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Lumbar Disc HerniationSpine PROMCONCT05963815

The Spine PROMCO Study

An observational study of Lumbar Disc Herniation and Spondylolisthesis, run by Park Medical centrum at 1 site in Netherlands.

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Looking for participants now. Contact the study team or a site below to ask about taking part.

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Trial summary

Our primary objective is to design a cohort to determine the treatment outcome of different surgical interventions of the degenerative lumbar spine highlighting the expediency and value of the current surgical treatment program. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 80 years
What is being tested?
Spine surgery
How many people
4,000 participants
Where
1 siteNetherlands
Study dates
13 Jan 2023to 13 Jan 2030
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients who are eligible for surgical treatment of the spine, including a lumbar herniated disk or lumbar spinal canal stenosis, discopathy and spondylolisthesis.

Who may be able to join

  • All patients who are eligible for elective surgery of the lumbar spine.
  • All patients with degenerative disorder of the lumbar spine including: herniated disk, stenosis, discopathy and spondylolisthesis.
  • Patients must be able to fill in the questionnaire online
  • Patients with imaging (Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) confirmed lumbar disc herniation, stenosis, discopathy, or listhesis.
  • Elective cases
  • Patients operated with laminectomy, microscopic discectomy, percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy, and spondylodesis.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who cannot speak nor read the Dutch language
  • Patients who are not able to complete the digital questionnaires, according to the including doctor
  • Patients with fractures, primary infections of the spine, or with spinal malignant- cies.
  • Patients in a traumatic setting.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Annegien Boeykens, MD contact

010 436 1537

a.boeykens@parkmc.nl

Netherlands1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Park Medical Center

    Rotterdam, South Holland, 30677 GH

    Annegien Boeykens, MD, 010 436 1537, a.boeykens@parkmc.nl

    B.Sanjay Harhangi, MD, PhD

    Recruiting

Other trials in Netherlands

About this study

Official title: Spine Patient Reported Outcome Measures: a Cohort Observational Study

Our primary objective is to design a cohort to determine the treatment outcome of different surgical interventions of the degenerative lumbar spine highlighting the expediency and value of the current surgical treatment program.

Read the detailed description

This observational prospective unicenter cohort study includes patients who are eligible for elective lumbar spine surgery due to a degenerative spine disease (e.g. herniated disk, spinal canal stenosis, discopathy and spondylolisthesis). An enrolment rate of at least 80% is pursued within minimal 1.5 years of inclusion. A digital survey is used including self-reporting questionnaires that pertain to outcomes as pain, functionality and disability (COMI Back), health status (EQ-5D-5L), re-operations and complications, and satisfaction. The survey is sent at given time-intervals (e.g. baseline 2 weeks prior to surgery, 6 weeks post surgery and 6, 12, 36 months post surgery). Besides descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis, an economic evaluation will be performed from a societal perspective.

Being tested
Spine surgery
Keywords
Patient related outcome measures, Prognosis, Degenerative Spine disease
Medical subject headings
Intervertebral Disc Displacement, Spondylolisthesis, Spinal Stenosis

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Spine surgeryOther

    Patients operated with laminectomy, microscopic discectomy, percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy, and spondylodesis.

Study groups in NCT05963815
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Degenerative spine disorderPatients who are eligible for surgical treatment of the spine, including a lumbar herniated disk or lumbar spinal canal stenosis, discopathy and spondylolisthesis.
Receives: Other: Spine surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Pain and functionality - COMI BACK

    The Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) Back index score (range 0-10) is calculated by averaging transformed core-item scores from each domain of the five domains: pain symptoms (including NRS-scale), functionality of back, symptom-specific well-being, general well-being, and disability. Although the Oswestry disability index (ODI) is the most commonly used and cited tool, the COMI Back was chosen instead to assess pain intensity, functionality and disability within the study group. The COMI back is relatively short (7 questions), includes the NRS-scale (painscore from 0 (no pain) - 10 (worst possible pain), and has been cross-culturally adapted and validated in several languages, including in Dutch. It is the preferred tool of the Eurospine Registry.

    Measured: Baseline preoperative (about 2 weeks pre surgery). After completing the baseline measurements, the patients are asked to repeat the survey post surgery on set dates; 6 weeks-6months-12months-24 months-and 36 months post surgery

  2. Health status - EQ5DL

    The eq-5D-5L (Euroquality 5 domains 5 level) health questionnaire provides a simple descriptive profile and a single index value for health status. The EQ-VAS is part of the EQ-5D-5L and it is a visual scale in which the patient can indicate the perception of their health status at the time of assessment, with 100 being perfect health status and 0 the worst health status. With the EQ-5D-5L we can assess the quality-adjusted life years (QALY).

    Measured: Baseline preoperative (about 2 weeks pre surgery). After completing the baseline measurements, the patients are asked to repeat the survey post surgery on set dates; 6 weeks-6months-12months-24 months-and 36 months post surgery

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Number of Re-operations

    Re-operation due to a complication or recidive is self-reported and registered in the Electronic medical record.

    Measured: post surgery on set dates; 6 weeks-6months-12months-24 months-and 36 months post surgery

  2. Complication

    Complications are systematically assessed by self-reported questionnaires (e.g. Cerebro spinal fluid leakage, sensomotoric deficits, incontinence, infections, etc).

    Measured: post surgery on set dates; 6 weeks-6months-12months-24 months-and 36 months post surgery

  3. Satisfaction

    Patient's satisfaction will be assessed using a 5-point Likert Scale to touch on the subject of: (1) hospital satisfaction, (2) treatment satisfaction, (3) recovery satisfaction and (4) response burden of the study. With 1 being very dissatisfied and 5 very satisfied.

    Measured: 6 weeks, 6-12-36 months post surgery

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jul 2023
  2. Study start13 Jan 2023
  3. Primary completion13 Jan 2030 (estimated)
  4. Study completion13 Jan 2030 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
4,000 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05963815
Sponsor's protocol ID
0000090
Acronym
Spine PROMCO
Status last verified
Sep 2023
First submitted
19 Jul 2023
Last updated
28 Sep 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Hartvigsen J, Hancock MJ, Kongsted A, Louw Q, Ferreira ML, Genevay S, Hoy D, Karppinen J, Pransky G, Sieper J, Smeets RJ, Underwood M; Lancet Low Back Pain Series Working Group. What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention. Lancet. 2018 Jun 9;391(10137):2356-2367. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30480-X. Epub 2018 Mar 21.

    PubMed 29573870
  • Hoy D, March L, Brooks P, Blyth F, Woolf A, Bain C, Williams G, Smith E, Vos T, Barendregt J, Murray C, Burstein R, Buchbinder R. The global burden of low back pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Jun;73(6):968-74. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204428. Epub 2014 Mar 24.

    PubMed 24665116
  • Parenteau CS, Lau EC, Campbell IC, Courtney A. Prevalence of spine degeneration diagnosis by type, age, gender, and obesity using Medicare data. Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 8;11(1):5389. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84724-6.

    PubMed 33686128
  • Konstantinou K, Dunn KM. Sciatica: review of epidemiological studies and prevalence estimates. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Oct 15;33(22):2464-72. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318183a4a2.

    PubMed 18923325
  • Grotle M, Smastuen MC, Fjeld O, Grovle L, Helgeland J, Storheim K, Solberg TK, Zwart JA. Lumbar spine surgery across 15 years: trends, complications and reoperations in a longitudinal observational study from Norway. BMJ Open. 2019 Aug 1;9(8):e028743. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028743.

    PubMed 31375617
  • Guzman JZ, Cutler HS, Connolly J, Skovrlj B, Mroz TE, Riew KD, Cho SK. Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments in Spine Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Mar;41(5):429-37. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001211.

    PubMed 26571179
  • Asher AL, Knightly J, Mummaneni PV, Alvi MA, McGirt MJ, Yolcu YU, Chan AK, Glassman SD, Foley KT, Slotkin JR, Potts EA, Shaffrey ME, Shaffrey CI, Haid RW, Fu KM, Wang MY, Park P, Bisson EF, Harbaugh RE, Bydon M. Quality Outcomes Database Spine Care Project 2012-2020: milestones achieved in a collaborative North American outcomes registry to advance value-based spine care and evolution to the American Spine Registry. Neurosurg Focus. 2020 May 1;48(5):E2. doi: 10.3171/2020.2.FOCUS207.

    PubMed 32357320
  • van Hooff ML, Jacobs WC, Willems PC, Wouters MW, de Kleuver M, Peul WC, Ostelo RW, Fritzell P. Evidence and practice in spine registries. Acta Orthop. 2015;86(5):534-44. doi: 10.3109/17453674.2015.1043174.

    PubMed 25909475
  • Gadjradj PS, Chin-See-Chong TC, Donk D, Depauw P, Tulder MWV, Harhangi BS. Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the Dutch Version of the Core Outcome Measures Index for the Neck in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Degenerative Disease of the Cervical Spine. Neurospine. 2021 Dec;18(4):798-805. doi: 10.14245/ns.2142682.341. Epub 2021 Dec 31.

    PubMed 35000334
  • Mannion AF, Vila-Casademunt A, Domingo-Sabat M, Wunderlin S, Pellise F, Bago J, Acaroglu E, Alanay A, Perez-Grueso FS, Obeid I, Kleinstuck FS; European Spine Study Group (ESSG). The Core Outcome Measures Index (COMI) is a responsive instrument for assessing the outcome of treatment for adult spinal deformity. Eur Spine J. 2016 Aug;25(8):2638-48. doi: 10.1007/s00586-015-4292-4. Epub 2015 Oct 30.

    PubMed 26519374
  • Devlin NJ, Brooks R. EQ-5D and the EuroQol Group: Past, Present and Future. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2017 Apr;15(2):127-137. doi: 10.1007/s40258-017-0310-5.

    PubMed 28194657

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Lumbar Disc Herniation and Spondylolisthesis, run by Park Medical centrum at 1 site in Netherlands.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Sep 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Netherlands. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Annegien Boeykens, MD (010 436 1537, a.boeykens@parkmc.nl), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Pain and functionality - COMI BACK (time frame: Baseline preoperative (about 2 weeks pre surgery). After completing the baseline measurements, the patients are asked to repeat the survey post surgery on set dates; 6 weeks-6months-12months-24 months-and 36 months post surgery). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05963815, which also lists 11 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Sep 2023.

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