Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:47 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:47 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03224650
Brief Summary:
The investigators are prospectively validating a prognostic clinical tool that uses a patient's modified Bauer grade, ambulatory status, and pre-operative serum albumin to predict survival, post-treatment morbidity, and functional outcomes in patients with metastatic disease involving the spine.
Detailed Description:
Recently, the investigators proposed a clinical prediction score that used a patient's modified Bauer grade, ambulatory status, and pre-operative serum albumin as a means to predict long-term survival following spine surgery for metastatic disease. This prognostic utility was developed using one-year mortality as the sole outcome measure. While the scoring system demonstrated many of the necessary attributes of a useful prediction tool, including simplicity, ease of use and clinical utility, it has yet to be validated prospectively and its capacity to predict other peri-operative outcomes, including physical and mental function following intervention, pain relief and the risk of complications, remain incompletely explored. To further evaluate the utility of this prognostic score, the investigators propose a series of three integrated experiments that will prospectively determine its capacity to accurately inform clinical decision making and recommendations for surgery for patients with metastatic spinal disease.
Study:
NCT03224650
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03224650