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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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

66 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-08-01

Study Completion Date

2024-08-07

Brief Summary

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A double-blind, placebo-controlled study to determine the efficacy of intradiscal injection of bone marrow concentrate on discogenic low back pain.

Detailed Description

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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to determine the efficacy of intradiscal injection of bone marrow concentrate on discogenic low back pain. The treatment will be a single injection of autologous bone marrow concentrate into suspected painful disc(s) based upon either prior discography or combination of imaging and exclusion of other anatomic structural sources of pain. The placebo treatment will be an intramuscular injection of normal saline directly dorsal to the transverse process at each suspected level. Outcomes will be measured using VAS and ODI. The primary outcome will be the percentage of patients in the treatment group vs control group at 6 months post-procedure, categorized as a clinical success defined by at least 50% relief of pain. Secondary outcomes will be comparison of success rates at 3 and 12 months, percentage of patients in the two groups with greater than 30% improvement in ODI at 3, 6 and 12 months, Global perceived index at 3, 6, 12 months. Medication log and adjunctive treatments will be recorded and analyzed.

Conditions

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Discogenic Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized, double-blind placebo controlled
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors
Participant and PA providing follow up care and assessing data from ODI, VAS etc will be blinded. Physician performing procedure will not be blinded.

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Bone Marrow Concentrate

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

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

Intervention Type OTHER

Placebo

Injection of normal saline dorsal to the transverse process after sham bone marrow aspiration

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Chronic low back pain for more than 6 months w/ low back component greater than leg pain.
* 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

* Active moderate to severe lumbar radiculopathy
* 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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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APM Spine and Sports Physicians

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

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

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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Other Identifiers

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BMC-1788

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