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Neurogenic intermittent claudication is a specific symptom complex occurring in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Characteristic of this disease is the occurrence of increasing leg, buttock or groin pain with or without lower back pain when walking a certain distance or reclining. Bending forward or sitting leads to a rapid pain relief. Lumbar spinal stenosis is defined as a reduction of the diameter of the spinal canal. The mechanism leading to stenosis is a remodeling and overgrowth of the spinal canal with osteophyte formation. Any loss of tissue or decrease of the disc height results in a relative laxity of the ligament structures and accelerates the degeneration of the spinal joints. As a therapy option, conservative therapy with oral analgesics and physical therapy is considered. This treatment can be intensified by adding epidural pain treatment. Is the conservative treatment not successful surgical intervention is necessary. In patients over 65 years of age operative decompression of the lumbar spinal stenosis constitutes the most common surgical operation of the spine. A relatively new therapy alternative is the interspinous process decompression (IPD). Studies have shown that the IPDs prevent narrowing of the spinal canal and neural foramens. The study is intended as a randomised, monocentre study to investigate the safety and the benefit of a minimally invasive percutaneous IPD-device in comparison with the best non-surgical operative treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Spacer | Experimental | Implantation of a percutaneously implanted interspinous device ("spacer") |
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| physiotherapy | Other | The control group will receive at least physiotherapy and physical therapy (e.g. massage and fango). Under inpatient conditions therapy will last for seven days. After discharge physical therapy has to be continued for 5 weeks. A schedule will ensure the consistency of the physical therapy. The inpatient-treatment can be repeated every 6 months if necessary. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Spacer | Procedure | Implantation of a percutaneously implanted interspinous device (spacer) |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Changes in subscores for bodily pain and physical function on SF-36 | baseline, 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Symptoms severity by applying the Zurich Claudication Questionaire (ZCQ) | baseline, 6 months | |
| Physical function by applying ZCQ | baseline, 6 months | |
| Post-treatment patient satisfaction by applying ZCQ |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Thomas Kaulhausen, MD | University Hospital of Cologne | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University Hospital Cologne | Cologne | North Rhine-Westphalia | 50931 | Germany | ||
| University Hospital of Cologne |
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| ID | Term |
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| D013130 | Spinal Stenosis |
| ID | Term |
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| D013122 | Spinal Diseases |
| D001847 | Bone Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D036501 | Metered Dose Inhalers |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| ID | Term |
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| D009330 | Nebulizers and Vaporizers |
| D004864 | Equipment and Supplies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
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| physiotherapy | Other | physiotherapy |
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| baseline, 6 months |
| General health status (Quality of life) by applying SF-36 | baseline, 6 months |
| Measurement of walking distance | baseline, 6 months |
| Cologne |
| 50924 |
| Germany |