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Clinical Trials/DRKS00040328
DRKS00040328RecruitingNot Applicable

Bone development in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Universitätsmedizin Göttingen0 sites400 target enrollmentStarted: September 25, 2018Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Recruiting
Enrollment
400

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
5 Years to 17 Years (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Following appropriate counseling and informed consent, the study will include all children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 17 with a spinal deformity and SMA or another underlying condition who are undergoing surgical correction in the Department of Pediatric Orthopedics at UMG.

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Patients who do not meet the criteria listed above or who do not consent to participate in the study are excluded.

Arms & Interventions

Group 1: For patients with SMA undergoing spinal fusion surgery, the bone and cartilage tissue obtained during the procedure, as well as blood, urine, and sputum samples, will be analyzed; in addition, patient data and clinical X-ray, MRI, and CT images (which are routinely obtained for the surgeries) will be evaluated.

Intervention: Group 1: For patients with SMA undergoing spinal fusion surgery, the bone and cartilage tissue obtained during the procedure, as well as blood, urine, and sputum samples, will be analyzed; in addition, patient data and clinical X-ray, MRI, and CT images (which are routinely obtained for the surgeries) will be evaluated.

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