ReActiv8 Stimulation Therapy vs Optimal Medical Management: A Randomized Evaluation

NCT ID: NCT04803214

Last Updated: 2025-12-31

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

203 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-07-14

Study Completion Date

2026-01-31

Brief Summary

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This study is a prospective, randomized study comparing ReActiv8 Therapy to Optimal Medical Management (OMM).

Detailed Description

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This study is a prospective, randomized study comparing ReActiv8 Therapy to Optimal Medical Management (OMM), where OMM means the patient is managed according to available guideline-directed treatments (e.g., medication, physical therapy, injections) individualized to meet the patient needs. All patients who satisfy the enrollment criteria are randomized (1:1) to receive either ReActiv8 (Treatment group) or OMM (Control group).

Conditions

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Chronic Low-back Pain

Keywords

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Neurostimulation Stimulation Multifidus Restorative neurostimulation Multifidus muscle control Neurostimulator

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment (ReActiv8)

Market-approved ReActiv8 device

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

ReActiv8

Intervention Type DEVICE

Market-approved ReActiv8 device implanted

Control (OMM)

Optimized medical management (OMM) (Standard of Care)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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ReActiv8

Market-approved ReActiv8 device implanted

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age ≥21 years
2. Evidence of lumbar multifidus muscle dysfunction
3. Intractable Chronic Low Back Pain that has persisted \>6 months resulting in pain most of the days in the past 12 months
4. Failed therapy including pain medications and physical therapy
5. Not a candidate for spine surgery
6. Low Back Pain NRS of ≥6 and ≤9
7. Oswestry Disability Index score ≥30 and ≤60
8. Willing and capable of giving Informed Consent
9. Able to comply with this protocol
10. On Optimal Medical Management per the Investigator

Exclusion Criteria

1. Contraindicated for the ReActiv8 System
2. BMI \> 35
3. Any surgical correction procedure for scoliosis at any time, or a current clinical diagnosis of moderate to severe scoliosis
4. An independent MRI assessment identifying a pathology that is likely the cause of the CLBP and is amenable to surgery
5. Leg pain described as being worse than back pain, or radiculopathy (neuropathic pain) below the knee
6. Any condition unrelated to CLBP which, in the opinion of the Investigator, could limit physical movement or compliance with the protocol, or interfere with the assessment of efficacy
7. Surgical and other procedure exclusions
8. Psycho-social exclusions
9. Protocol compliance exclusions
10. General exclusions
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mainstay Medical

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Frank Schwab

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

New York-Presbyterian

Chris Gilligan

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Kiran Patel

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Northwell Health

Locations

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Barrow Brain & Spine

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Site Status

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Site Status

SoCal Sport and Spine

Newport Beach, California, United States

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Pacific Research Institute

Santa Rosa, California, United States

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University of Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, United States

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International Spine, Pain and Performance Center

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Cleveland Clinic Martin Health Tradition Hospital

Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States

Site Status

Cantor Spine Center and Paley Orthopedic Spine Institute

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Site Status

Augusta Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists

Augusta, Georgia, United States

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Horizon Clinical Research

Fayetteville, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Vista Clinical Research

Newnan, Georgia, United States

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Indiana Spine Group

Carmel, Indiana, United States

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OrthoIndy

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Site Status

Advent Health Shawnee Mission

Shawnee Mission, Kansas, United States

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Columbia Orthopedic Group

Columbia, Missouri, United States

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SSM Health Medical Group

Jefferson City, Missouri, United States

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Freeman Hospital

Joplin, Missouri, United States

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Northwell Health

Great Neck, New York, United States

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Ainsworth Institute of Pain Management

New York, New York, United States

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OrthoCarolina Sports Medicine Center

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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Duke University

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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The Center for Clinical Research, LLC

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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University Hospitals Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Pacific Sports and Spine

Eugene, Oregon, United States

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Spinal Diagnostics, PC

Tualatin, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Center for Interventional Pain and Spine

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Gilligan C, Burnside D, Grant L, Yong RJ, Mullins PM, Schwab F, Mekhail N. ReActiv8 Stimulation Therapy vs. Optimal Medical Management: A Randomized Controlled Trial for the Treatment of Intractable Mechanical Chronic Low Back Pain (RESTORE Trial Protocol). Pain Ther. 2023 Apr;12(2):607-620. doi: 10.1007/s40122-023-00475-4. Epub 2023 Feb 14.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 36787013 (View on PubMed)

Schwab F, Mekhail N, Patel KV, Langhorst M, Heros RD, Gentile J, Costandi S, Moore G, Gilmore C, Manion S, Chakravarthy K, Meyer SC, Bundy JV, Tate JL, Sanders R, Vaid S, Szentirmai O, Goree J, Patel VV, Lehmen J, Desai MJ, Pope JE, Giuffrida A, Hayek S, Virk SS, Paicius R, Klemme WR, Levy R, Gilligan C; RESTORE investigators. Restorative Neurostimulation Therapy Compared to Optimal Medical Management: A Randomized Evaluation (RESTORE) for the Treatment of Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain due to Multifidus Dysfunction. Pain Ther. 2025 Feb;14(1):401-423. doi: 10.1007/s40122-024-00689-0. Epub 2025 Jan 15.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 39812968 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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980012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id