Effect of Intravenous Corticosteroid Injections on Dysphagia After Cervical Spine Surgery

Stopped early · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion of the Spine

In brief

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to examine the effect of local intravenous steroids following anterior cervical spine surgery on the development of dysphagia in patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02266797

Run by

NYU Langone Health

People needed

4

Starts

2013-11-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-25

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The subjects included in the study are patients undergoing an anterior cervical spine procedure.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with greater than ASA grade II will be excluded. Patients with non-degenerative conditions, such as trauma, tumors, infection, radiation, and diabetes will be excluded. Patients with posterior procedures will be excluded. Patients with clinical pre-operative dysphagia, indicated by a score of 3 or higher on the EAT-10 questionnaire,19 will also be excluded. Patients who are pregnant will be excluded from this study.

Where it is running

• Center for Musculoskeletal Care (CMC) — New York, New York, United States
• NYU Langone Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
• NY Spine Institute — Westbury, New York, United States

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