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Safety and Performance of a Hernia Blocking System

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Disk Herniated Lumbar
Registration Number
NCT04188236
Lead Sponsor
NEOS Surgery
Brief Summary

Prospective, multi-center, single-arm clinical study to assess the performance of an Hernia Blocking System in preventing clinically symptomatic recurrent lumbar disc herniation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subject is between 18 and 75 years of age.
  • Posterolateral disc herniation at one level between L4 and S1 with radiographic confirmation (CT and/or MRI) of neural compression.
  • At least six weeks of failed conservative treatment prior to surgery, including physical therapy, use of anti-inflammatory medications at maximum specified dosage and/or administration of epidural/facet injections.
  • Minimum posterior disc height of 5 mm at the index level.
  • Radiculopathy with positive straight leg raise test.
  • ODI score of at least 40/100.
  • Subjects who are able to give voluntary informed consent to participate in the clinical investigation and from whom consent has been obtained.
  • Subject is able and willing to comply with the protocol requirements.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Spondylolisthesis and/or instability at the index level.
  • Foraminal, extra-foraminal or central disc herniation.
  • Subject has clinically compromised vertebral bodies in the lumbosacral region due to any traumatic, neoplastic, metabolic, or infectious pathology.
  • Subject has scoliosis of greater than 20 degrees (both angular and rotational).
  • Less than 20 mm of interpedicular distance in the spinal canal at the index level.
  • Grossly distorted anatomy due to congenital abnormalities.
  • Deformation that affect the posterior corners of the vertebra at the index level (e.g., osteophytes).
  • Endplate irregularities that, in the judgment of the surgeon, could affect the device implantation.
  • Prior surgery at the index lumbar vertebral level.
  • Radiological confirmation of severe facet joint disease or degeneration.
  • Patients diagnosed or at a high risk of osteoporosis (such as postmenopausal women and patients receiving long-term treatment with corticosteroids) who present a bone densitometry DXA T-score of less than -2.0 at the index level.
  • Cauda equina syndrome.
  • Fever, leucocytosis and/or systemic or localized active infection.
  • Systemic inflammation and/or inflammation at the implantation site.
  • Any metabolic bone disease.
  • Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
  • Peripheral neuropathy.
  • Active hepatitis, AIDS or HIV.
  • Rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune disease.
  • Active or history of any invasive malignancy; patients with curatively-treated malignancies who have been disease-free for at least 5 years are eligible.
  • Active tuberculosis or history of tuberculosis in the past 3 years.
  • Immunologically suppressed patients.
  • Current anticoagulation therapy, unless anticoagulation therapy can be suspended for surgery.
  • Patients who have received medication (e.g., methotrexate, alendronate) that interferes with bone mineral metabolism within 4 weeks of the planned date of the index surgery.
  • Suspected or known allergies or intolerance to the implant materials.
  • Any condition that precludes the use of general anesthesia.
  • Any condition that precludes the surgical procedure.
  • Any contraindication for MRI or CT scan.
  • Class III obesity: Body mass index ≥ 40.
  • Current alcohol or recreational drug dependency.
  • Pregnant or interested in becoming pregnant in the following 24 months.
  • Breastfeeding.
  • Life expectancy less than 2 years.
  • Subject is currently participating or has participated in the previous 4 weeks in any other interventional clinical study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of clinically symptomatic recurrent lumbar disc herniation24 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The change in quality of life according to EQ-5D-5L, compared to baseline6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
The change in the patient work status, compared to baseline6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
Change in Low back related disability according to the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), related to baseline6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
The change in the disc degeneration (Pfirrmann scale), compared to baseline6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
The incidence and type of all adverse events (AE) and serious adverse events (SAE).6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
Incidence of clinically asymptomatic recurrent disc herniation6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
Disc height maintenance [mm] related to baseline6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
Change in leg and low back pain assessed by NRS (numeric rating scale), related to baseline6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months

0-10 NRS

The change in patient neurological status: straight leg raise test, reflexes, motor muscle strength and sensory neurological evaluations, compared to baseline6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
The change in the endplate lesions (MODIC scale), compared to baseline6 months, 12 months, and 24 months
The change in the kinematics of the intervertebral disc at the index level, compared to baseline6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 24 months

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol

🇪🇸

Badalona, Spain

Hospital QuirónSalud Barcelona

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitario de Canarias

🇪🇸

La Laguna, Spain

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

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