# Platelet Rich Plasma vs. Corticosteroid Injection in the Treatment of Partial Rotator Cuff Tears

> **NCT01688362** · PHASE1 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill** · enrollment: 12 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Rotator Cuff Tear

## Interventions

- **BIOLOGICAL:** Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
- **DRUG:** Corticosteroid

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01688362
- **Lead sponsor:** University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE1
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2012-11
- **Primary completion:** 2014-05
- **Final completion:** 2014-05
- **Target enrollment:** 12 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Did not meet target enrollment deadlines.
- **Last updated:** 2017-04-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01688362

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01688362, "Platelet Rich Plasma vs. Corticosteroid Injection in the Treatment of Partial Rotator Cuff Tears". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01688362. Licensed CC0.

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