Sagittal Plane Shear Index for Planning Lumbar Stenosis Surgery — SPSI  

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Clinical Trial

Official title: The Sagittal Plane Shear Index (SPSI) for Planning Whether to Fuse After Decompressing a Stenotic Lumbar Level

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of the clinical investigation is to assess the proportion of lumbar spinal stenosis surgical treatment plans that change when an objective measurement of spinal stability is included and applied following a simple treatment algorithm. The objective spinal stability metric is calculated from flexion-extension radiographs using previously validated methods.

Clinical Trial Description

Patients with previously diagnosed lumbar spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis, who have consented to surgical treatment consisting of either decompression alone or decompression plus fusion will be invited to participate in the study. The initial surgical plan will be recorded prior to reviewing the sagittal plane shear index (SPSI). The sagittal plane shear index will be calculated flexion-extension radiographs. The measurements required to calculate SPSI will be obtained using previously validated methods. SPSI greater than 2 indicates that the translation-per-degree of rotation (TPDR) is above the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval observed in several hundred asymptomatic and radiographically normal individuals. SPSI will be reported to the surgeon after recording the pre-SPSI surgical plan. The surgeon will then decide whether to change the surgical plan. For example, if the initial surgical plan was to only decompress a level, and SPSI is greater than 2, the surgeon may plan to add fusion to the decompression. Conversely, if the initial plan was decompression plus fusion, and the SPSI indicates that the level is objectively stable, the post-SPSI plan may be to only decompress the level. The proportion of surgical plans that change after reviewing the SPSI report will be determined. If the proportion of surgical plans that change is greater than 15%, further research will be undertaken to explore whether deciding, based on objective measurement of spinal stability, whether to add fusion to decompression of a stenotic lumbar level will have a significant effect on clinical outcomes. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Constriction, Pathologic
• Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
• Spinal Stenosis

• NCT number: NCT03754972
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Medical Metrics Diagnostics, Inc
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 20, 2019
• Completion date: December 2023