Clinical trials: Spinal Disorder
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Assessment of Surgical Techniques for Treating Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
The primary purpose of this study is to compare anterior and posterior surgical approach in treatment of CSM in terms of surgical complications and neurological, functional, disease-specific and quality of life outcomes measures.
- Trial name
- CSM (NCT00285337)
- Testing
- Laminectomy and Laminoplasty
- Where
- 13 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 321 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AOSpine North America Research Network
Spinal Cord Injury
Pilot Study: The Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of the study is to investigate inflammatory and other substances that may be elevated in the blood and blood cells following spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Trial name
- NCT00919581
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 149 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
INCOMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURY (ASIA D), Able Bodied
Examining the Effect of Acute Intermittent Hypoxia on Serum Blood Proteins and Lower Limb Function
The goal of this study is to clarify mechanisms of acute intermittent hypoxia and to examine the effect on lower limb function in persons with chronic, incomplete spinal cord injury.
- Trial name
- NCT06906536
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypoxia (AIH)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Boulder
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Remote Speech and Swallowing Assessment in ALS
The investigators propose a longitudinal home study of ALS patients to measure the severity of speech and swallowing (bulbar) impairment via a smartphone-based, remote speech and swallow assessment (rSSA).
- Trial name
- NCT04889898
- Testing
- Digital recording of speech and swallow sounds using the Beiwe Digital Health App on a personal smartphone, Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS), Speech Intelligibility Test (SIT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Spinal Cord Injury
Carbohydrate Study, Chronic SCI
As people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) get older they become more likely to develop health problems, just like everyone else. However, SCI increases the risk of certain problems.
- Trial name
- NCT00786435
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Spinal Cord Injured, Tetraplegia
The Role of Melatonin in the Regulation of Blood Coagulation
The main aim is to examine the influence of daylight and melatonin on the temporal variations of hemostatic factors with key roles in the hemostatic process and its regulation.
- Trial name
- COME (NCT01741389)
- Testing
- Melatonin ("Circadin")
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA), Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
Evaluation of the Expression and Functions of the KIR3DL2 Receptor and the Anti-inflammatory Activity of IPH4102 in Blood Samples
the main objectives are 1. to study the pathophysiological role of KIR3DL2 in axSpA and its relationship with Th17 immunity in HLA-B27 + and HLA-B27- patients and 2.
- Trial name
- KIR3DL2 (NCT03322618)
- Testing
- blood samples
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Poliomyelitis
Study to Evaluate Safety and Immunogenicity of nOPV2 at Different Intervals in Infants
Study to determine immunogenicity and safety following administration of 2 doses of novel oral poliovirus vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) given at different intervals of 1 week or 2 weeks or the standard 4-week interval in infants
- Trial name
- NCT05033561
- Testing
- nOPV2
- Where
- 2 sites in Dominican Republic
- Volunteers
- 905 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fidec Corporation
Chiari Malformations
Dynamic MRI and Quantitative MR CSF Flow Studies in Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies
The purpose of this study is to decide which position of the neck affects cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) flow between the spinal cord and the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT00795080
- Testing
- Dynamic cervical MRI scans
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Poliomyelitis
Clinical Trial of Novel OPV2 Vaccine
Though OPV is safe and effective, it can mutate and reacquire neurovirulence in rare circumstances. This can result in vaccine-associated paralytic polio and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses.
- Trial name
- NCT04693286
- Testing
- novel oral polio type 2 vaccine (nOPV2)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Immunity to Oral Rotavirus Vaccine, Immunity to Oral Polio Vaccine
Zinc and/or Probiotic Supplementation of Rotavirus and Oral Polio Virus Vaccines
Background: Strategies are needed to improve oral rotavirus vaccine (RV), which provides suboptimal protection in developing countries.
- Conditions
- Immunity to Oral Rotavirus Vaccine, Immunity to Oral Polio Vaccine, Shedding of Oral Rotavirus Vaccine
- Trial name
- NCT01616693
- Testing
- Probiotic, Zinc, Rotavirus vaccine
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PATH
Spinal Cord Injury
Validation of a Novel Robot-aided Assessment of Gait Ability
The aim of this study is the validation of a novel gait assessment method implemented in the Lokomat gait trainer with respect to established clinical gait assessment methods.
- Trial name
- NCT02425332
- Testing
- Lokomat gait trainer
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Thoracolumbar Spine Fracture, Facet Joint Degeneration
Degenerative Changes After Treatment of Thoracolumbar Junction Fractures
This observational study will evaluate how degenerative changes in the facet joints and intervertebral discs develop over time after treatment of AOSpine type A2, A3, and A4 fractures of the thoracolumbar junction.
- Conditions
- Thoracolumbar Spine Fracture, Facet Joint Degeneration, Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
- Trial name
- NCT07672184
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Care
Hypotension
Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation (TEAS) on Prevention Hypotension in Elderly
Despite prophylactic measures, hypotension remains a common side-effect of spinal anesthesia. Electroacupuncture influences hemodynamics.
- Trial name
- NCT05272033
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Konya Meram State Hospital
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinson Disease
A Systematic Investigation of Phonetic Complexity Effects on Articulatory Motor Performance in Progressive Dysarthria
The goal is to improve the fundamental knowledge about articulatory motor performance in people with Lou Gehrig's disease (also known as ALS) and Parkinson's disease (PD), in order to develop more sensitive assessments for…
- Trial name
- NCT03613038
- Testing
- Phonetic complexity effects on speech motor performance
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Obstetric Anesthesia Problems, Bupivacaine Adverse Reaction
Thoraco Lumbar Vertebral Length and Bupivacaine Dosage in C-Section
Our hypothesis is that the bupivacaine dose determined according to the thoracolumbar vertebral body length (VBL) is more effective in achieving a lower hypotension rate during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery than the…
- Trial name
- bupivacaine (NCT06869434)
- Testing
- Group VBL (Thoracolumbal vertebral body length) received 0.2 mg x VBL cm of %0.5 hyperbaric bupivacaine, Group FD (fixed dose) received a volume of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine based on a dose calculated according to the patient's height 0.065 mg/cm, Group AD (adjusted dosage) got intrathecal heavy bupivacaine (0.5%) tailored to the patient's height and weight.
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 446 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- TC Erciyes University
Hyperekplexia
Effects of Mutations of the Glycine Gene Associated With Hyperekplexia on Central Pain Processing
Mutations in genes affecting pain transmission start to be known, the investigators are investigating a mutation in a glycine channel, which has an influence on pain modulation.
- Trial name
- NCT01476514
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
ARTFL LEFFTDS Longitudinal Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (ALLFTD)
ARTFL LEFFTDS Longitudinal Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (ALLFTD) represents the formalized integration of ARTFL (U54 NS092089; funded through 2019) and LEFFTDS (U01 AG045390; funded through 2019) as a single North American…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
- Trial name
- NCT04363684
- Where
- 26 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Disc Herniation
Silent Lumbar Disc Herniation Syndrome
LDH is a common phenomenon that is often described in association with various pathological processes affecting the neuromuscular and locomotor systems.
- Trial name
- NCT06453499
- Testing
- Physical therapy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Noha Khaled Shoukry
Effects of; Anesthesia, in Labor and Delivery
Phenylephrine vs. Norepinephrine Infusion After Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery
The purpose of the study is to determine if a medication called phenylephrine, which helps to control blood pressure, is more effective as a continuous intravenous (IV) infusion compared to continuous IV norepinephrine in…
- Trial name
- NCT02354833
- Testing
- Phenylephrine, Norepinephrine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- West Virginia University
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