Status:

COMPLETED

The Use of PRP and BMC in Patients With Internal Disc Disruption Multicenter Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial in Patients With Internal Disc Disruption

Lead Sponsor:

Annu Navani

Collaborating Sponsors:

Andrews Research & Education Foundation

Conditions:

Internal Disc Disruption

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The condition being studied is chronic low back or leg pain in patients with internal disc disruption (IDD). The intervention to be studied is the intradiscal delivery of autologous Platelet Rich Plas...

Detailed Description

This multi-center randomized controlled pilot trial will be the first to evaluate the response of PRP and BMC for discogenic pain by direct comparison. The investigators propose to incorporate a cross...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • A high index of suspicion for discogenic pain, i.e. painful degenerative discs with or without contained protrusions
  • Age greater than 18 and less than 70 years
  • Maintained intervertebral disc heights of at least 50%
  • Pain not generated from facet joints, sacro-iliac joints or any pathology other than discogenic origin.
  • Pain is not responsive to conservative treatment measures (oral medications, epidural steroid injections, physical therapy)
  • Pain persists for an extended period of time (i.e., at least 3 months)
  • High intensity zone (HIZ) in annular fissure detected on T2 or STIR MRI, degenerated discs or contained disc protrusions.
  • No evidence of contraindications to undergo procedure such as pregnancy, active infection, bleeding disorder, or metastatic cancer
  • English speaking

Exclusion

  • Disc extrusions, disc sequestrations, severe spinal stenosis, or severe disc degeneration with grade 5 Pfirmann index or with Modic 3 level change.
  • Patient refusal
  • Presence of a known bleeding disorder
  • Pregnancy
  • Systemic or local infection
  • Presence of an unstable medical or psychiatric condition
  • Prior intradiscal procedure (ie. IDET, Nucleoplasty)
  • Inaccessibility to discs such as fusion
  • Non-English speaking
  • Prior fusion surgery

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 27 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

45 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04102761

Start Date

March 27 2018

End Date

December 31 2020

Last Update

August 9 2021

Active Locations (4)

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1

Alex Hames

Campbell, California, United States, 95008

2

The Orthohealing Center

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90025

3

Texas Spine and Joint Hospital

Tyler, Texas, United States, 75701

4

Nexus Pain Care

Provo, Utah, United States, 84604