Safety and Effectiveness Study of the TOPS System, a Total Posterior Arthroplasty Implant Designed to Alleviate Pain Resulting From Moderate to Severe Lumbar Stenosis
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00405691 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 30, 2006
Last Update Posted : May 18, 2011
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First Submitted Date ICMJE | November 29, 2006 | |||
First Posted Date ICMJE | November 30, 2006 | |||
Last Update Posted Date | May 18, 2011 | |||
Study Start Date ICMJE | September 2006 | |||
Primary Completion Date | Not Provided | |||
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Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | |||
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | |||
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Brief Title ICMJE | Safety and Effectiveness Study of the TOPS System, a Total Posterior Arthroplasty Implant Designed to Alleviate Pain Resulting From Moderate to Severe Lumbar Stenosis | |||
Official Title ICMJE | A Prospective, Multi-Center Clinical Study to Assess the Saftey and Effectiveness of the Impliant TOPS System | |||
Brief Summary | The purpose of this multi-center, randomized, clinical study is to establish the safety and effectiveness of the TOPS™ System, used following decompression, in the treatment of lower back and leg pain with, or without spinal claudication, that results from moderate or severe lumbar spinal stenosis at one vertebral level between L3 and L5. | |||
Detailed Description | This study is being conducted to evaluate a new surgical implant (TOPS™ System, Impliant). The TOPS™ System is an alternative to spinal fusion that is designed to stabilize but not fuse the affected vertebral level following decompression surgery to alleviate pain stemming from moderate/severe lumbar spinal stenosis while maintaining range of motion. When non-surgical treatment is ineffective, decompression (including laminectomy and medial facetectomy) and fusion of the spinal segments with moderate/severe lumbar spinal stenosis has been used to stabilize the motion segment and to alleviate the patient's clinical symptoms. Spinal fusion surgery using metal instrumentation is designed to stop motion at a painful, unstable spinal segment by permanently fusing the segment. While fusion may decrease pain generated at the treated segment, the procedure also eliminate motion at the implanted level and transfers and thus increases loads on the adjacent segments. The TOPS System is intended to provide stabilization following decompression in patients with disease at one level from L3 to L5. The ideal goal of stabilization is to preserve mobility but eliminate abnormal motion and prevent deformity. By using the TOPS System, it may be possible to preserve load-bearing dynamics and spinal biomechanics, and thereby maintaining motion at the treated segment. The TOPS surgical technique, utilizing a standard top loading pedicle screw-based system, is the same as a standard posterior spinal fusion with the exception of the placement of the TOPS motion segment. Therefore, the surgeon will be executing the steps of surgical exposure, decompression, insertion of pedicle screws (with attention to proper placement/alignment) and closure in the same manner as he/she would in a standard posterior spinal fusion. The objective of the clinical investigation is to compare the safety and effectiveness of the TOPS System to a control group of patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion with pedicle screws and local autograft bone in the treatment of back and leg pain that results from moderate/severe lumbar spinal stenosis at a single vertebral level between L3 to L5. Prior to entering the study, patients will be evaluated by the investigator according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria. Patients recruited to the study will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to undergo implantation of the TOPS System or the control spinal fusion procedure. Patient follow-up will be evaluated immediately post-operatively and at discharge, 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months. |
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Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | |||
Study Phase ICMJE | Phase 3 | |||
Study Design ICMJE | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Single (Participant) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
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Intervention ICMJE | Device: "TOPS System" - Total Posterior Arthroplasty Implant | |||
Study Arms ICMJE | Not Provided | |||
Publications * | Not Provided | |||
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
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Recruitment Information | ||||
Recruitment Status ICMJE | Completed | |||
Estimated Enrollment ICMJE |
450 | |||
Original Enrollment ICMJE | Same as current | |||
Study Completion Date ICMJE | Not Provided | |||
Primary Completion Date | Not Provided | |||
Eligibility Criteria ICMJE | INCLUSION CRITERIA:
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Note: Additional inclusion/exclusion criteria are applied. Please contact Impliant for further details. |
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Ages ICMJE | 40 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) | |||
Accepts Healthy Volunteers ICMJE | Yes | |||
Contacts ICMJE | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | |||
Listed Location Countries ICMJE | United States | |||
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Administrative Information | ||||
NCT Number ICMJE | NCT00405691 | |||
Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE | TOPS-US-IDE-002 | |||
Has Data Monitoring Committee | Yes | |||
U.S. FDA-regulated Product | Not Provided | |||
IPD Sharing Statement ICMJE | Not Provided | |||
Responsible Party | Dan Finan, Impliant, Inc. | |||
Study Sponsor ICMJE | Impliant, Ltd. | |||
Collaborators ICMJE | Not Provided | |||
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PRS Account | Impliant, Ltd. | |||
Verification Date | January 2010 | |||
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