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CompletedNCT02657265Updated Apr 20, 2023

SpineJack® Versus Conservative Treatment Study (SPICO Study)

An interventional study of SpineJack system and Conservative management in Spinal Fractures, Vertebral Compression Fractures and Back Injuries, sponsored by Vexim SA. Completed at 9 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-20.

Sponsored by Vexim SA (part of Stryker) · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 21 studies in Spinal Fractures with a site in France — 4 open to participants now, 5 under way, none of them phase 3. Spinal Fractures · France.

Enrollment
6th of 12
100 · median 93
Started
2016
with 2 others
No phase
8 of 21
2 open now
Registered
7th of 21
by date
Lead sponsor
2 of 21
Vexim SA

Among the 21 studies in Spinal Fractures with a site in France, this one is the 6th largest by enrollment of the 12 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 3 that started in 2016, is one of 8 with no phase, and was the 7th registered.

Spinal Fractures

144 studies on the registry are indexed under Spinal Fractures; 24 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

4 of the 21 studies in Spinal Fractures with a site in France are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 18 Spinal Fractures studies recruiting now, 11 (61%) set no upper age limit and 4 (22%) stop at 75 or younger; 2 take children under 18; none take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 60 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This study will compare two standard treatments in acute stable traumatic vertebral fractures (types A1 and A3.1 by Magerl Classification). The two treatments are as follows:

  1. SpineJack® system
  2. Conservative Orthopedic Management consisting of brace and pain medication.
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100 subjects (18 to 60 years old) will be enrolled (1:1) with one to two painful traumatic fractures, non-pathological (types A1 and A3.1 by Magerl Classification).

Subjects will be followed at admission, procedure, discharge, 1 month, 3 months, 12 months and 24 months post Vertebral Compression Fracture (VCF) reduction procedure or the set-up of the brace.

The estimated enrollment period is 12 months and each patient should perform a 24 months follow-up period. Therefore, the total study duration is estimated to be 36 months for the complete study.

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Conditions studied

  • Spinal Fractures
  • Vertebral Compression Fractures
  • Back Injuries
  • Trauma
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Patient must have signed the consent form
  2. Male or Female between 18 and 60 years old
  3. One to two painful traumatic fractures, non-pathological, traumatic vertebral fracture is less than 10 days, between T11 and L5, type A1 and A3.1 according to Magerl classification. All the fractures should meet the inclusion criteria (deformity, etiology, technical possibility of performing the procedure).
  4. Vertebral kyphosis angle >10°
  5. Patient is eligible to treatment with brace
  6. Technical feasibility of a SpineJack® procedure and brace 1 to 5 days after screening/baseline

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Vertebral fracture more than 10 days old
  2. Spontaneous osteoporotic vertebral fracture
  3. Neurological signs or symptoms related to the vertebral fracture
  4. Vertebral kyphosis angle >30°
  5. Active systemic or local infection at baseline
  6. Patient with substance abuse
  7. History of intolerance or allergic reaction to titanium or acrylic compounds
  8. Fracture geometry making the insertion of the implant impossible
  9. Malignant lesions
  10. Any other medical illness or condition that, in the investigator's opinion, is likely to impair long-term follow-up (e.g., cancer) or greatly increase the risk of surgery*
  11. Patient on long-term therapy (steroid dose ≥ 30 mg /day for > 3 months)
  12. Patient presenting with a non-correctable spontaneous or therapeutic coagulation disorder.
  13. Non-compliant patient: Impossibility to participate in the study and to be followed-up for 2 years.
  14. Participating in any other study
  15. Female patients who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to get pregnant during the course of the study
  16. Patient not affiliated to social security *: including but not limited to patients with for general anesthesia (surgeon expertise)
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    SpineJack® system

    Spine fracture management

    Device: SpineJack system

  • Active comparator
    Conservative management

    Surgical corset according to measurement's impression, rigid corset with sternal support

    Device: Conservative management

Interventions

  • DeviceSpineJack system

    Spine fracture management for traumatic vertebral compression fracture

  • DeviceConservative management

    Surgical corset according to measurement's impression, rigid corset with sternal support

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. VAS

    Mean Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) back pain score at 1 and 12 months follow-up

    Time frame: 1 and 12 months follow-up

Secondary outcomes

  1. Oswestry Disability Index

    Time frame: Screening/baseline, immediat post-op, 1, 3, 12 and 24 months

  2. EQ-5D

    Time frame: Screening/baseline, immediat post-op, 1, 3, 12 and 24 months

  3. Kyphotic angle

    Time frame: Screening/baseline, immediat post-op, 1, 3, 12 and 24 months

  4. Regional Kyphotic Angle

    Time frame: Screening/baseline, immediat post-op, 1, 3, 12 and 24 months

  5. Evaluation of safety through evaluation of adverse events

    Time frame: Screening/baseline, immediat post-op, 1, 3, 12 and 24 months

  6. Costs comparison of overall treatments

    Time frame: Screening/baseline, immediat post-op, 1, 3, 12 and 24 months

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Study locations

9 sites
  • Hopital Jean Minjoz Besancon
    Besançon, France
  • CHU de Bordeaux - Hopital Pellegrin
    Bordeaux, France
  • CHU Brest
    Brest, France
  • Centre Hospitalier De Chambéry
    Chambéry, France
  • CHU de Dijon
    Dijon, France
  • APHM, Hopital Nord Marseille
    Marseille, France
  • CHU de Rennes
    Rennes, France
  • CHU de Rouen-Hopital Charles Nicolle
    Rouen, France
  • Centre Hospitalier Privé Saint Grégoire
    Saint-Grégoire, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2016 to primary completion in May 2019, 40 months.

Of 36 interventional studies with no phase under Spinal Fractures, half reached primary completion within 27 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 70. This study's 40 months is above that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 5, 2016
First posted
Jan 15, 2016
StartActual
Jan 13, 2016
Primary completionActual
May 27, 2019
CompletionActual
May 25, 2020
Last update
Apr 20, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 20, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02657265
Lead sponsor
Vexim SA
Collaborators
Statitec
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 15, 2016
Start date
Jan 13, 2016
Primary completion
May 27, 2019
Completion
May 25, 2020
Last update
Apr 20, 2023

Study contacts

Jean-Marc Vital, Prof.
principal investigator · Hopital Pellegrin - Bordeaux

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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