Randomized WAD Study

NCT ID: NCT01994044

Last Updated: 2013-11-25

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-07-31

Study Completion Date

2013-10-31

Brief Summary

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Background: The majority of patients suffering a whiplash injury (WAD) will recover, but some may have symptoms for years despite all kinds of conservative treatment. The Neck Pain Task Force (2008) found no existing evidence for positive effects of fusion operations in such patients. Some of them, however, present with symptoms that might indicate pain from a motion segment, possibly the disc. Our aim was therefore to test this possibility by performing a randomized study comparing cervical fusion and multimodal rehabilitation in chronic WAD patients.

Methods: Patients with a specified symptomatology, all with pronounced symptoms for long periods of time, were recruited and randomized to surgery (25 pat.) or to multimodal rehabilitation (24 pat.). All patients were investigated before start of the study and at follow-up approximately two years after treatment by four independent examiners from disciplines usually involved in treating WAD patients. The patients also gave their own assessments of the treatment results. Seven patients in each group did not undergo the allocated treatment for various reasons.

Detailed Description

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Outcomes:

representing different disciplines: neurology, orthopedics, physical medicine and psychology. Each patient´s perceived change in outcome was also assessed. Assessment was made before treatment and at follow-up two years afterwards.

In addition to the assessments of outcome made by the examiners, the patients completed the SF-36, EQ-5D and BIS (Balanced Inventory for Spinal Disorders) questionnaires before treatment and at follow-up. The results of these assessments will be given in a forthcoming paper.

6b. No changes in trial outcomes were made during the study.

Conditions

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Whiplash Symptoms

Keywords

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Whiplash, surgery, multimodal rehabilitation, independent examiners

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Study Groups

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Multimodal rehabilitation

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cervical fusion

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Cervical fusion

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cervical fusion

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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Cervical fusion

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The patients were to have been involved in a traffic accident as the origin of their pain and to have had pronounced symptoms lasting for at least one year.
* They should be in the age group 18 to 60 years,
* have been actively working up until the accident,
* should not have had previous neck pain.
* All patients should have had a plain X-ray and an MRI showing no specific changes.
* The patients should present with pronounced neck pain with the origin in the midline.
* The character of the pain should be dull, aching, and, with sudden movements, stabbing in the same area.
* Palpation and pressure in that area should provoke deep pain..

Exclusion Criteria

\- Previous pain in the neck, previous surgery
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Spinal Surgery Clinic, Strängnäs

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bo Nyström

MD, PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Bo Nyström, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Clinic of Spinal Surgery

Locations

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Clinic of Spinal Surgery

Strängnäs, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

References

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Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso P, Holm LW, Cote P, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S153-69. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816445ea.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18204388 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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SpinalSC

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

RKSWAD SpinalSC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id