The STEPS - Totalis™ Trial



Status:Completed
Conditions:Orthopedic
Therapuetic Areas:Orthopedics / Podiatry
Healthy:No
Age Range:55 - Any
Updated:4/17/2018
Start Date:May 2014
End Date:January 2017

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A Prospective, Multi-center, Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Trial Evaluating the VertiFlex® Totalis™ Direct Decompression System Versus a Sham Surgical Procedure in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

The purpose of this study is to determine safety and effectiveness, as measured by changes in
pain, disability, patient satisfaction, and claudicatory symptoms, at 6 months following
treatment with the Totalis™ Direct Decompression System or Sham Surgery in patients with
lumbar spinal stenosis

Subjects suffering from symptoms of neurogenic intermittent claudication secondary to a
radiographically-confirmed diagnosis of central canal stenosis, with or without mild or
moderate lateral recess stenosis, at one or two levels from L1 to L5 who meet all
inclusion/exclusion criteria, including ≥6 months of non-operative management.

Patients included in the clinical investigation will return for follow-up visits at 1 week
for safety evaluation, and at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months and 24 months
post-treatment to collect data for evaluation of safety and effectiveness.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female subjects greater than or equal to 55 years of age

- Neurogenic intermittent claudication (NIC) symptoms defined generally as leg/buttock/
groin pain and/or paresthesias that are exacerbated with standing and walking and
relieved by flexion

- VAS leg symptom severity >50 (in either leg) during episodes of neurogenic
claudication

- Subjects who are able to walk a minimum of 50 feet without experiencing NIC symptoms

- Diagnosis of central canal spinal stenosis, with or without mild to moderate lateral
recess stenosis, at one or two levels from L1-L5 with radiologic evidence

- Subjects with persistent lumbar spinal stenosis symptoms that, during the course of
the last year, have been unresponsive to a minimum of 6 months of conservative therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

- Significant back, buttock or leg pain from causes other than lumbar central canal
stenosis

- Axial back pain only

- Severe foraminal stenosis at index level(s) and/or symptomatic foraminal stenosis at
any lumbar level

- Severe lateral recess stenosis

- Lumbar spinal stenosis at more than two levels determined pre-operatively to require
surgical intervention

- Prior decompressive surgery at index level (s) or fusion at any lumbar level

- Epidural steroid or nerve block steroid injection at index level(s) within 6 weeks of
baseline assessments

- Spondylolisthesis (anterolisthesis or retrolisthesis) greater than grade 1

- Spondylolysis (pars fracture)

- Significant degenerative lumbar scoliosis at index level(s)

- Morbid obesity

- Significant peripheral vascular disease

- Active significant co-morbidity

- Undergoing immunosuppressive therapy or long-term steroid use

- Current spinal cord stimulator or implanted pain pump

- Life expectancy less than 2 years

- Evidence of substance abuse within the year

- Involvement or potential involvement in litigation related to the spine or worker's
compensation related to a back and/or leg issue
We found this trial at
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Merritt Island, Florida 32953
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4725 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308
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Birmingham, Alabama 35235
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Fountain Valley, California 92708
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Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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Independence, Missouri 64055
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Muncie, Indiana 47304
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Murrells Inlet, South Carolina 29576
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73210
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Phoenix, Arizona 85050
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Pottstown, Pennsylvania 19464
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Richmond, Virginia 23235
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Santa Monica, California 90403
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Santa Monica, CA
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Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
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Somerset, New Jersey 08773
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Southlake, Texas
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Stockbridge, Georgia 30281
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Stockbridge, GA
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Walnut Creek, California 94598
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Washington, District of Columbia 20037
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