Your job and home may predict spinal infection comeback
NCT ID NCT05464251
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 200 people treated for a spinal infection called spinal epidural abscess. Researchers want to see if things like employment, income, insurance, and housing are linked to whether the infection comes back within a year. No new treatments are tested; the goal is to learn how social factors affect recovery.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
This study will include all patients, over the age of 18, who will undergo treatment for spinal epidural abscess infections at the University of Kentucky during the study period.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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: * All patient with ICD codes for pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis, discitis, and spinal epidural abscess will be reviewed for inclusion. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients unwilling or unable to attend follow up appointments.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Kentucky
RECRUITINGLexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States