Spine surgery registry aims to improve patient outcomes
NCT ID NCT04839783
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study was a registry that planned to follow 234 adults undergoing spine fusion surgery for conditions like spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease. Researchers aimed to compare different surgical techniques and track long-term outcomes, including pain, function, and whether patients needed additional surgeries. The study was terminated, so results may not be available.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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234 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2020
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- 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
Patients suffering from spinal conditions for which a spine surgeon has recommended an anterior posterior fusion, who meet all inclusion and no exclusion criteria.
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- 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: 1. Age greater than or equal to 18 years 2. Ability to speak and read comfortably in English 3. Affliction by a spinal condition warranting evaluation for operative treatment Exclusion Criteria: 1. Current incarceration 2. Individuals incapable of consenting and/or objectively responding to surveys, irrespective of reasonable assistance 3. Women currently pregnant or expecting to become pregnant in the near future 4. Subjects participating in another research study, whose protocol would conflict with comprehensive participation in this study 5. Subjects with psychiatric pathology which may impair judgement or the ability to give informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atlantic Neurosurgical and Spine Specialists
Wilmington, North Carolina, 28401, United States
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Austin Spine
Austin, Texas, 78626, United States
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Melbourne Orthopedic Group
Windsor, Victoria, 3181, Australia
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NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, 10016, United States
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New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02120, United States
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The Spine Clinic of Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73114, United States
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