Superior Labral Tear From Anterior to Posterior (SLAP) Repair Versus Biceps Tenodesis for SLAP Tears in the Shoulder

HealthPartners Institute

Status: Terminated

Conditions: SLAP Tear

Treatments: Procedure: Biceps Tenodesis; Procedure: SLAP Repair

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02296554

1401M47421

Details and patient eligibility

About

Biceps Tenodesis is currently advocated for older, less active patients, but to date is not often advocated for Superior Labral Tear from Anterior to Posterior (SLAP) tears in young, active patients. The ideal surgical management for this pathology is not clearly known. More surgeons are using biceps tenodesis as a treatment for SLAP tears, including in the young, active population. If this study were to demonstrate that biceps tenodesis is similar to or better than SLAP repair, this would fundamentally change the treatment of SLAP tears. Perhaps more importantly, it would likely mean a less involved rehabilitation and earlier return to activities for patients with this pathology.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary isolated SLAP tear, confirmed on MRI

Exclusion criteria

• Concomitant procedure needed such as a labral repair, rotator cuff repair or distal clavicle excision.
• Revision Surgery
• Previous shoulder surgery
• Major medical illness
• Inability to speak or read English

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

SLAP Repair

Experimental group

Description:

Patient will receive SLAP repair for their SLAP tear.

Treatment:

Procedure: SLAP Repair

Biceps Tenodesis Repair

Experimental group

Description:

Patient will receive biceps tenodesis repair for their SLAP tear.

Treatment:

Procedure: Biceps Tenodesis