Status:

COMPLETED

A Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures

Lead Sponsor:

Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis

Conditions:

Osteoporosis

Vertebral Fracture

Eligibility:

All Genders

50-95 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The standard care in patients with a painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is conservative therapy. Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV), is a new minimally invasive technique for pain...

Detailed Description

Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of bone cement injection in PV for patients with acute painful osteoporotic compression fractures, as compared with a simulated placebo procedure without injection ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • VCF on X-ray of the spine (minimal 15% loss of height)
  • level of VCF Th5 or lower
  • back pain ≤ 6 weeks at time of X-ray
  • ≥ 50 years of age
  • bone edema on MRI of the fractured vertebral body
  • focal tenderness on VCF level
  • decreased bone density T-scores ≤ -1

Exclusion

  • severe cardio-pulmonary condition
  • untreatable coagulopathy
  • systemic or local infection of the spine (osteomyelitis, spondylodiscitis)
  • suspected alternative underlying disease (malignancy)
  • radicular and/or cauda compression syndrome
  • contra-indication for MRI

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01200277

Start Date

January 1 2011

End Date

January 1 2014

Last Update

November 18 2014

Active Locations (4)

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Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis

Dordrecht, Netherlands, 3300AK

2

Catharina Ziekenhuis

Eindhoven, Netherlands, 5623EJ

3

Medisch Spectrum Twente

Enschede, Netherlands, 7500KA

4

St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis

Tilburg, Netherlands, 5022GC