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Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) - Intervertebral Disc Herniation

Launched by DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER · Nov 3, 1999

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Trial Information

Current as of July 27, 2024

Completed

Keywords

Intervertebral Disc Herniation (Idh) Stenosis With Degenerative Spondylolisthesis (Ds) Spinal Stenosis (Sp S) Low Back Pain (Lbp) Leg Pain Surgical Therapy Non Surgical Therapy Randomized Study Multicenter Mri

Description

Low back pain is considered one of the most widely experienced health problems in the United States and the world. This condition is the second most frequent condition, after the common cold, for which people see a physician or lose days from work. Estimated costs to those who are severely disabled from low back pain range from $30-70 billion annually. Rates of spinal surgery in the U.S. have increased sharply over time, and researchers have documented 15-fold geographic variation in rates of these surgeries. In many cases, where one lives and who one sees for the problem appear to determin...

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Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Duration of symptoms: 6 or more weeks.
  • Treatments tried: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medical therapy and physical therapy.
  • Surgical screening: Persistent radicular pain provoked by moderate exercise, sitting, increased abdominal pressure, decreased mobility, list (scoliosis), straight leg raising.
  • Tests: MRI to confirm diagnosis and level(s).
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Previous lumbar spine surgery.
  • Not a surgical candidate for any of these reasons: Overall health which makes spinal surgery too life-threatening to be an appropriate alternative, dramatic improvement with conservative care, or inability (for any reason) to undergo surgery within 6 months.
  • Possible pregnancy.
  • Active malignancy: A patient with a history of any invasive malignancy (except non-melanoma skin cancer) is ineligible unless he or she has been treated with a curative intent AND there has been no clinical signs or symptoms of the malignancy for at least 5 years.
  • Current fracture, infection, and/or deformity (greater than 15 degrees of lumbar scoliosis, using Cobb measure technique) of the spine.
  • Age less than 18 years.
  • Cauda Equina syndrome or progressive neurological deficit (usually requiring urgent surgery).
  • Unavailability for follow-up (planning to move, no telephone, etc.) or inability to complete data surveys.
  • Symptoms less than 6 weeks.
  • Patient currently enrolled in any experimental "spine related" study.

Attachments

readout_NCT00000410_2024-07-27.pdf

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NCT00000410_study_protocol.pdf

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About company

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Locations

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Oakland, California, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Scarborough, Maine, United States

Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Decatur, Georgia, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

People applied

Timeline

First submit

Trial launched

Trial updated

Estimated completion

Baseline, 6 wks, 3 and 6 mos, Annually thereafter

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