Fusion Assessment Clinical Trial

Completed

Conditions studied: Degenerative Disc Disease

In brief

This is an observational study to assess clinical outcomes in patients who undergo spinal fusion. Patients who are already scheduled for spinal fusion will enroll in the study. Information about prior therapies will be collected, and then patients will be followed to see how they do after spinal fusion. This study will help researchers better understand the natural course of patients who patients who undergo spinal fusion surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00736398

Run by

Flexuspine, Inc.

People needed

50

Starts

2008-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-04-04

Who can join

Age: 30 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Lumbar DDD
• Candidate for spinal fusion
• Provide written informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Prior lumbar spinal fusion
• Metabolic bone disease
• Morbid obesity
• Systemic infection or active malignancy
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• Florida Spine Institute — Clearwater, Florida, United States
• Foundation for Orthopaedic Research and Education — Temple Terrace, Florida, United States
• Greater Baltimore Medica Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• The Washington Hospital — Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
• MUSC — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
• Guy Danielson, M.D. — Tyler, Texas, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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