Efficacy and Safety Study of Non-percutaneous Vertebroplasty With Macroporous Calcium Phosphate Cement (MCPC)

NCT ID: NCT00931333

Last Updated: 2011-11-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

4 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-07-31

Study Completion Date

2011-02-28

Brief Summary

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The macroporous calcium phosphate cement, MCPC, which composition is close to bone, is malleable and biocompatible, and has intrinsic radio opacity and good ability to undergo mechanical constraints. After the filling of the bone cavity, the cement hardens. Interestingly, this calcium phosphate cement has no exothermic hardening (on the contrary, the ordinary cements used nowadays cause necrotic lesions in tissues around during this phase) and favours vascularisation, cellular colonisation and bone healing. Thanks to its resorbability, the MCPC cement is replaced little by little by a physiologic bone. This last property is very important for young people needing a vertebroplasty after a traumatism.

Thus, it will be tested in a low-invasive surgery, a non-percutaneous vertebroplasty, consisting in filling with the MCPC the body of the broken vertebra, after its stabilization thanks to 4 interpedicular screws. This protocol will be proposed to patients 1 to 3 weeks after the trauma having caused the fracture.

The follow up will last 12 months with 5 visits (2 days, and 3, 4, 6 and 12 months after vertebroplasty), 2 CT scanners before inclusion and at 12 months, 2 EOS (ultra low dose imager replacing classical radiography) at 5 and 12 months, questionnaires (visual analogic scale for pain, and quality of life with OSWESTRY and SF36 scales) before inclusion and at 2 days, and 3, 4, 6 and 12 months, and biological exams (CRP/VS, for inflammation) at each visit except 2 days after surgery. An osteodensitometry will be performed at 3 months.

Detailed Description

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The macroporous calcium phosphate cement, MCPC, which composition is closer to bone than acrylic cement, is malleable and biocompatible, and has intrinsic radio opacity and good biomechanical properties (12 +/- 3 Mpa in 24 hours). After the filling of the bone cavity, the cement hardens in situ thanks to hydrolysis and apatite precipitation. Interestingly, this calcium phosphate cement has no exothermic hardening (on the contrary, the PMMA causes necrotic lesions in tissues around during this phase). During the dissolution, a macroporosity takes form between biphasic calcium phosphate granules. That permits vascularisation, cellular colonisation and bone healing. Thanks to its resorbability, the MCPC cement is replaced by a physiologic tissue. This last property is very important for young people needing a vertebroplasty after a traumatism.

The issue is to validate this biomaterial with appropriate mechanical, biocompatibility properties and intrinsic radio opacity, and that can favour bone regeneration, with a lower frequency of leak and risk enhancement of other vertebra fracture. The MCPC will thus be tested on few patients to assess its efficacy and security for bone filling in vertebra site.

Thus, it will be used in a low-invasive surgery, a non-percutaneous vertebroplasty, consisting in filling with the MCPC the body of the broken vertebra, after its stabilization thanks to 4 interpedicular screws. This protocol will be proposed to 21 patients 1 to 3 weeks after the trauma having caused the fracture. The follow up will last 12 months with 5 visits.

Conditions

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Vertebra Trauma

Keywords

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Vertebroplasty spine vertebra height adverse events calcium phosphate bone cement

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

non percutaneous vertebroplasty

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The patient will undergo general anaesthetic. With a low invasive approach, 4 screws will be placed in pedicles of vertebra under and above the fractured vertebra. The reduction of the fracture will be realised by a smooth movement, and screws positions will be verified by a radio control, with a guided navigation system. The stems will be placed and locked. After the screw positioning, the fractured vertebra pedicles will be reached by a low invasive approach, using a 6 mm trocar, to raise, if necessary, the vertebral plate. Then the cement will be injected in the vertebral body, under radio control. When the maximal volume (6 to 8 ml) is reached, or if an extra vertebral leak is detected, the cement injection is stopped. Then the incision is closed. The next day, the patient will be placed in a corset for a 2 months period.

Interventions

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non percutaneous vertebroplasty

The patient will undergo general anaesthetic. With a low invasive approach, 4 screws will be placed in pedicles of vertebra under and above the fractured vertebra. The reduction of the fracture will be realised by a smooth movement, and screws positions will be verified by a radio control, with a guided navigation system. The stems will be placed and locked. After the screw positioning, the fractured vertebra pedicles will be reached by a low invasive approach, using a 6 mm trocar, to raise, if necessary, the vertebral plate. Then the cement will be injected in the vertebral body, under radio control. When the maximal volume (6 to 8 ml) is reached, or if an extra vertebral leak is detected, the cement injection is stopped. Then the incision is closed. The next day, the patient will be placed in a corset for a 2 months period.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients aged between 18 and 65 years old, BMI \< 30
* Stable and important fracture of the vertebral body between T9 and L5
* Diagnostic maximum 3 weeks after the trauma causing the fracture
* Type A1 to A3 (MAGERL scale) assessed by CT scan
* Lumbar local traumatic angle \> 10°, and thoracic \> 15°
* Given informed consent
* Patient with French health system

Exclusion Criteria

* For women: no efficient contraception (intra uterine device, or contraceptive pill)
* Pregnant or feeding women
* Fractures due to metastasis or multiple myeloma
* Symptomatic compression of the spinal cord
* Multi site vertebroplasty
* Scoliosis with a Cobb angle \> 20°
* Surgery zone local infection
* All surgical contraindications
* Immune system abnormalities, immune deficiency or suppression, HIV or BHV or CHV (positive serology)
* Severe hyperparathyroidism: calcium \> 2,45 mmol/l and \[PTH\] ≥ 50pg / ml
* Uncontrolled diabetes (untreated or non stabilized by treatment)
* Long corticoid treatment (more than 6 months and stopped since less than 3 months)
* Chemotherapy
* All contra indication to MCPC: osteomyelitis, bone degenerative disease or necrosis of surgery site.
* Known allergy to indigotine
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Bordeaux

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jean-Charles LE HUEC, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital Bordeaux, France

Antoine BENARD, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University Hospital Bordeaux, France

Locations

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Service d'orthopédie-traumatolologie (C), Hôpital Pellegrin

Bordeaux, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

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Other Identifiers

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CHUBX 2009/03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id