Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:10 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:10 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06806969
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with MRI-confirmed LDH or LSS referred to University hospital of North Norway Tromsø for assessment of indication for surgery
* Specialists and physicians in training (for two years or more) in neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery who evaluate such patients at the neurosurgical outpatient clinic at University hospital of North Norway Tromsø
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients unable to consent because of
* Age \< 18 years
* Serious drug abuse of severe psychiatric disorders
* Language barriers (patients who cannot speak or read Norwegian)
* Patients with a baseline ODI ≤14 (LDH) or ≤22 (LSS)
* Patients undergoing non-elective/emergency operations
* Patients with degenerative conditions other that LDH and LSS, fractures, primary infections, or malignant conditions of the spine
* Physicians in training with less than two years' experience with spine surgery
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
100 Years
Study:
NCT06806969
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06806969