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Rotator Cuff Tears: full-pipeline trial registry

13 of 21 indexed Rotator Cuff Tears trials are currently recruiting.

Corpus placement: #797 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

21 US clinical trials · 13 currently recruiting · #797 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Rotator Cuff Tears: 21 US clinical trials tracked, 13 recruiting.

Rotator Cuff Tears is the subject of 21 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 13 of them currently open to new participants. 3 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition rotator-cuff-tears

OPEN 13 | RECR 62% | LATE 3 | EARLY 3 | RANK #797 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Pregnancy, High Risk (62% recruiting · 21 trials)

Rotator Cuff Tears (this)62%Anal Cancer42.9%Allergic Conjunctivitis14.3%Attention Deficit Disorder W4.8%Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia0%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Rotator Cuff Tears

Rotator Cuff Tears lists 13 open slots (62% of 21 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Rotator Cuff Tears on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Rotator Cuff Tears is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    13 of 21 indexed trials (61.9%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Rotator Cuff Tears trials is spread across many organizations.

    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center accounts for 2 of 21 trials (9.5%). 20 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Rotator Cuff Tears trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 78 among the 21 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 13 of those (61.9%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Rotator Cuff Tears splits between interventional and observational designs.

    14 interventional and 7 observational studies make up this index (66.7% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 12Phase 21Phase 31Phase 42

Open and recent trials

21 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 20,000 participants

Exactech Shoulder Post Market Clinical Follow-up Study

Exactech

NCT05603728

RECRUITING 3,500 participants

Genetic Epidemiology of Rotator Cuff Tears: The cuffGEN Study

University of Michigan

NCT04831164

RECRUITING NA 499 participants

Innovating Physical Therapy: A Pilot Study on Band Connect's Impact on Compliance, Satisfaction, and Revenue

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

NCT06733480

RECRUITING NA 268 participants

BioBrace® Implant for Arthroscopic Repair of Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears

CONMED Corporation

NCT05997381

RECRUITING NA 160 participants

InSpace Accelerated Rehabilitation Study

Stryker Endoscopy

NCT05329584

RECRUITING NA 160 participants

RSA Vs RCR for Massive RCTs

La Tour Hospital

NCT05807854

RECRUITING NA 105 participants

Comparison of Partial Rotator Cuff Repair vs. Superior Capsular Reconstruction for Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

NCT04742452

RECRUITING Phase 4 78 participants

Bioinductive Patch for Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears

Henry Ford Health System

NCT05439850

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

FiberLocker® System Augmentation of Rotator Cuff Repairs

ZuriMED Technologies

NCT06918041

RECRUITING 60 participants

Evaluating Hemidiaphragmatic Paralysis With Prolonged Neural Blockade From an Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block

Duke University

NCT04209504

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Prospective Study to Determine the Safety and Effectiveness of a Connective Tissue Allograft Active Matrix (AM) vs. Standard of Care in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

NCT05894265

RECRUITING Phase 2 58 participants

Sex Hormone Supplementation and Rotator Cuff Repair: A Preliminary Randomized Trial

University of Utah

NCT04944836

RECRUITING Phase 1 40 participants

Tuberoplasty Versus Balloon Spacer

University of Minnesota

NCT06735170

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 200 participants

Shoulder iD™ Primary Reversed Glenoid Outcomes Clinical Study

Stryker Trauma and Extremities

NCT05868148

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 91 participants

Rotator Cuff Healing Using a Nanofiber Scaffold in Patients Greater Than 55 Years

Atreon Orthopedics

NCT04325789

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 65 participants

Use of Extended Release Triamcinolone in the Treatment of Rotator Cuff Disease

Northwell Health

NCT04094298

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 50 participants

Variation in Humeral Head Bone Marrow Characteristics With Rotator Cuff Repair Healing

The Cleveland Clinic

NCT05106088

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

Optimal Dosing of IC-Green for Visualization of Rotator Cuff Vascularity Using Advanced Imaging Modality Arthroscopy

NYU Langone Health

NCT04340752

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 20 participants

MRI Evaluation of Integrity Implant for Rotator Cuff Tears

Foundation for Orthopaedic Research and Education

NCT06353893

COMPLETED Phase 4 92 participants

Liposomal Bupivacaine Plus Bupivacaine Peripheral Nerve Blockade Versus Ropivacaine Plus Dexamethasone Peripheral Nerve Blockade for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Hospital for Special Surgery Florida

NCT04737980

COMPLETED 36 participants

Opioid-Free Study in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

NCT04277208

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 2
Phase 2 1
Phase 3 1
Phase 4 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Rotator Cuff Tears records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Bupivacaine Hcl 0.5% Inj Drug
1 trials
Shoulder iD™ Primary Reversed Glenoid Device
1 trials
FX006 Injection Drug
1 trials
Anika Integrity Implant System Device
1 trials
nanofiber scaffold Device
1 trials
Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Device
1 trials
Arthroscopy Procedure
1 trials
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair Procedure
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Rotator Cuff Tears trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

Ohio 7 trials
Texas 4 trials
New York 4 trials
Michigan 4 trials
Illinois 4 trials
Florida 4 trials
North Carolina 3 trials
South Carolina 2 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Rotator Cuff Tears page

21 registered trials, 13 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Rotator Cuff Tears condition card totals 21 registered trials; most-linked intervention Bupivacaine Hcl 0.5% Inj; top US site state Ohio. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.