Scientists hunt for super cells to fix backs faster
NCT ID NCT01409954
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at cells from 60 spine surgery patients to find which ones are best at making bone. The goal is to improve healing after spinal fusion and lower the chance of needing another surgery. Researchers will test a small piece of bone graft taken during the operation.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Start date
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Oct 2011
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
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
Specialty clinic, University of Utah Orthopaedic Center
- 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: * Patients electing to undergo spinal decompression with an instrumented posterolateral fusion Exclusion Criteria: * Patients not undergoing spinal decompression with an instrumented posterolateral fusion
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Utah Orthopaedic Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108, United States