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Could your genes predict rotator cuff tears?

NCT ID NCT01193647

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Utah Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at whether rotator cuff disease runs in families. Researchers will collect DNA, medical history, and family history from 400 people to understand genetic risk factors. The goal is to build a resource for future studies, not to test a new treatment.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 400 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Start date

Jul 2009

Expected to finish

Dec 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

The initial set of study participants for this study will be recruited through the clinical practice of the PI. Patients will be categorized based upon MRI confirmation of a rotator cuff tear. All patients being treated for shoulder pain with a positive MRI for a rotator cuff tear which was performed as a normal part of a clinical exam will be included as possible participants (tear group). All patients being treated for shoulder pain with a negative MRI for rotator cuff tearing (MRI performed for normal part of clinical exam) will undergo an MRI of the opposite shoulder to confirm the absence (or presence) of rotator cuff pathology and be categorized based upon the findings (either tear or no tear group).

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Includes any patient who has had a shoulder MRI performed to evaluate shoulder pain as part of a standard clinical exam. * All first degree relatives of patients with documented rotator cuff tearing will also be possible study participants. * All patients of Drs. Tashjian, Burks and Greis who have undergone surgical rotator cuff repair. Exclusion Criteria: * Exclude any patient who has undergone prior shoulder surgery besides surgery performed by the PI where accurate information, including MRI data exist, regarding the presence or absence of rotator cuff tearing before the surgery. * Any patient who is pregnant.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

rotator cuff syndrome

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Studying the genetic relationship of rotator cuff tears

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Utah Orthopaedic Center

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108, United States

  • VA Salt Lake City

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84148, United States

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