacromial injection of betamethasone and xylocaine to xylocaine alone in chronic rotator cuff tendinosis. Am J Sports Med. 2005 Feb;33(2):255-62. doi: 10.1177/0363546504267345.

    PubMed 15701612
  • Choi WD, Cho DH, Hong YH, Noh JH, Lee ZI, Byun SD. Effects of subacromial bursa injection with corticosteroid and hyaluronidase according to dosage. Ann Rehabil Med. 2013 Oct;37(5):668-74. doi: 10.5535/arm.2013.37.5.668. Epub 2013 Oct 29.

    PubMed 24236254
  • Blair B, Rokito AS, Cuomo F, Jarolem K, Zuckerman JD. Efficacy of injections of corticosteroids for subacromial impingement syndrome. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1996 Nov;78(11):1685-9. doi: 10.2106/00004623-199611000-00007.

    PubMed 8934482
  • Min KS, St Pierre P, Ryan PM, Marchant BG, Wilson CJ, Arrington ED. A double-blind randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of subacromial injection with corticosteroid versus NSAID in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2013 May;22(5):595-601. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2012.08.026. Epub 2012 Nov 22.

    PubMed 23177167
  • Penning LI, de Bie RA, Walenkamp GH. The effectiveness of injections of hyaluronic acid or corticosteroid in patients with subacromial impingement: a three-arm randomised controlled trial. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2012 Sep;94(9):1246-52. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B9.28750.

    PubMed 22933498
  • Karthikeyan S, Kwong HT, Upadhyay PK, Parsons N, Drew SJ, Griffin D. A double-blind randomised controlled study comparing subacromial injection of tenoxicam or methylprednisolone in patients with subacromial impingement. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2010 Jan;92(1):77-82. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B1.22137.

    PubMed 20044683
  • Koester MC, Dunn WR, Kuhn JE, Spindler KP. The efficacy of subacromial corticosteroid injection in the treatment of rotator cuff disease: A systematic review. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2007 Jan;15(1):3-11. doi: 10.5435/00124635-200701000-00002.

    PubMed 17213378
  • Marder RA, Kim SH, Labson JD, Hunter JC. Injection of the subacromial bursa in patients with rotator cuff syndrome: a prospective, randomized study comparing the effectiveness of different routes. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Aug 15;94(16):1442-7. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00534.

    PubMed 22992814
  • Balasubramaniam P, Prathap K. The effect of injection of hydrocortisone into rabbit calcaneal tendons. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1972 Nov;54(4):729-34. No abstract available.

    PubMed 4639447
  • Kapetanos G. The effect of the local corticosteroids on the healing and biomechanical properties of the partially injured tendon. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1982 Mar;(163):170-9.

    PubMed 7067249
  • Oxlund H. The influence of a local injection of cortisol on the mechanical properties of tendons and ligaments and the indirect effect on skin. Acta Orthop Scand. 1980 Apr;51(2):231-8. doi: 10.3109/17453678008990791.

    PubMed 7435179
  • Wiggins ME, Fadale PD, Barrach H, Ehrlich MG, Walsh WR. Healing characteristics of a type I collagenous structure treated with corticosteroids. Am J Sports Med. 1994 Mar-Apr;22(2):279-88. doi: 10.1177/036354659402200221.

    PubMed 8198200
  • Wei AS, Callaci JJ, Juknelis D, Marra G, Tonino P, Freedman KB, Wezeman FH. The effect of corticosteroid on collagen expression in injured rotator cuff tendon. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Jun;88(6):1331-8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00806.

    PubMed 16757768
  • Dogan N, Erdem AF, Gundogdu C, Kursad H, Kizilkaya M. The effects of ketorolac and morphine on articular cartilage and synovium in the rabbit knee joint. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2004 Jul;82(7):502-5. doi: 10.1139/y04-066.

    PubMed 15389297

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Ketorolac, Marcaine and Kenalog in people with Full-thickness Rotator Cuff Tear and Rotator Cuff Tendinitis, run by Michael Khazzam at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 24 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Nov 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Visual Analog Scale (time frame: Baseline - pre-injection). The study lists 11 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04895280, which also lists 37 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Nov 2024.

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