New 3D scanner aims to make spine surgery more precise
NCT ID NCT06267248
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early study tests a new 3D scanner that takes pictures of the spine during surgery. The goal is to see if the scanner can accurately match these pictures to MRI or CT scans taken before or during the operation. Ten patients having spine surgery will participate. The study focuses on how well the device works and how surgeons use it, not on treating a disease.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Subjects will be invited to participate from the Principal Investigator's clinic population. All subjects will be identified as requiring a spine surgery that meets the eligibility requirements.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 1. Patients that require exposure of posterior bony anatomy for visualization as standard of care. 2. Patients will have had a CT scan performed prior to the procedure as standard of care, or is expected to have a CT scan intraoperatively as standard of care. 3. Clinically planned for spine surgery. 4. Able to provide written informed consent from subject, using IRB approved consent form and agrees to comply with protocol requirements. 5. Patients who do not speak English will be allowed to participate, with the expectation that the site will provide interpreter services to help with the consent process. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Language problems that would prevent from properly understanding instructions in any language. 2. Patients less than 18 years of age or older than 80 years of age 3. Patients who are excluded from consideration for the surgical procedure are therefore excluded from the research study. 4. Special populations: pregnant women, prisoners. 5. Minimally invasive spine surgery that does not expose the necessary bone/s. 6. Spine surgery without posterior exposure. 7. Patients considered high risk for anesthesia, as determined by operative surgeon
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Mass General Bringham, Hale Building for Transformative Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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