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Cervical Orthosis Versus no Orthosis Following Multi-level Posterior Cervical Fusion

Radiculopathy, Cervical Clinical Trial

Official title:
A Randomized Trial of Cervical Orthosis Versus no Orthosis Following Multi-level Posterior Cervical Fusion

Clinical Trial Summary

Use of cervical orthosis after instrumented posterior cervical spinal surgery is still widely practiced even though modern fusion techniques likely do not require additional stabilization from an external orthosis. This is a single, centre randomized, non-blinded equivalence trial. Patients undergoing multi-level posterior cervical fusion will be randomized to cervical orthosis (CO group) or no orthosis (NO group). Immediately following surgery patients in the CO group will be fitted with a Philadelphia collar prior to being transferred to the recovery room. On the patient ward a physiotherapist will fit the patient with a Cervimax/Aspen/Miami J collar which will be worn at all times for 6 weeks according the standard of care. The NO group will have no specific precautions applied to their neck range of motion. Outcomes will be assessed prior to surgery, on the second day after surgery, and at 2, 4, 6 and 12 weeks after surgery. The primary outcome will be neck pain score on the numerical rating scale (ranging from 0-10 with higher scores indicating more severe pain) during the first 4 weeks after surgery with an equivalence margin of 2.0 points. Secondary outcomes will be neck disability, general health, treatment satisfaction, pain medication use, adverse events, neck range of motion, time meeting discharge status, and compliance in wearing the collar.

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT04308122
Study type Interventional
Source The London Spine Centre
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date October 1, 2020
Completion date September 30, 2022
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