Trinity Elite
Contact
Christiana Booher
434-243-0296
clb6xx@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
Inclusion Criteria
- Subject must be 18 years of age (≥ 18 years) or older at the time of consent.
- Subject must be a candidate for lumbar fusion study. The approach is at the physician’s discretion
- Subject must require lumbar posterolateral arthrodesis at 1-4 contiguous levels (L1-S1) for a PLF approach and 1-2 contiguous levels for an interbody approach
- Subject must have been unresponsive to conservative care for at least 6 months prior to fusion surgery.
- Subject must be willing and able to sign an informed consent document.
- Subject must be willing and able to return for all follow-up visits, agree to participate in postoperative clinical and radiographic evaluations and comply with the required study regimen.
Exclusion Criteria
- Subject is under 18 years of age (<18) at the time of consent.
- Subject has had prior lumbar spine fusion at the level currently scheduled for surgery.
- Subject is currently undergoing treatment for malignancy or has undergone treatment for malignancy within the past 5 years (benign skin cancer permitted).
- Subject is pregnant or nursing or planning to become pregnant during the 2 years (24 months) following arthrodesis.
- Subject has an active local or systemic infection or is undergoing adjunctive treatment for local or systemic infection.
- Subject has an allergy to DMSO.
- Subject has any other condition that in the opinion of the Investigator would prohibit the subject from complying with the study protocol.
- Subject is a prisoner.
Follow-Up Schedule
- 6 weeks (±14 days)
- 3 months (±21 days)
- 6 months (±60 days)
- 12 months (±90 days)
- 24 months (±90 days)
Procedures and Surveys at each Follow-Up
- Motor & Sensory Neuro Exams (.trinitystudy)
- Surveys: SF-36, EQ-5D, ODI, VAS
- Update Medications X-Rays
- AP & Lateral: All visits
- Flexion & Extension: 6 month, 12 month, & 24 month visits CT Scans
- 12 month & 24 month visits
Payment
Total: $300
- $50 after 6 week, 3 month, 6 month, 12 month visits
- $100 after 24 month visit