Bone Marrow Concentrate Intradiscal Injection for Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain
NCT ID: NCT03340818
Last Updated: 2024-08-07
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
66 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2018-08-01
2024-08-07
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Bone Marrow Concentrate
Patients in this group will receive injection of autologous bone marrow concentrate into the suspected painful intervertebral discs.
Bone Marrow Concentrate
Bone marrow concentrate is bone marrow harvested from the iliac crest and minimally processed in a centrifuge. It is then injected into the suspected painful disc (s) using fluoroscopic guidance
Placebo Group
Patients in this group will receive an injection of normal saline dorsal to the transverse process. The bone marrow aspiration will be simulated for these patients.
Placebo
Injection of normal saline dorsal to the transverse process after sham bone marrow aspiration
Interventions
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Bone Marrow Concentrate
Bone marrow concentrate is bone marrow harvested from the iliac crest and minimally processed in a centrifuge. It is then injected into the suspected painful disc (s) using fluoroscopic guidance
Placebo
Injection of normal saline dorsal to the transverse process after sham bone marrow aspiration
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Average pain of at lest 40/100 on VAS pre-procedure.
* Inadequate response to at least 6 months of conservative care including medication, physical therapy and/or spinal injection
* Advanced imaging of MRI or CT demonstrating abnormal disc pathology
* Presumed lumbar disc pain based on either positive discogram or patient must have MRi findings of either high intensity zone and/or Type 1 or 2 Modic endplate changes, or exclusion of other sources of pain.
* Having provided informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* Negative discogram
* Very severe decrease in disc height at planned injection level (disc height of less than 1/3 expected)
* Active infection
* Moderate to severe anemia, thrombocytopenia or leukopenia
* Spinal fracture within the past 6 months
* Severe psychological illness
* Inability to consent to the procedure due to cognitive issues
* Prior surgery at a level considered to be the source of pain
* Lumbar surgery within the past 6 months
* Women who are pregnant or breast feeding
* Prior intradiscal therapeutic injection or procedure
* Severe uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematologic, gastrointestinal, metabolic, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac or neurological disease or any medical condition which would make the subject unsuitable for this study.
* Inflammatory arthritis
* Any cancer within the past 5 years, except basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer
* Intradural disc herniation
* Coagulopathy preventing spinal injection
* Inability to stop anticoagulants other than aspirin due to other medical issues
* Exceeds 30 mg morphine equivalent per day of opioid use.
* A history of alcohol or drug abuse within the past 5 years.
* Use of any investigational drug within the past 30 days.
* Steroid injection in the spine within the past 30 days.
* Discography within the last 21 days
* A known allergy or sensitivity to heparin or citrate (used for processing BMC)
* Pending litigation involving the subject's back pain.
* Active worker's compensation claim
* Central stenosis at a level to be injected with an AP diameter less than or equal to 5 mm
* Severe anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reaction to any of the medications used. (If a patient does have a mild or moderate allergy to any of the medications used in the procedure or prior anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reaction to any food or drug, they will be given prednisone 50 mg PO 13, 7, and 1 hour prior to the procedure and diphenhydramine 50mg PO 1 hour prior to the procedure.)
* In order to mitigate any economic risk, a patient without adequate medical insurance coverage for any subsequent tests or procedures deemed clinically necessary will be excluded. BMC is an autologous blood product with multiple clinical uses. Intradiscal administration should not preclude insurance coverage for any subsequent medical issues that might develop pertaining to the intradiscal injection itself or the BMC
18 Years
55 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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APM Spine and Sports Physicians
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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David S Levi, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Jordan Young Institute
Scott I Horn, DO
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Jordan Young Institute
Josh Levin, MD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Stanford University
Sara A Tyszko, PA-C
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Jordan Young Institute
Locations
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Jordan Young Institute
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Countries
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References
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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan
Document Type: Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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BMC-1788
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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