Welcome to the PRoCuRe Study website.
The PRoCuRe Study has now come to a close. Thank you to all who were involved or took part in the trial.
The PRoCuRe Study aims to assess if surgical repair of partial thickness tears of the rotator cuff tendon, in patients with pain despite physiotherapy, is effective.
WHY IS THIS STUDY IMPORTANT?
The study is important because, even though rotator cuff problems are the most common cause of shoulder pain and disability, it remains unknown how best to treat them and whether surgery has any extra value. In particular, we don’t know if repairing partial tears prevents bigger full tears and worsening problems. Surgery for full tears is one of the most common shoulder operations in the UK. Prevention of full tears was identified as important by patients and doctors in the 2015 James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) for Surgery for Common Shoulder Conditions (4 of the top 10 priorities were about rotator cuff problems).
The main aim of this study is therefore to find out if repairing these partial tears is effective, provides lasting benefit and prevents bigger tears.
The PRoCuRe Study is now closed to recruitment.
The number of participants that have been randomised is shown below.
Funding
NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme
Sponsor
University of Oxford
Trial Management
Surgical Interventions Trials Unit (SITU)
Other Collaborators
SITU is part of the Oxford Clinical Trials Unit (OCTRU), a registered UKCRC Clinical Trials Unit based at the University of Oxford.
QuinteT, University of Bristol
Univerity of Keele
University of Exeter
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
