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Pain Management After Rotator Cuff Repair

This study is looking for adults having surgery for a rotator cuff tear to compare two different ways of managing pain. One group will receive a "Multimodal Pain Regimen" which includes medications like Pregabalin and Celecoxib before surgery, and Dexamethasone, Magnesium, and Acetaminophen during surgery, along with a nerve block. The other group will receive the "Standard of Care Pain Regimen" which includes a nerve block before surgery, and then Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, and Oxycodone (a narcotic) as needed after surgery. The goal is to see if the multimodal regimen can reduce the amount of narcotics needed after surgery and improve pain scores. You can join if you are an adult having arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and meet other criteria. The current status of this study is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 130 participants. It compares two different pain regimens.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your pain and narcotic use will be measured for 7 days after surgery.

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NCT07076069

The Effect of Multimodal Pain Regimen on Use of Narcotics After Rotator Cuff Tear Repair

Recruiting
PHASE4Ages 18+InterventionalSupportive care
Montefiore Medical Center
~130 participants
Updated 2026-07-13 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Multimodal Pain RegimenStandard of Care Pain Regimen

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Post-operative narcotics usage
Measured over Post-operative day 7
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Rotator Cuff Repairs
Pain Management

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Montefiore Hutchinson Campus

    The Bronx, New Yorkstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • Ferdinand Chan, M.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Montefiore Medical Center

Who to contact

Ferdinand Chan, M.D.
[email protected]
718-920-2060
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Adults with rotator cuff tears who have failed conservative therapy and are now undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Exclusion

Patients without capacity to consent for the study
Patients not able to have local nerve block
Patients who underwent previous shoulder surgery on the same side, kindling revision rotator cuff repair
Patients who are unable to record and verbalize their pain level due to altered mental status
Patients who are unable to tolerate any of the medications included in the multimodal pain regimen or standard pain regimen due to severe allergies or inability to consume medication
Patients with history of previously diagnosed alcohol or drug abuse, renal impairment, peptic ulcer disease, and gastrointestinal bleeding
Patients who are pregnant

What this trial measures

  • Post-operative narcotics usagePost-operative day 7

    Post-operative narcotics usage will be assessed by the number of oxycodone tablets used in the first week (7 days) after surgery. The week's use will be accounted by counting the left-over oxycodone tablets brought in by the patients. In addition, the electronic medical record will be checked to ensure that no extra narcotics were called in. Results will be summarized by study arm using means and standard deviations.

  • Pain Score using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)Post-operative day 7

    A pain score will be determined using the VAS, a unidimensional measure of pain intensity. Patients will be asked to rate and record pain intensity daily during the study. The VAS score at post-operative day 7 will be reported. The VAS score is determined by measuring the distance (mm) on the 10-cm line between the "no pain" anchor and the patient's mark, providing a range of scores from 0-100, such that higher scores are indicative of greater pain intensity. Results will be summarized by study arm using basic descriptive statistics.