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The STEPS - Totalis™ Trial

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02079038

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Official title

A Prospective, Multi-center, Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Trial Evaluating the VertiFlex® Totalis™ Direct Decompression System Versus a Sham Comparator Surgical Procedure in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Brief summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine safety and effectiveness, as measured by changes in pain, disability, patient satisfaction, and claudicatory symptoms, at 6 months following treatment with the Totalis™ Direct Decompression System or Sham Comparator Surgical Procedure in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02079038
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
VertiFlex, Incorporated
Industry
Enrollment
180 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Device · Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
55 Years and older
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
May 2014 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Jan 2017 (Actual)
Completion
Jan 2017 (Actual)
Last update posted
Aug 7, 2020

2014 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
19
U.S. states
14
U.S. cities
19
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Alabama Clinical Therapeutics Birmingham Alabama 35235 —
Hope Research Institute Phoenix Arizona 85018 —
Arizona Pain Specialists Scottsdale Arizona 85260 —
Medhat Mikhael, M.D. Inc. Fountain Valley California 92708 —
Orthopedic Pain Specialists Santa Monica California 90403 —
Integrated Pain Management Medical Group, Inc. Walnut Creek California 94598 —
GWU - Medical Faculty Associates, Inc. Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20037 —
Holy Cross Hospital Fort Lauderdale Florida 33334 —
Florida Pain Institute Merritt Island Florida 32953 —
Pain Care, LLC Stockbridge Georgia 30281 —
American Health Network Muncie Indiana 47304 —
Pain Management Associates Independence Missouri 64055 —
University Pain Medicine Center Somerset New Jersey 08773 —
Oklahoma Pain Physicians Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73120 —
Penn State Hershey Medical Center Hershey Pennsylvania 17033 —
Performance Spine and Sports Physicians, PC Pottstown Pennsylvania 19464 —
SC Pain & Spine Specialists Murrells Inlet South Carolina 29576 —
Spine Team Texas Southlake Texas 76092 —
Virginia iSpine Physicians PC Richmond Virginia 23235 —

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