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Procedure

Decompression with fusion for Spinal Stenosis

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Anthony Perruccio, PhD

Research Sponsored by University Health Network, Toronto

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 2 years

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will help assess which of two surgical treatments is better for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, a condition associated with lumbar spinal stenosis.

Eligible Conditions

Spinal Stenosis
Spondylolisthesis

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 2 years

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~2 years

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 2 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Blinding status

Number of eligible patients

Number of patients recruited

+7 more

Secondary outcome measures

Costs incurred by patients

Euro-QoL health utility index

Healthcare services used

+3 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Active Control

Group I: Decompression with fusionActive Control2 Interventions

Spinal decompression surgery with instrumented spinal fusion

Group II: Decompression aloneActive Control1 Intervention

Midline-sparing spinal decompression alone

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University Health Network, TorontoLead Sponsor

1,468 Previous Clinical Trials

484,449 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Spinal Stenosis

17 Patients Enrolled for Spinal Stenosis

Anthony Perruccio, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity Health Network, Toronto

Yoga Raja Rampersaud, MD FRCSCPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity Health Network, Toronto

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How extensively is this medical study being implemented in the state?

"Patients are being sought after in Edmonton, Ottawa and Toronto as well as 11 other locations. Specifically, these include Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre in Edmonton, The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus in Ottawa, Ontario and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto."

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Are there unfilled vacancies for participants in this research?

"This study, which was initially posted on the 1st of July 2015 and last updated in November 2022 is not presently enrolling patients. Nevertheless, clinicaltrials.gov provides information about 274 other medical trials that are currently recruiting volunteers."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Decompression vs. Fusion for Stable Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

2015. "Decompression vs. Fusion for Stable Degenerative Spondylolisthesis". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02348645.