Prospective, Randomized, Multi-center Clinical Study of Plasma Disc Decompression
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Official title
Prospective, Randomized, Multi-center Clinical Study of Plasma Disc Decompression Efficacy
Brief summary
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The goal of this post-marketing surveillance study is to compare two procedures which are used to treat patients who require a disc decompression procedure. These procedures are: 1) plasma disc decompression procedure using Coblation technology and 2) fluoroscopy guided transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI). The study will evaluate treatment efficacy and rate of improvement in symptoms through the first six months following the procedure. The principal objectives of this study are to determine whether subjects receiving the plasma disc decompression procedure demonstrate: 1. Improved clinical outcomes over subjects receiving TFESI 2. More rapid reversal of symptoms than subjects receiving TFESI
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00189605
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 90 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Device · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 75 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2004
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2007
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2009
- Last update posted
- Aug 25, 2015
2004 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 13
- U.S. states
- 11
- U.S. cities
- 12
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Orthopedic Clinic Association | Scottsdale | Arizona | 85260 | — |
| Innovative Spine Care | Little Rock | Arkansas | 72205 | — |
| SpectrumCare Rehabilitation Medical Center Inc. | Napa | California | 94558 | — |
| North Valley Rehabilitation Hospital | Thornton | Colorado | 80229 | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Arnold Pain Management Center, | Boston | Massachusetts | 02215 | — |
| The University of Michigan, The Spine Program | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48108 | — |
| Medical Advanced Pain Specialists (MAPS) | Edina | Minnesota | 55435 | — |
| TRIA Orthropaedic Center | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55431 | — |
| OrthoCarolina | Charlotte | North Carolina | 28203 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213-2582 | — |
| Western Pennsylvania Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15224 | — |
| Consultants in Pain Research | San Antonio | Texas | 78209 | — |
| University of Vermont College of Medicine, Center for Pain Mgmt | Burlington | Vermont | 05401 | — |
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- Last update posted Aug 25, 2015 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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