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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03415828
Other study ID # 2017-A03259-44
Secondary ID
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date May 29, 2018
Est. completion date November 29, 2025

Study information

Verified date November 2023
Source Gelscom SAS
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

DISCOGEL® is on the market since 2007. About 20,000 kits were sold to date (October 2017). The device re-obtained its CE mark in 2017. A clinical evaluation was performed by bibliographic route in 2016. Clinical data on more than 600 patients treated by DISCOGEL® were analyzed. These data should be confirmed by monitoring on the long term, with a large cohort of patients, over a two-year follow-up period. As part of the post-CE surveillance, the manufacturer GELSCOM is responsible of this "Post-Market Clinical Follow-up" (PMCF) study in accordance with Directive 93/42/EEC and MEDDEV guide 2.12/2, to assess the efficacy and the long-term safety of DISCOGEL®. The study is comparative. The results will evaluate the performance and safety of the CE-marked medical device used in "real life", in comparison with a steroid infiltration, used according to its indication and to the current standards. It will include economic data. Patients and evaluators will be blinded. Both DISCOGEL® and HYDROCORTANCYL 2,5 POUR CENT are authorized products used according to their intended use. This is an interventional, prospective, national, multi-center, comparative, randomized, single-blind (patient and evaluator) post-market clinical study. The primary objective is to compare the short-term efficacy profile of DISCOGEL® versus intradiscal steroid.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 83
Est. completion date November 29, 2025
Est. primary completion date February 29, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patient 18 years of age or older; - 2-month refractory pain to conservative treatment, non-surgical patients; - Chronic discogenic pain (1 or 2 lumbar discs) with concordant MR imaging; - Symptomatic for at least 8 weeks despite appropriate medical treatment; - Patient who agrees to participate in the study and who signed the informed consent form; - Patient with social protection. Exclusion Criteria: - Previous surgical treatment of the studied disc(s); - Patient with pure radicular pain; - Sick leave of more than 12 months secondary to the symptoms; - Patients who cannot read or write French; - History of cognitive-behavioral disorders that could interact with assessment by self-questionnaire; - Local or general infection, or suspicion of infection; - Severe coagulation disorders; - Other rheumatic inflammatory disease; - Undercurrent serious pathology with life expectancy < 2 years; - Female of childbearing age that are known to be pregnant during inclusion visit or wishing to become pregnant before treatment; - Subject who has forfeited their freedom by administrative or legal award, or is under guardianship or under limited judicial protection - Patient participating in another interventional clinical trial or testing an experimental drug within 30 days of inclusion in the study.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Lumbar Discogenic Pain (Disorder)

Intervention

Device:
Ethanol gel
Intradiscal injection of ethanol gel
Drug:
Prednisolone acetate
Intradiscal infiltration of steroids

Locations

Country Name City State
France Hospital Pellegrin Bordeaux
France Hospital SUD La Reunion Saint-Pierre
France Hospital St-Etienne Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
France Hospital St-Dié-des-Vosges St-Dié-des-Vosges
France Hospital Valence Valence

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Gelscom SAS CEISO

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Short-term efficacy profile Compare the short-term efficacy profile of DISCOGEL® versus intradiscal steroid: percentage of patients with a pain relief defined by a Low Back Pain (LBP) intensity<4 cm on a Local Verbal Rating Scale (0 = no pain to 10 = maximum imaginable pain) Month 3
Secondary Long-term efficacy profile Compare the long-term efficacy profile of DISCOGEL® versus intradiscal steroid: Local Verbal Rating Scale: on back, bottom, thigh, leg, foot Month 12
Secondary Long-term efficacy profile Compare the long-term efficacy profile of DISCOGEL® versus intradiscal steroid: Local Verbal Rating Scale: on back, bottom, thigh, leg, foot Month 24
Secondary Short-term safety profile Analyze the short- and long-term safety profile of DISCOGEL®: rates of complications and adverse reactions Month 3
Secondary Long-term safety profile Analyze the short- and long-term safety profile of DISCOGEL®: rates of complications and adverse reactions Month 12
Secondary Long-term safety profile Analyze the short- and long-term safety profile of DISCOGEL®: rates of complications and adverse reactions Month 24
Secondary Questionnaire OSWESTRY Describe the rate of subjects improved 24 months after treatment: OSWESTRY scale Month 24
Secondary Questionnaire MacNab Subjective improvement 24 months after treatment: MacNab scale Month 24
Secondary Radiography Describe radiologic evolution of the lesions: radiography of the herniated disc Month 3
Secondary Radiography Describe radiologic evolution of the lesions: radiography of the herniated disc Month 12
Secondary Radiography Describe radiologic evolution of the lesions: radiography of the herniated disc Month 24
Secondary Magnetic Resonance Imaging Describe radiologic evolution of the lesions: MRI of the herniated disc Month 3
Secondary Procedures costs Compare the cost linked to the DISCOGEL® procedure and the cost linked to a steroid infiltration or surgery Day 0
Secondary Procedures durations Compare the duration of the treatment procedures between a DISCOGEL® injection and a steroid infiltration or surgery Day 0