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RecruitingNCT05527145

Spinal Stenosis and Listhesis Treated With Percutaneous Interspinous Spacer: a Non-surgical Trial

Treatment of Spinal Stenosis and Spolilolisthesis With Percutaneous Interspinous Spacers. A Phase III Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of Roma La Sapienza · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
50 Years – 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common indication for spinal surgery. However, more than one-third of the patients undergoing surgery for lumbar stenosis report dissatisfaction with the results. On the other hand, conservative treatment has shown positive results in some cases. This trial will compare the outcomes of surgical versus non-surgical treatment for lumbar stenosis.

Detailed description

This is a three-centre randomised controlled trial in which 200 patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis will be randomised into one of two treatment arms. The patients in the surgical arm will undergo decompression of the neural structures by use of any open or minimally invasive (MIS) technique with or without fusion; the patients in the non-surgical arm will undergo imaging assisted percutaneous interspinous spacer insertion with fusion. The primary outcome of the study will be the Oswestry Disability Index. Secondary outcomes will include motor amplitude and degree of denervation activity obtained by means of nerve conduction studies and electromyography. Patient-reported outcome measures will be also used as secondary outcomes.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREMinimally invasive surgerySurgery with decompression. Central decompression of the stenotic segment with undercutting of the lateral recesses.
PROCEDUREPercutaneous Spacerpercutaneous image guided outpatient procedure that enables interspinous spacer insertion and fusion

Timeline

Start date
2024-09-01
Primary completion
2025-07-01
Completion
2026-07-01
First posted
2022-09-02
Last updated
2024-02-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05527145. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.