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Active, not recruitingNCT04912674SymphonyUpdated Feb 17, 2026

Evaluation of Symphony™ Posterior Cervical System for Surgical Treatment of Adult Cervical Deformity

An observational study in Cervical Deformity, sponsored by International Spine Study Group Foundation. Active, not recruiting at 6 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-02-17.

Sponsored by International Spine Study Group Foundation · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
100
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Multi-center, prospective, non-randomized study to evaluate Symphony™ Posterior Cervical System in the setting of surgical treatment of adult cervical deformity.

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Specific Aims:

  • Evaluate outcomes for operative treatment of adult cervical deformity patients treated with posterior spinal fusion using SymphonyTM posterior cervical system at 6 weeks, 1 year, and 2 year follow up. Outcome metrics will include standardized patient reported outcome measures, radiographic analysis of deformity correction and spinal alignment.
  • Evaluate rates and risk factors for perioperative complications and need for revision surgery at 6 weeks, 1 year, and 2 years postoperatively.
  • Develop and validate a surgical invasiveness index for cervical deformity surgical procedures
  • Validate the cervical deformity frailty index previously developed by the ISSG and further optimize this index
  • Establish adult cervical deformity specific thresholds for minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for standard outcomes measures using a patient satisfaction anchor
  • Develop a series of predictive models for adult cervical deformity surgery, including outcomes (e.g. overall change and achievement of MCID), occurrence of complications, and radiographic changes
  • Assess the psychological impact of adult cervical deformity, how psychological measures change following surgical treatment, and whether there are correlations between baseline psychological factors and outcomes following surgery
  • Assess baseline functional measures (e.g. grip strength) for adult cervical deformity patients presenting for surgery, assess how these functional measures change following surgery, and assess whether there are correlations between baseline functional measures and likelihood to improve following surgery
  • Assess baseline narcotic use among adult cervical deformity patients presenting for surgery
  • Assess changes in narcotic use from baseline to follow-up intervals after surgical treatment for adult cervical deformity
  • Assess for correlations between narcotic use (baseline and follow-up) and outcomes following surgical treatment for adult cervical deformity
  • Assess the impact of osteopenia and osteoporosis on patient frailty, complications, and maintenance of deformity correction
  • Define clinical and demographic features of the population afflicted with cervical deformity (e.g., age, gender, comorbidities, disability, health-related quality of life)
  • Assess for correlations between radiographic parameters and degree of disability/pain at baseline
  • Assess and describe surgical strategies used to address cervical deformity
  • Define complications and rates of complications (perioperative and delayed) associated with the surgical treatment of cervical deformity
  • Assess the role/need for pre/post operative tracheostomy and PEG
  • Evaluate and compare radiographic changes of sagittal spinal alignment (focal, regional, and global) and pelvic parameters pre and post cervical deformity surgery.
  • Develop predictive formulas of post-operative alignments based on surgical techniques employed for correction
  • Identify risk factors related to poor clinical outcomes
  • Define potential impact of complications on clinical/radiographic outcomes
  • Determine reoperation rates over two-year follow-up period
  • Assess change in subaxial alignment after occiput to C2 fusion
  • Assess the effect of C1-2 lordosis and C1-2 fusion on subaxial alignment and outcome
  • Assess outcomes of long fusions involving the occiput related to head center of gravity and regional and global balance
  • Assess outcomes of occipital-cervical-thoracic fusion on cervical alignment and global alignment
  • Evaluate clinical outcomes (short- and long-term) following cervical deformity surgery
  • Assess cost-effectiveness of adult cervical deformity surgery
  • Correlate different measures of frailty, including Edmonton, CHSA, and ISSG.
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Conditions studied

  • Cervical Deformity

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Keywords

  • Cervical deformity
  • Kyphosis
  • Scoliosis
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In context

Kyphosis

132 studies on the registry are indexed under Kyphosis; 31 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 62 across 45 observational studies indexed under Kyphosis.

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Lead sponsor

International Spine Study Group Foundation is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Adult cervical deformity patients from spine surgeon clinic

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Inclusion criteria

  1. ≥18 years old at time of treatment
  2. Patient undergoing a posterior cervical instrumented fusion using the DePuy Synthes SymphonyTM OCT System for the treatment of adult cervical deformity, defined as any of below criteria:

    1. Loss of cervical lordosis (≤ 0° cervical lordosis C2-7)
    2. ≥ 5° of kyphosis across any 1 or 2 cervical segments
    3. ≥ 10° of cervical scoliosis
    4. C2-C7 SVA ≥ 4cm
    5. T1 Slope minus Cervical Lordosis ≥ 20°
    6. Grade I or greater Spondylolisthesis at any segment C1-T1
    7. Horizontal Gaze ≤ 0 or ≥ 11
  3. Plan for surgical correction of cervical deformity in the next 6 months
  4. Willing to provide consent and complete study forms at baseline and follow-up intervals

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Active spine tumor or infection
  2. Deformity due to acute trauma
  3. Unwilling to provide consent or to complete study forms
  4. Prisoner
  5. Pregnant or immediate plans to get pregnant
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Operative

    Inclusion Criteria: 1. ≥18 years old at time of treatment 2. Patient undergoing a posterior cervical instrumented fusion using the DePuy Synthes SymphonyTM OCT System for the treatment of adult cervical deformity, defined as any of below criteria: 1. Loss of cervical lordosis (≤ 0° cervical lordosis C2-7) 2. ≥ 5° of kyphosis across any 1 or 2 cervical segments 3. ≥ 10° of cervical scoliosis 4. C2-C7 SVA ≥ 4cm 5. T1 Slope minus Cervical Lordosis ≥ 20° 6. Grade I or greater Spondylolisthesis at any segment C1-T1 7. Horizontal Gaze ≤ 0 or ≥ 11 3. Plan for surgical correction of cervical deformity in the next 6 months 4. Willing to provide consent and complete study forms at baseline and follow-up intervals Exclusion Criteria: 1. Active spine tumor or infection 2. Deformity due to acute trauma 3. Unwilling to provide consent or to complete study forms 4. Prisoner 5. Pregnant or immediate plans to get pregnant

    Device: Symphony OCT System

Interventions

  • DeviceSymphony OCT System

    Surgical intervention will be patient specified by treating surgeon.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain Numeric rating scale (NRS) - Headaches

    Self reported pain in Head where 0=no pain/10=severe pain

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  2. Pain Numeric rating scale (NRS) - Neck

    Self-reported pain in Neck where 0=no pain/10=severe pain

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  3. Pain Numeric rating scale (NRS) - Upper extremity

    Self-reported pain in Arms where 0=no pain/10=severe pain

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  4. Pain Numeric rating scale (NRS) - Lower extremity

    Self-reported pain in Legs where 0=no pain/10=severe pain

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  5. Pain Numeric rating scale (NRS) - Back

    Self-reported pain in Back where 0=no pain/10=severe pain

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  6. Neck Disability Index (NDI)

    Patient reported neck disability tool

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  7. Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey (VR-12)

    Patient reported outcome

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  8. Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) - Anxiety

    Computer adaptive PROs

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  9. Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) - Depression

    Computer adaptive PROs

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  10. Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) - Pain Interference

    Computer adaptive PROs

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  11. Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) - Physical Function

    Computer adaptive PROs

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  12. Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) - Social Satisfaction (Role)

    Computer adaptive PROs

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  13. Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) - Social Satisfaction (DSA)

    Computer adaptive PROs

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  14. Spine Radiographs

    Radiographic parameters (Cervical lordosis, Kyphosis, Scoliosis; Global balance in coronal and sagittal planes of the spine; pelvic parameters (pelvic incidence, tilt, slope) and bony fusion status

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  15. Modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scale (mJOA)

    Patient reported outcome measuring functional status using scale of 0 to 18. The higher the score, the less disability.

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

Secondary outcomes

  1. EAT-10

    Measures swallowing difficulties as reported by the patient.

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  2. Voice Handicap Index (VHI-10)

    Measures voice handicap as reported by the patient.

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  3. Adverse events

    Any adverse events that occur during study participation \& meeting study established reporting criteria

    Time frame: 6 weeks, 1 year, and 2 years

  4. Edmonton Frail Scale

    Frailty scale from 0 to 17 where the higher the score the more frail the patient

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  5. CHSA Frail Scale

    Clinical Frailty Scale from 1 to 9 where the higher the score, the more frail the patient

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

  6. Dynamometer Hand Grip Strength test

    With patient seated, patient will squeeze the dynamometer as hard as he/she can with each hand.

    Time frame: Change from Preop to 6 weeks, 6 months, and 1 & 2 year follow-up

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Study locations

6 sites
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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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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 17, 2026, 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
NCT04912674
Lead sponsor
International Spine Study Group Foundation
Collaborators
DePuy Synthes
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 3, 2021
Start date
Jul 12, 2021
Primary completion
Jul 12, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 12, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 17, 2026

Study contacts

Justin Smith, MD, PhD
principal investigator · University of Virginia
Christopher Shaffrey, MD
principal investigator · Duke University
Shay Bess, MD
principal investigator · Denver Int'l Spine Center, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children & Presbyterian St. Luke's MC

Oversight

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