New anchor shows promise in rotator cuff surgery study
NCT ID NCT04552119
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how safe and effective a new medical device called the HEALICOIL Knotless Suture Anchor is for repairing torn rotator cuff tendons in the shoulder. A total of 138 people who needed this type of surgery took part. The main goal was to see how many patients needed a second surgery within 6 months to a year after the first one.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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138 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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May 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Primary Care Clinic
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: 1. Requires reattachment of soft tissue to bone for the following shoulder indications: 1. Rotator Cuff Tendon repair: * i. Single or double row rotator cuff repair using HEALICOIL Knotless PEEK NST, HEALICOIL Knotless PEEK Self-Tapping, or HEALICOIL Knotless RG Self-Tapping; OR * ii. Double row rotator cuff repair using HEALICOIL Knotless RG NST in lateral row (existing HEALICOIL RG device to be used in medial row of the repair); AND/OR 2. Biceps tenodesis * i. In conjunction with Rotator Cuff Tendon repair using HEALICOIL Knotless PEEK NST, HEALICOIL Knotless PEEK Self-Tapping, HEALICOIL Knotless RG NST or HEALICOIL Knotless RG Self-Tapping OR * ii. As a stand-alone procedure for HEALICOIL Knotless PEEK NST, HEALICOIL Knotless PEEK Self-Tapping, or HEALICOIL Knotless RG Self-Tapping (not HEALICOIL Knotless RG NST 2. Has a pre-operative MRI collected within 6 months of surgery which meets one of the following criteria: 1. MRI collected as standard-of-care has been submitted to external imaging vendor and confirmed as acceptable OR 2. If standard-of-care images are unavailable or considered unacceptable by external imaging vendor, subject must undergo an additional study-specific pre- operative MRI, confirmed as acceptable by external imaging vendor OR 3. MRI not required; subject not in HEALICOIL Knotless RG NST subgroup 3. Has consented to participate in the study by signing the IRB/IEC approved informed consent form. 4. Requires only one variant of the HEALICOIL Knotless Suture Anchor 5. Is ≥18 years of age at time of surgery 6. Willing and able to make all required study visits 7. Able to follow instructions (Approved translated documents supplied upon request) Exclusion Criteria: Any one (1) of the following criteria will disqualify a potential subject from participation in the study: 1. Known hypersensitivity to the implant material. Where material sensitivity is suspected, appropriate tests should be made and sensitivity ruled out prior to implantation. 2. Pathological conditions of bone, such as cystic changes or severe osteopenia, which would compromise secure anchor fixation. 3. Pathological conditions in the soft tissues to be attached that would impair secure fixation by suture. 4. Comminuted bone surface, which would compromise secure anchor fixation. 5. Physical conditions which would eliminate, or tend to eliminate, adequate anchor support or retard healing 6. The presence of infection. 7. Conditions which would limit the subject's ability or willingness to restrict activities or follow directions during the healing period. 8. Concurrent bilateral surgery. 9. Participation in the treatment period of another clinical trial within thirty (30) days of Visit 1, or during the study. 10. Women who are pregnant. 11. Prior ipsilateral surgeries performed on the joint space. 12. Subjects with a medical or physical condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would preclude safe subject participation in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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OrthoIllinois LTD
Rockford, Illinois, 61107, United States
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Orthopaedic and Spine Center of Southern Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80920, United States
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University Orthopedics Center
Altoona, Pennsylvania, 16602, United States
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University of Colorado - Denver
Denver, Colorado, 80222, United States
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University of Stanford
Redwood City, California, 94063, United States
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