Comparison of DISCOVER™ Artificial Cervical Disc and ACDF for Treatment of Cervical DDD (IDE Study)
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Official title
A Multi-Center, Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Cervical Arthroplasty to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for the Treatment of Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease
Brief summary
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This study is intended to treat patients with symptomatic degenerative disc disease at one level of the cervical spine. The patients will be randomized to the DISCOVER Artificial Cervical Disc (total disc replacement) or SLIM-LOC™ (cervical fusion) to determine the safety and efficacy at 2 years post operative. Follow-up on patients treated with total disc replacement will be continued to 5 years post operative.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00432159
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 500 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years to 70 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
- Jul 1, 2006 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- May 1, 2013 (Actual)
- Completion
- May 1, 2016 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Oct 20, 2017
2006 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 30
- U.S. states
- 23
- U.S. cities
- 29
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympia Medical Center | Beverly Hills | California | 90211 | — |
| Sutter Medical Center | Sacramento | California | 95816 | — |
| Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine, PC | Loveland | Colorado | 80538 | — |
| Yale University | New Haven | Connecticut | 06520 | — |
| Florida Orthopaedic Institute | Tampa | Florida | 33607 | — |
| Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center | Atlanta | Georgia | 30329 | — |
| Rush University/Midwest Orthopaedics | Chicago | Illinois | 60607 | — |
| Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| Johnson County Spine | Overland Park | Kansas | 66210 | — |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington | Kentucky | 40536 | — |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Maryland | 21210 | — |
| Boston Spine Group | Newton | Massachusetts | 02458 | — |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48109 | — |
| Borgess Medical Center | Kalamazoo | Michigan | 49048 | — |
| William Beaumont Hospital | Royal Oak | Michigan | 48073 | — |
| Twin Cities Spine | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55404 | — |
| St. John's Regional Medical Center | Springfield | Missouri | 65804 | — |
| St. Patrick Hospital Neurological Associates | Missoula | Montana | 59802 | — |
| Nebraska Spine Center, LLC | Omaha | Nebraska | 68154 | — |
| Center for Diseases and Surgery of the Spine | Las Vegas | Nevada | 89106 | — |
| University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey | Newark | New Jersey | 07101 | — |
| Southern NY Neurosurgical Group | Johnson City | New York | 13790 | — |
| Upstate Medical College/SUNY | Syracuse | New York | 13202 | — |
| Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates | Charlotte | North Carolina | 28204 | — |
| Triangle Orthopaedic Associates | Durham | North Carolina | 27704 | — |
| Neurospine Institute | Eugene | Oregon | 97401 | — |
| North Texas Spine Care at Baylor Health | Dallas | Texas | 75246 | — |
| Texas Back Institute | Plano | Texas | 75093 | — |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84132 | — |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22903 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00432159, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Oct 20, 2017 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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