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NCT03021096: TSA

Natural History of Pain After Shoulder Arthroplasty Conducted With Multimodal Analgesia

Completed Results posted Last updated 4 March 2025
What this trial tests

trial testing Surveys in TSA in 108 participants. Completed in 22 March 2018.

Timeline
27 January 2017
Primary endpoint
18 December 2017
22 March 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsorHospital for Special Surgery, New York
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment108
Start date27 January 2017
Primary completion18 December 2017
Estimated completion22 March 2018
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Who can join

Adults 18 to 80, any sex, with TSA or Bruise. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Numeric Rating Scale Pain Scores at Post-operative Day 14 Primary · 14 days after surgery for each patient

Quantifying patients' pain at a sub-acute time point after surgery at rest and with movement. The numeric rating scale (NRS) is a pain screening tool, commonly used to assess pain severity at that moment in time using a 0-10 scale, with zero meaning "no pain" and 10 meaning "the worst pain imaginable".

NRS at rest
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients1.6± 1.8
NRS with movement
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients3.1± 2.3
Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) Pain With Movement and at Rest. Secondary · Days 1 day (POD0), 3 days(POD3), 7 days(POD7) and 3 months(POD90) after surgery

The numeric rating scale (NRS) is a pain screening tool, commonly used to assess pain severity at that moment in time using a 0-10 scale, with zero meaning "no pain" and 10 meaning "the worst pain imaginable". A lower score is a better outcome.

NRS POD1 at rest
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients1.6± 2.1
NRS POD1 with movement
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients2.7± 3
NRS POD3 at rest
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients2.8± 3.3
NRS POD3 with movement
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients4.7± 2.4
NRS POD7 at rest
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients2.3± 2.4
NRS POD7 with movement
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients3.9± 2.3
NRS POD90 at rest
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients0.8± 1.7
NRS POD90 with movement
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients1.7± 2.2
Opioid Consumption (in Past 24 Hours) Secondary · Days 1 day, 3 days, 7 days after surgery

Measured in milligrams taken. A lower consumption is a better outcome.

POD1
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients17.53.9 – 50.1
POD3
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients307.4 – 63.2
POD7
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients100 – 37.5
Opioid Related Symptom Distress Scale Secondary · Day 1 after surgery

The Opioid-Related Symptom Distress Scale (ORSDS) is calculated by taking the average of the three symptom distress dimensions. Frequency will be assessed using a 4 point scale: 1, rarely 2, occasionally 3, frequently 4, almost constantly with 1 being the lowest and 4 being the highest. Severity is assessed using a 4 point scale: 1, slight 2, moderate 3, severe 4, very severe with 1 being the lowest and 4 being the highest. Bothersomeness is assessed using a 5 point scale: 1, not at all 2, a little bit 3, somewhat 4, quite a bit 5, very much with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest. A

GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients0.30.1 – 0.5
Range of Motion Secondary · Day 14 after surgery and 3 months after surgery

Measure the ability of shoulder movement from 0 to 180 degrees at these follow up visits with the surgeon after surgery.

14 days after surgery extension
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients15.8± 5.8
3 months after surgery extension
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients35± 21.2
Severity of Bruising Secondary · Day 14 after surgery

Surgeon will assess each individual patient to determine whether bruising occurred and if so, the size and severity of the bruise.

GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients1.5± 1.9
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Secondary · Day 1 after surgery

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) measures anxiety and depression in a general medical population of patients. a lower score is a better outcome. Each item on the questionnaire is scored from 0-3 and a person's total score can ranged from 0 = normal and 21 = abnormal for either anxiety or depression. Scale range: 0-7 = Normal 8-10 = Borderline abnormal (borderline case) 11-21 = Abnormal (case) A total score for each participant was calculated and then all participants' scores were averaged.

Anxiety
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients4.1± 3.3
Depression
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients3.9± 2.7
PainOUT Questionnaire Secondary · Day 1 and 14 after surgery

The PainOUT questionnaire assess pain intensity, quality of pain, and satisfaction with pain management. The questionnaire measured the following: 1. Worst pain: On a 0-10 scale, where 0 means "no pain" and 10 means "worst possible pain". Higher scores reflect more severity. 2. Pain severity: On a scale 0-10, where 0 means "very unsatisfied" and 10 means "very satisfied". Higher scores means more satisfaction. 3. Interference with sleep: Rated on a 0-10 scale, where 0 means "does not interfere" and 10 means "completely interfere" A higher rating means more interference. 4. Nausea \& Itching:

POD1 - Worst pain
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients20 – 5
POD14 - Worst pain
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients42 – 6
POD1 - Pain severity
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients00 – 0
POD14 - Pain severity
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients00 – 10
POD1 - Interference with sleep
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients00 – 2
POD14 - Interference with sleep
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients00 – 5
POD1 - Nausea
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients00 – 0
POD14 - Nausea
GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients00 – 0
Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) Secondary · Day of Surgery

The pain catastrophizing scale (PCS) evaluates a person's pain experience by asking them how they feel and what they think about when they are in pain. The questionnaire uses a 5-point Likert scale, with answers ranging from 0 (never) to 4. (always). The total score is the sum of the individual item scores and ranges from 0 to 52. A lower score indicates a more positive outcome.

GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients12± 11.9
Fibromyalgia Scale. a Lower Score is a Better Outcome. Secondary · Day of Surgery

The symptom severity (SS) scale assesses four symptoms that are thought to be defining in a fibromyalgia diagnosis. The four symptoms assessed by the criteria are as follows: 1. Fatigue 2. Waking from sleep feeling unrefreshed 3. Cognitive symptoms (including trouble concentrating, confusion, disorientation, and impaired comprehension) 4. Somatic symptoms (physical sensations such as pain, dizziness, nausea, fainting, or bowel disorders) Each of the 4 symptoms is graded on a scale of 0 to 3, with 0 indicating no symptoms, 1 indicating mild symptoms, 2 indicating moderate symptoms, and 3 ind

GroupValue95% CI
Total Shoulder Surgery Patients5.5± 3.4

Sponsor's own description

This study aims to identify the timeline of pain following total shoulder replacement with the goal of developing data for a subsequent randomized trial. The investigators believe that with using HSS's current protocol, many patients have postoperative pain that is no worse than their preoperative pain. Previous HSS anesthesia protocols for total shoulder arthroplasty patients have not formally followed patients past their hospital discharge, and the investigators believe that some patients do experience moderate to severe subacute postoperative pain. Therefore, this study's primary outcome is to look at the numeric pain scores at 14 days after surgery. Future studies will look at measures of preventing bruising and subsequent pain after shoulder replacement.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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