Clinical trials in Spine Medicine

The following is a listing of industry-sponsored clinical trials that are actively recruiting patients. The list is small now but will be expanding to include additional clinical trials. If you would like trials added to treat a condition or in a particular area, please send us an e-mail and we will do our best to be responsive.

Before contacting any physicians or clinics to inquire about a clinical trial, we encourage you to do two things:

1. General clinical trials information: Educate yourself about clinical trials by clicking to the National Institutes of Health clinical trials Resource Information website. This informative website is designed to help patients understand clinical trials, what they are designed to accomplish, and includes practical information such as "What Questions should you ask" before taking part in a clinical trial.

2. Specific clinical trial information: Every clinical trial has a very specific set of criteria that indicates whether you may or may not qualify to participate in the trial. It will save everyone—mostly you—a lot of time and effort if you first make sure that you meet the basic requirements before contacting a physician or center participating in the trial.

Clinical trials:
This is a listing of industry-sponsored clinical trials that are actively recruiting patients. These clinical trial listings are not edited or peer-reviewed

SECURE^®-C Cervical Artificial Disc Clinical Trial (sponsored clinical trial listing)
February 28, 2006
The objective of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the SECURE^®-C Cervical Artificial Disc for the treatment of symptomatic cervical disc disease as compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Read more...

CerviCore™ Intervertebral Disc Clinical Study (sponsored clinical trial listing)
February 17, 2006
The study is a multi-center, prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial that will compare the safety and effectiveness of the CerviCore Intervertebral Disc to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) in the treatment of cervical radicular symptoms. Read more...

CORTOSS pivotal trial for osteoporotic spine fractures (sponsored clinical trial listing)
February 16, 2006
This is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of the Cortoss biomaterial to PMMA bone cement when used in the vertebroplasty procedure to treat vertebral compression fractures. Read more...

TFAS™ Total Facet Arthroplasty System™ Clinical Trial (sponsored clinical trial listing)
February 1, 2006
The TFAS™ clinical trial is a multi-center, prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of the TFAS™ to spinal fusion surgery in the treatment of moderate to severe degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. Read more...

Cervical artificial disc clinical trial—PCM^® (sponsored clinical trial listing)
October 31, 2005
This is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of the Porous Coated Motion (PCM^®) disc for the treatment of disc herniation(s) or other degenerative disc disease (DDD) in the upper (cervical) spine as compared to spinal fusion in the treatment of this disease. Read more...

Kineflex|C Cervical Artificial Disc Implant™ (sponsored clinical trial listing)
October 6, 2005
This is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of the Kineflex-C Spinal System to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery in relieving the symptoms associated with degenerative disc disease in the cervical spine. Read more...

Kineflex™ Lumbar Artificial Disc Implant (Sponsored clinical trial listing)
September 6, 2005
This is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of the Kineflex Spinal System to the Charité Artificial Disc implant in relieving the symptoms associated with degenerative disc disease in the lumbosacral spine. Read more...

Wallis Stabilization System Clinical Trial (Sponsored clinical trial listing)
March 7, 2005
The US Clinical Study of the Wallis Stabilization System is a multi-center prospective, randomized clinical trial currently enrolling patients to compare the safety and effectiveness of the Wallis Device, a non-fusion surgical device, to conservative care for treatment of degenerative disc disease. Read more...

Cervical artificial disc clinical trial—PRODISC-C^® (Sponsored clinical trial listing)
November 25, 2003
A multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of PRODISC-C to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery in the treatment of symptomatic cervical disc disease. Read more...

Charité Artificial Disc (Sponsored clinical trial listing)
May 16, 2003
The Charité Artificial Disc is an investigational device limited by US (Federal) law to investigational use in the USA. Read more...

Artificial disc clinical trial—PRODISC (Sponsored clinical trial listing)
November 30, 2001
This is study is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of PRODISC total disc replacement to spinal fusion surgery in the treatment of discogenic pain associated with degenerative disc disease (DDD) in the lumbosacral spine. Read more...

The information provided in this Clinical Trials listing section is designed to help patients find clinical trials that are ongoing in the field of spine medicine, and to provide information to help patients contact the centers conducting the research. op90.com is not involved in conducting any of these trials and is not promoting the trials or research.