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Spine registry aims to unlock secrets of tumors and disorders

NCT ID NCT04217525

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Duke University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study is a registry that collects medical records, quality-of-life questionnaires, and tissue samples from 900 people with spine tumors or other spine disorders. The goal is to learn more about these conditions to guide better treatment in the future. Participants must be between 18 and 85 and have a spine tumor, infection, instability, or injury.

What this could mean

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What this could lead to
If successful, this could lead to better ways to manage spine tumors and disorders, improving quality of life for patients.
What could go wrong
This is an observational registry, not a treatment trial. It is currently suspended, and results may not directly change care.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 900 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Dec 2019

Expected to finish

Dec 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Patients with spinal disorders or spinal tumors.

Ages

18 to 85 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18 and 85 years. * Able to read and write local language at an elementary level. * Diagnosis of primary or metastatic tumor of the spine ); or * Infection of the spine; or * Instability of the spine; or * Injury of the spine. * Accessibility for treatment and follow up. * Patient consent obtained according to Duke institutional policy. Inclusion criteria for spine surgery (control population for bone marrow specimens) * Age between 18 and 85 years. * Spine surgery to be performed at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) under the auspices of the neurosurgery program. * No concurrent cancer diagnosis. * Accessibility for treatment and follow up. * Patient consent obtained according to Duke institutional policy. Exclusion Criteria: * History of substance abuse (recreational drugs, alcohol) within 12 months prior to screening * Is a prisoner. * A disease or condition that would, in opinion of the investigator, preclude accurate evaluation (e.g. significant psychiatric disease), or that would impair the ability of the patient to receive protocol treatment or comply with protocol. * Pregnant or breast feeding during the study period (women of child-bearing potential will require a negative serum pregnancy test within 30 days of enrollment). * Active infection, or fever of unknown origin. * Inflammatory bowel disease. * Systemic lupus erythematosus. * Rheumatoid arthritis, or other autoimmune disease. * History of or active hematologic or bone marrow diseases, including but not limited to diagnosed lymphomas, leukemias, sickle cell or other anemias not associated with their current condition. * Polycythemia vera. * Known or suspected immunodeficiency or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). * Hematocrit \< 24% pre-operatively.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

metastatic malignant neoplasm in the spinal cord spinal cord cancer spinal cord neoplasm spinal injury vertebral column disorder vertebral disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Spinal disorder Spinal tumor

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

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