Sex Hormone Supplementation and Rotator Cuff Repair
Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2025-03-01
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Shoulder tendon tears are a common cause of shoulder pain and disability and after surgery
the repaired tendon often does not heal. In this pilot study, men will be randomly assigned
to receive clomiphene citrate or placebo pills while healing from tendon repair surgery in
their shoulder. Clomiphene increases sex hormone levels, and the investigators will test
whether these increased sex hormone levels show promise in improving tendon healing, patient
shoulder function and pain, and the quality of the bone in the upper arm bone.