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Status unknownNCT03360383Updated Dec 5, 2017

Effect and Essentiality of Vertebroplasty Surgery in Acute Vertebral Compression Fractures

An interventional study of percutaneous vertebroplasty and conservative treatment in Spinal Fractures, sponsored by Peking University People's Hospital. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 50 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-12-05.

Sponsored by Peking University People's Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2017), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
50 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Percutaneous vertebroplasty is now a common procedures of patients with acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in medical units all over China, but the efficacy and essentiality of the surgery remain uncertain and is the subject of this study. This is a multiple center open-label randomised trial. Patients were randomly allocated to percutaneous vertebroplasty or conservative treatment. Because of the procedure , neither patients nor investigators were blinded. The primary outcome was pain relief at 1 month and 1 year.

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This study will use a randomised controlled trial to access the efficacy and essentiality of the surgery for vertebral compression fractures. Patients aged 50 years or older, had vertebral compression fractures on spine radiograph (minimum 15% height loss) will be invited to take part. Patients will be randomised into 2 arms with average amount. The participants in the intervention arm will have percutaneous vertebroplasty ; those randomised to the control arm will receive current standard conservative treatment methods.

Patients were clinically assessed at baseline (the day of surgery or treatment), and at 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year afterwards. The primary outcome will be the pain release , categorised according to WHO classification.

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Conditions studied

  • Spinal Fractures

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Keywords

  • Spinal Fractures/surgery
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Quality-Adjusted Life Years
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In context

Spinal Fractures

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

This study's planned enrollment of 400 is above the median of 85 across 85 interventional studies indexed under Spinal Fractures.

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Lead sponsor

Peking University People's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 610 studies on the registry; 248 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
50 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • vertebral compression fracture on spine radiograph (minimum 15% height loss)
  • level of fracture at Th5 or lower; back pain for 6 weeks or less
  • focal tenderness at fracture level on physical examination
  • bone oedema of vertebral fracture on MRI
  • decreased bone density (T scores ≤-1)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • severe cardiopulmonary comorbidity
  • suspected underlying malignant disease
  • radicular syndrome
  • spinal-cord compression syndrome
  • for radiography exam
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Contraindication

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    grade 1

    percutaneous vertebroplasty

    Procedure: percutaneous vertebroplasty

  • Active comparator
    grade 2

    conservative treatment

    Procedure: conservative treatment

Interventions

  • Procedurepercutaneous vertebroplasty

    Undertake Percutaneous vertebroplasty with polymethylmetacrylate bone cement.

  • Procedureconservative treatment

    complete on bed with prevention of complications

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. change of pain relief

    World Health Organization pain classification

    Time frame: 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. quality of life

    Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO)

    Time frame: 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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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

Start is estimated for Feb 2018; primary completion for Jan 2020, 23 months later.

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 planned 23 months is below that.

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

Registered
Nov 25, 2017
First posted
Dec 4, 2017
StartEst.
Feb 1, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Jan 1, 2020
CompletionEst.
Jun 1, 2020
Last update
Dec 5, 2017
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 Dec 5, 2017, 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
NCT03360383
Responsible party
Liu Haiying (Director department of spinal surgery, Peking University People's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 4, 2017
Start date
Feb 1, 2018 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jan 1, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 1, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 5, 2017

Study contacts

chen guo
Contact
fantasy_g@163.com
8618055644700
haiying liu
study director · PekingUPH department of spinal surgery

Oversight

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