Clinical trials: Spine, Open
Spina Bifida
QUALAS Validation in Dutch
Rationale Patients with spina bifida often experience a decreased quality of life compared to patients without spina bifida. The Quality of Life Assessment for Spina Bifida (QUALAS) is a validated questionnaire to assess the…
- Trial name
- NCT06723951
- Testing
- QUALAS survey
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
Children, Mobility Limitation
Parental Perspectives of Using Toy Cars on Social Interactions of Preschool Children With Mobility Impairments
The purpose of this study is to investigate parental attitudes towards their child who has a mobility impairment, to using a modified electric toy car, and to evaluate from their perspective, if it facilitated social interaction…
- Conditions
- Children, Mobility Limitation, Spina Bifida, Attitude to Health
- Trial name
- NCT02682043
- Testing
- Toy car
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Urinary Incontinence, Spinal Cord Injury
Lumbar to Sacral Ventral Nerve Re-Routing
To assess the level of improvement in voiding function after lumbar to sacral ventral nerve re-routing procedure in Spinal Cord Injury and spina bifida patients
- Conditions
- Urinary Incontinence, Spinal Cord Injury, Spina Bifida
- Trial name
- NCT00378664
- Testing
- lumbar to sacral ventral nerve re-routing procedure
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kenneth Peters, MD
Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome
Investigation of Parents' Anxiety Level and Health Related Quality of Life in Different Types of Physical Disabilities
Disability brings many psychosocial problems in society. The effects of the health of a disabled child on the psychological health and quality of life of the family are inevitable.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT04035967
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sanko University
Surgical Blood Loss, Spinal Surgery
Efficacy of Suction Enabled Retraction Device
This is a prospective randomized controlled trial of the Suction-Integrated Surgical Tissue Elevator \& Retractor [SISTER] device to assess: Effects on operative time and efficiency of exposure in open lumbar spine cases.
- Trial name
- NCT03160170
- Testing
- SISTER device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Postoperative Pain, Erector Spinae Plane Block in Spinal Surgery
Open Technique Erector Spinae Plane Block in Spinal Surgery
Erector spinae plane (ESP) block is an interfacial plane block with visceral and somatic analgesic activity at paraspinal muscles.ESPB has been successfully applied as a part of multimodal analgesia in treating postoperative pain…
- Trial name
- NCT06157762
- Testing
- Erector spinae plane block, Erector spinae plane block performed by surgeon
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Premature Infants, Cerebral Palsy
Interrater Reliability of Infant Motor Profile
The aim of this study is to assess risky infants (or diagnosed infants) with Infant Motor Profile, and analyze interrater and intrarater reliability of this test.
- Conditions
- Premature Infants, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Metabolic Disorders
- Trial name
- IMP (NCT03188107)
- Testing
- Video based assessment
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abant Izzet Baysal University
Neurogenic Bladder, Myelomeningocele
Can Dynamic Ultrasonography Replace Urodynamics in Follow-up of Patients With Myelomeningocele
Patients with neurogenic bladder need periodic evaluation with urodynamic study, a invasive and uncomfortable procedure. Aim: To evaluate the accuracy of dynamic ultrasonography as a feasible and noninvasive alternative…
- Trial name
- NCT03550898
- Testing
- Dynamic Ultrasonography
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Spina Bifida With Hydrocephalus
Impact of a Standing Program in a Child With Spina Bifida: A Case Report
The purpose of this case study is to investigate a child with MMC who has significant knee and hip flexion contractures to answer the following research questions: 1) Is a home standing program effective in reducing hip and knee…
- Trial name
- NCT05251740
- Testing
- Altimate Medical EasyStand Bantam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida and Anencephaly
Blood Folate and Homocysteine Levels Following Administration of Folic Acid According to Different Daily Dosing Schedules:a Simulation of Food Fortification
The aim of this study is to examine whether the same total daily dosage of folic acid, when taken as a single daily dose or as multiple divided doses throughout the day, results in different blood folate and homocysteine levels…
- Trial name
- NCT00207558
- Testing
- folic acid
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Prostate Cancer, Spine, Open
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate vs Fresh Frozen Plasma in Goal-directed Bleeding Management in Non-cardiac Surgery
The primary endpoint of this study is the completion time of hemostasis treatment when administered Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and frozen powder coagulation factor concentrate (PCC) in goal-directed bleeding management for…
- Conditions
- Prostate Cancer, Spine, Open, Hip Osteoarthritis, Knee Disease
- Trial name
- NCT06144099
- Testing
- fresh frozen plasma, prothrombin complex concentrate
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Konkuk University Medical Center
Meningomyelocele, Spinal Dysraphism
Management of Myelomeningocele Study (MOMS)
Spina bifida (myelomeningocele) is a complex birth defect in which a portion of the spinal cord is not fully developed. The overlying bones and skin are incompletely formed and the underdeveloped area of the spinal cord is…
- Trial name
- MOMS (NCT00060606)
- Testing
- Prenatal Myelomeningocele Repair Surgery, Postnatal Myelomeningocele Repair Surgery
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 183 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The George Washington University Biostatistics Center
Folate Deficiency, Neural Tube Defects
Folic Acid Salt Study (FISFA Zambia)
Question: How effective is fortified iodized salt with folic acid (FISFA) in increasing serum and red blood cell folate in non-lactating, non-pregnant women of reproductive age in the country of Zambia who do not have active food…
- Trial name
- NCT06734611
- Testing
- Fortified Iodized Salt with Folic Acid (FISFA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Zambia
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Neurogenic Bladder, Neurogenic Bowel
The Role of Active Administration of Peristeen Bowel Evacuation for the Management of Urinary Tract Infection
This study investigates whether active use of transanal irrigation (Peristeen®) effectively manages urinary tract infection among patients with the diagnosis of neurogenic bladder.
- Conditions
- Neurogenic Bladder, Neurogenic Bowel, Spina Bifida, Fecal Incontinence
- Trial name
- NCT04815226
- Testing
- Peristeen Transanal Irrigation
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Pregnancy; Spina Bifida, Fetal, Environmental Exposure
Understanding Effects of Folic Acid on the Methylosome and Transcriptome of Women With Spina Bifida Affected Pregnancies
Folic acid is currently considered to be the standard of care for primary and secondary prevention of spina bifida, but the mechanisms underlying folic acid's benefits are unknown.
- Trial name
- NCT05500690
- Testing
- Folic Acid Tablet
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Spina Bifida and Anencephaly
Dosage Effects of Folic Acid on Blood Folates of Honduran Women
CDC staff at the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities have been working closely with a Honduras-based organization, Project Healthy Children (PNS) and the Ministry of Health, on a folic acid…
- Trial name
- NCT00207532
- Testing
- folic acid
- Where
- Honduras
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Spina Bifida
Fecal Microbium Change in Pediatric Patients With Spina Bifida: Prospective Case-control Study
Purpose: In order to verify the hypothesis that the composition of intestinal microbiota in children with spina bifida is different from that of normal control, prospective comparative analysis would be performed.
- Trial name
- NCT04186130
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Neural Tube Defects, Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
A Study to Evaluate Folate Levels in Women Taking Oral Contraceptives
The purpose of this study is to compare red blood cell folate levels in women who are taking oral contraceptives with or without folic acid
- Conditions
- Neural Tube Defects, Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities, Nervous System Malformations
- Trial name
- NCT00301587
- Testing
- Norgestimate-ethinyl estradiol, with or without folic acid
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
Radiculopathy, Herniated Disk
Percutaneous Diskectomy SpineJet x Open Microdiskectomy in Treatment of Lumbar Radiculopathy
Approximately 300,000 patients undergo open surgical procedures to treat symptoms caused by disc herniation. Among the various surgical techniques practiced the percutaneous discectomy occupies its space since the first…
- Trial name
- PDOP_TLR (NCT01367860)
- Testing
- Open microdiscectomy, Percutaneous Diskectomy SpineJet
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo