CSS-Assessing the Course of Degenerative Cervical Spinal Stenosis Using Functional Outcomes

NCT ID: NCT04381663

Last Updated: 2024-12-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-16

Study Completion Date

2025-09-30

Brief Summary

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The study will consist of two parts:

* In Study A, objectively assessed physical activity, gait, balance, range of movement of specific joints during walking and neurophysiological findings between patients with cervical spine stenosis (CSS) without myelopathy who will be treated conservatively and patients with stenosis and signs of myelopathy who are candidates for surgical Treatment will be compared.
* In Study B, the 6-month changes in the same outcomes in patients treated conservatively (from the first specialist consultation until 6 months later) and in patients treated surgically (preoperative day and 6-month post-operatively) will be quantified.

Detailed Description

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Study A is a single centre cross-sectional study with two study groups, one that will be treated conservatively (stenosis) and one that will be treated surgically (stenosis and myelopathy).

Study B is a single centre longitudinal study where the same patient groups will be followed up during the course of their treatment.

Clinical, radiological, biomechanical (kinematic and electromyographic), neurological and neurophysiological data will be collected. Differences in and the relationship between the clinical, radiological, biomechanical, neurological and neurophysiological data will be determined .

Conditions

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Cervical Spinal Stenosis Cervical Myelopathy

Keywords

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Cervical Spinal Stenosis Cervical Myelopathy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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conservative treatment

In study A this group will be treated conservatively (stenosis). Study B is a single centre longitudinal study where the same patient groups will be followed up during the course of their treatment

conservative treatment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

conservative treatment for patients with cervical spine stenosis without myelopathy

surgical treatment (stenosis and myelopathy).

In study A this group that will be treated surgically (stenosis and myelopathy). Study B is a single centre longitudinal study where the same patient groups will be followed up during the course of their treatment

surgical treatment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

surgical decompress the spinal canal in patients with moderate to severe degenerative cervical spine myelopathy

Interventions

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conservative treatment

conservative treatment for patients with cervical spine stenosis without myelopathy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

surgical treatment

surgical decompress the spinal canal in patients with moderate to severe degenerative cervical spine myelopathy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \> 18 years
* Diagnosis of degenerative cervical spine stenosis defined by MRI (stenosis grade 2 or grade 3
* Local clinical symptoms due to degenerative changes of the cervical vertebral column with or without clinically defined myelopathy

Exclusion Criteria

* Stenosis after trauma or neoplasm
* Prior decompressive surgery
* Previous spine or extremity surgery with a consequent sensorimotor impairment
* Other pathologies than cervical spine stenosis causing gait disturbance
* BMI \> 35 kg/m2
* Use of walking aids
* Inability to provide informed consent
* Contraindications for recording of Motor evoked potentials (MEP)
* Contraindications to safely undergo MRI
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Annegret Mündermann, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Cordula Netzer, Dr. med.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Regina Schläger, PD Dr. med.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Martin Hardmeier, PD Dr. med.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Locations

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Universitätsspital Basel

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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2019-01270;ch20Muendermann

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id