Clinical trials in Spine Medicine
The following is a listing of industry-sponsored clinical
trials that are actively recruiting patients. The list
is small now but will be expanding to include additional
clinical trials. If you would like trials added to treat
a condition or in a particular area, please send us
an e-mail
and we will do our best to be responsive.
Before contacting any physicians or clinics to inquire
about a clinical trial, we encourage you to do two things:
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General clinical trials information: Educate
yourself about clinical trials by clicking to the
National
Institutes of Health clinical trials Resource Information
website. This informative website is designed
to help patients understand clinical trials,
what they are designed to accomplish, and includes
practical information such as "What Questions should
you ask" before taking part in a clinical
trial.
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Specific clinical trial information: Every
clinical trial has a very specific set of criteria
that indicates whether you may or may not qualify
to participate in the trial. It will save everyone—mostly
you—a lot of time and effort if you first
make sure that you meet the basic requirements
before contacting a physician or center participating
in the trial.
Clinical trials:
This is a listing of industry-sponsored
clinical trials that are actively recruiting patients.
These clinical trial listings are not edited or peer-reviewed
by SpinesHealth.com.
Cervical artificial
disc clinical trial—PCM® (sponsored
clinical trial listing)
October 31, 2005
This is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing
the safety and effectiveness of the Porous Coated Motion (PCM®)
disc for the treatment of disc herniation(s) or other degenerative disc disease
(DDD) in the upper (cervical) spine as compared to spinal fusion in the treatment
of this disease. Read more...
Cervical
artificial disc clinical trial—Kineflex-C™ (sponsored
clinical trial listing)
October 6, 2005
This is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled
clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness
of the Kineflex-C Spinal System to anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion surgery in relieving the symptoms
associated with degenerative disc disease in the cervical
spine. Read more...
Lumbar artificial
disc clinical trial—Kineflex™ (Sponsored
clinical trial listing)
September 6, 2005
This is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled
clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness
of the Kineflex Spinal System to the Charité Artificial
Disc implant in relieving the symptoms associated with
degenerative disc disease in the lumbosacral spine.
Read more...
Wallis Stabilization System Clinical Trial (Sponsored
clinical trial listing)
March 7, 2005
The US Clinical Study of the Wallis
Stabilization System is a multi-center prospective,
randomized clinical trial currently enrolling patients
to compare the safety and effectiveness of the Wallis
Device, a non-fusion surgical device, to conservative
care for treatment of degenerative disc disease. Read
more...
Cervical artificial
disc clinical trial—PRODISC-C® (Sponsored
clinical trial listing)
November 25, 2003
A multi-center, prospective,
randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the
safety and effectiveness of PRODISC-C to anterior cervical
discectomy and fusion surgery in the treatment of symptomatic
cervical disc disease. Read
more...
Charité Artificial Disc
(Sponsored clinical trial listing)
May 16, 2003
The Charité Artificial Disc
is an investigational device limited by US (Federal)
law to investigational use in the USA. Read
more...
Artificial disc
clinical trial—PRODISC (Sponsored
clinical trial listing)
November 30, 2001
This is study is a multi-center, prospective, randomized,
controlled clinical trial comparing the safety and
effectiveness of PRODISC total disc replacement to
spinal fusion surgery in the treatment of discogenic
pain associated with degenerative disc disease (DDD)
in the lumbosacral spine.
Read more...
The information provided by Spine-Health
in this Clinical Trials listing section is designed
to help patients find clinical trials that are ongoing
in the field of spine medicine, and to provide information
to help patients contact the centers conducting the
research. Spine-Health is not involved in conducting
any of these trials and is not promoting the trials
or research.
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