Vertebropexy - Randomized-controlled Trial

Официальное название

Comparison of Ligamentous Fixation Technique (Vertebropexy) Versus Conventional Decompression or Fusion Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Обзор

To assess the need for additional fusion surgery versus the risk of a revision surgery in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal disease and to assess efficacy and risk of the ligamentous fixation technique (vertebropexy)

Подробное описание

The global share of people over the age of 65 years has been consistently on the rise over the past few decades, and is still projected to increase. The increasing life expectancy, overall advances in medical care and therefore, the higher average age of people seeking surgical treatment lead to increasing numbers of spine surgeries: Spinal fusion is one of the most frequently used surgical treatment modalities for spinal disorders with 7.6 million per year worldwide (EU: 700,000, USA: 450,000, CH: 9000) and provides stability by internal rigid fixation of the spine with screws, rods and bony fusion. Although producing reliable short-term results with rapid pain relief and positive effects on patient outcome, implant-related complications, painful pseudarthrosis (non-union of bone), screw loosening, and adjacent segment disease lead to one-third of patients requiring reoperation within 15 years. These complications might be evoked by altered biomechanics with redistribution of loads and subsequently increased stress at the bone-implant interface as well as long fusions leading to relevant, irreversible loss of motion. Therefore, a new treatment modality which reinforces bony spinal segments with ligaments, the so called "vertebropexy", was recently developed by Farshad et al. The goal is to achieve targeted stabilization of the spine by inserting ligamentous allografts to counteract instability, without immobilizing the segment. Furthermore, it might provide additional stabilization after decompression surgery and therefore reduce revision surgery rates due to instability in clinically relevant directions as flexion-extension or anterior shear stress. However, to become a broadly accepted surgical alternative to existing surgical techniques for degenerative lumbar spinal disease like dorsal fusion and spinal decompression surgery, the new technique must provide convincing long-term results superior to those of these established procedures which is the primary objective of this randomized controlled trial.

Вмешательства

• Процедура Vertebropexy
  microsurgical (i.e., the use of a microscope or magnifying glasses during decompression) lumbar laminotomy with partial removal of the medial facet joint by preserving the midline structures (supraspinous-interspinous ligament complex); approach: bilateral or ipsilateral with cross-over to the contralateral side. Additional stabilization of the spine with a ligament (for instance semitendinosus donor allograft), which connect the postoprior structures (Proc. Spinosus and/or Lamina) of the verteb

Первичные конечные точки

• ODI (Oswestry Disability Index) [Срок оценки: 2 years postoperative]

Вторичные конечные точки (11)

• VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) [Срок оценки: 2 years postoperative]
• SSM symptoms/function (Spinal Stenosis Measure) [Срок оценки: 2 years postoperative]
• SSM satisfaction (Spinal Stenosis Measure) [Срок оценки: 2 years postoperative]
• EQ-5D (European Quality of Life Five Dimension) [Срок оценки: 2 years postoperative]
• Revision surgery [Срок оценки: 2 years postoperative]
• Complications [Срок оценки: 2 years postoperative]
• Duration of surgery [Срок оценки: Perioperative]
• Length of hospital stay [Срок оценки: Perioperative]
• Intraoperative blood loss [Срок оценки: Perioperative]
• Use of analgesia [Срок оценки: 2 years postoperative]
• Use of physical therapy [Срок оценки: 2 years postoperative]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Single-level or two-level lumbar surgery needed
• Indication for decompression surgery in patients with spinal canal stenosis and additional stable degenerative listhesis (without facet joint effusion ≥ 2mm)
• Indication for fusion surgery in patients with spinal canal stenosis and additional unstable degenerative listhesis (facet joint effusion ≥ 2mm), in patients with foraminal stenosis and additional degenerative listhesis, and in patients with segment degeneration of the disc
• Understanding in German language

Критерии исключения

• Indication for decompression and/or fusion surgery in patients with solely disc herniation, fractures, lytic listhesis, tumor
• Patients undergoing revision surgery for infection
• Patients undergoing revision surgery on the same level if bony structures have been removed (e.g. prior laminectomy or midline decompression)
• Patients undergoing revision surgery in case of prior fusion surgery
• Inability to understand the study for linguistic or cognitive reasons
• Anticipated clinical follow-up of less than 6 weeks after inclusion
• Participation in other clinical trials

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Нет

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Рандомизированное

Модель

Параллельные группы

Маскирование

Открытое

Основная цель

Лечение

Центры проведения

Швейцария · 1 центр

• Balgrist University Hospital — Zurich

Публикации

• Widmer J, Cornaz F, Scheibler G, Spirig JM, Snedeker JG, Farshad M. Biomechanical contribution of spinal structures to stability of the lumbar spine-novel biomechanical insights. Spine J. 2020 Oct;20(10):1705-1716. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2020.05.541. Epub 2020 May 28. PMID 32474224
• Farshad M, Tsagkaris C, Widmer J, Fasser MR, Cornaz F, Calek AK. Vertebropexy as a semi-rigid ligamentous alternative to lumbar spinal fusion. Eur Spine J. 2023 May;32(5):1695-1703. doi: 10.1007/s00586-023-07647-y. Epub 2023 Mar 17. PMID 36930387
• Calek AK, Widmer J, Fasser MR, Farshad M. Lumbar vertebropexy after unilateral total facetectomy. Spine J. 2023 Nov;23(11):1730-1737. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2023.07.005. Epub 2023 Jul 13. PMID 37451550
• Calek AK, Altorfer F, Fasser MR, Widmer J, Farshad M. Interspinous and spinolaminar synthetic vertebropexy of the lumbar spine. Eur Spine J. 2023 Sep;32(9):3183-3191. doi: 10.1007/s00586-023-07798-y. Epub 2023 Jun 7. PMID 37284900

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT06024785 · VPRCT

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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