Relievant back-pain device study stopped for positive results

Relievant Medsystems said it has halted enrollment in a clinical trial of its Intracept lower-back pain device due to the device’s superiority over non-surgical management. The Level I Intracept study found a “highly significant reduction” in the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score in patients treated with the Intracept procedure over patients in the non-surgical management arm. The trial’s independent data management committee recommended that investigators stop enrollment and offer Intracept treatment to control-arm patients, according to the Minneapolis, Minn.-based company. The interim analysis of the primary endpoint 104-participant trial demonstrated a 20.9 point difference in mean ODI reduction at three months between the Intracept arm and the non-surgical management arm. The Intracept-treated patients reported a 25.3 point reduction in ODI from baseline at three months. One-year results from a prior study released in February 2018 showed a statistically significant difference between patients treated with Intracept and a sham treatment cohort. “This is the second Level I study that has demonstrated clinically significant improvement in pain and function for patients with modic changes on MRI and solidifies the Intracept procedure as a compelling early treatment option for patients with (chronic lower back pain),” said principal investigator Steven Garfin, M.D., interim dean, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in ...
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