Rehabilitation Exercise Against Complications in High-risk Elderly After Lumbar Fusion(REACH)

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Conditions studied: Adjacent Segment Degeneration, Multimodal Rehabilitation, Lumber Fusion

In brief

This is a prospective, randomized controlled trial aimed at evaluating whether a structured multimodal rehabilitation program can delay or reduce the occurrence of adjacent segment degeneration (ASDeg) in frail elderly patients after short-segment lumbar fusion surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07396051

Run by

Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing

People needed

212

Starts

2026-01-25

Expected to finish

2028-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-17

Who can join

Age: 75 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 75 years.
• Classified as "frail" according to the Fried frailty phenotype.
• Scheduled for first-time, posterior short-segment (1-2 levels) lumbar instrumented fusion surgery.
• Willing and able to provide written informed consent and complete the 2-year follow-up.

You may not qualify if…

• History of previous lumbar spine surgery.
• Lumbar pathology due to tumor, trauma, infection, or congenital deformity.
• Comorbidities with a severe impact on prognosis or ability to participate in rehabilitation (e.g., severe cardiopulmonary disease, advanced dementia).

Where it is running

• Beijing Friendship Hospital — Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China (enrolling)
• Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, Beijing 10034 — Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China (enrolling)
• Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University — Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China (enrolling)

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