[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-studies-list:{\"conditionNormalized\":\"facet-joints-degeneration\",\"overallStatus\":[\"RECRUITING\",\"AVAILABLE\",\"NOT_YET_RECRUITING\"],\"orderBy\":\"LastUpdateSubmitDate:desc\",\"size\":25,\"offset\":0}":3,"health-study-condition:facet-joints-degeneration":26},{"pageToken":4,"total":5,"offset":6,"count":5,"results":7},null,3,0,[8,49,79],{"id":9,"slug":10,"hasResults":11,"nctId":12,"briefTitle":13,"officialTitle":14,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":15,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":18,"enrollmentInfo":19,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":22,"phases":4,"briefSummary":23,"conditions":24,"keywords":30,"overallStatus":37,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":38,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":39,"startDateStruct":42,"completionDateStruct":43,"leadSponsor":45,"locationsCount":48},"100643941","reliability-and-reproducibility-of-facet-joint-measurements-in-the-thoracolumbar-spine-100643941",false,"NCT07670039","Reliability and Reproducibility of Facet Joint Measurements in the Thoracolumbar Spine","Reliability and Reproducibility of Pathria Scale-Based Grading of Facet Joint Degeneration and Facet Joint Morphometric Measurements in the Thoracolumbar Spine","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* availability of CT scans covering the T9-L3 vertebrae;\n* absence of imaging artifacts at the level of interest.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* bone mineral density of the vertebrae of \\\u003C100 HU;\n* systemic diseases of bone or joints associated with changes in the FJs and IvDs (including diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.);\n* previous spinal surgery, including procedures performed without instrumentation;\n* spinal fractures involving injury to the posterior structures;\n* participation in other clinical studies related to the treatment of spinal disorders or spinal trauma.","ALL","18 Years","65 Years",{"count":20,"type":21},12,"ESTIMATED","OBSERVATIONAL","The purpose is to determine how reliably degenerative changes in the facet joints (FJs) and intervertebral discs (IvDs) can be assessed on computed tomography (CT) scans.\n\nAt least six raters, including neurosurgeons and CT specialists, will independently evaluate anonymized CT scans covering the T9-L3 levels. The study will assess reproducibility of the Pathria grading scale for FJ degeneration and of quantitative measurements such as FJ space width and FJ angulation.",[25,26,27,28,29],"Facet Joint Arthritis","Facet Joints; Degeneration","Facet Joint Disease","Intervertebral Disk Degeneration","Pathria Classification",[31,32,33,34,35,36],"Thoracolumbar Spine","Facet Joint","Intervertebral Disc","Computed Tomography","interobserver reliability","intraobserver reliability","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-06-27",{"date":40,"type":41},"2026-07-01","ACTUAL",{"date":40,"type":21},{"date":44,"type":21},"2026-11-01",{"name":46,"class":47},"Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Care","OTHER_GOV",1,{"id":50,"slug":51,"hasResults":11,"nctId":52,"briefTitle":53,"officialTitle":54,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":55,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":56,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":58,"phases":59,"briefSummary":61,"conditions":62,"keywords":65,"overallStatus":68,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":69,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":70,"startDateStruct":72,"completionDateStruct":74,"leadSponsor":76,"locationsCount":48},"100509152","phase-1-dose-escalation-pilot-study-to-evaluate-the-safety-of-alocyte-for-the-treatment-of-facetogenic-back-pain-100509152","NCT05909709","Dose Escalation Pilot Study to Evaluate the Safety of Alocyte for the Treatment of Facetogenic Back Pain","An Open Label Dose Escalation Pilot Study to Evaluate the Safety of Alocyte Delivered Via Intra-articular Facet Injection for the Treatment of Facetogenic Back Pain","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* In order to be eligible to participate in this study, all individuals must meet all of the following criteria:\n\n  1. Subjects age \\> 18 years at the time of signing the Informed Consent Form.\n  2. Male or Female.\n  3. Ability of participant to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.\n  4. Facetogenic back pain diagnosed using the following diagnostic criteria Subjects who have chronic low back pain based on clinical evaluation. Pain onset at dorsal extension and release at flexion is often considered suggestive for facet pain, even if non-specific, such as maximal tenderness upon deep palpation of posterior elements.\n  5. Patient with up to 5 diseased facet joints\n  6. Chronic Facetogenic pain (≥ 6 months) in patients that have failed conservative management\n  7. Subjects must be reasonably able to return for multiple follow-up visits.\n  8. For Women of Child-Bearing Potential (WOCBP) only, willingness to use FDA-recommended birth control until 6 months post treatment.\n  9. Any male subject must agree to use contraceptives and not donate sperm during the study.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Previous surgical intervention for back pain\n2. Previous stem cell injection(s) within the last year\n3. Use of anticoagulation or NSAIDs within 5 days of the injection\n4. MRI finding of severe high-grade lumbar stenosis\n5. Leg pain exceeding back pain\n6. Pain worse with flexion maneuvers\n7. Fracture of lumbar vertebrae\n8. Inability to perform any of the assessments required for endpoint analysis.\n9. Clinically significant abnormal screening laboratory or clinical assessment values\n10. Use of medications during the early phase of treatment such as chronic narcotic use, systemic corticosteroid administration, local corticosteroid injection at facets anticoagulant therapy and viscosupplementation into facets, any investigational drug used within 3 months prior to screening or during study and surgery in the facets\n11. Subjects with serious co-morbidities are excluded.\n12. Evidence of inflammatory arthritis (example, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis) or traumatic fractures, osteoarthritis, meniscoid entrapment, synovial impingement, joint subluxation, synovial inflammation, loss of cartilage, and mechanical injury.\n13. Have a clinical history of malignancy within 5 years (i.e., subjects with prior malignancy must be disease free for 5 years), except curatively treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma in situ or cervical carcinoma, if recurrence occurs.\n14. Be currently participating (or participated within the previous 6 months) in an investigational therapeutic or device trial.\n15. Exhibiting signs of moderate or severe chronic respiratory disease (such as COPD, asthma, or pulmonary fibrosis).\n16. Patient with rheumatologic disorders.\n17. History of chronic liver disease or patient showing signs of clinical jaundice at the time of screening.\n18. History of severe chronic kidney disease or requiring dialysis.\n19. Patient with NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure or life-threatening arrhythmias.\n20. Subjects with a history of bleeding disorders, anticoagulation therapy that cannot be stopped as prior to the treatment.\n21. Any unstable condition of clinical significance, e.g., uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina pectoris, worsening asthma.\n22. Hydroxychloroquine, oral or parenteral corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, or immunomodulating agents within 21 days prior to the Day 0\u002Ftreatment visit.\n23. Be a female who is pregnant, nursing, or of childbearing potential while not practicing effective contraceptive methods. Female subjects must undergo a blood pregnancy test at screening which will be within 72 hours of the IP infusion.\n24. Subject has a body mass index (BMI) greater than 42 kg\u002Fm2\n25. Subject has or had an active infection requiring systemic antibiotics within 12 weeks of enrollment in the study\n26. Inability to perform any of the assessments required for endpoint analysis.\n27. Active listing (or expected future listing) for transplant of any organ.\n28. Be a solid organ transplant recipient. This does not include prior cell-based therapy (\\>12 months prior to enrollment), bone, skin, ligament, tendon or corneal grafting. Have a history of organ or cell transplant rejection.\n29. History of drug abuse (illegal \"street\" drugs except marijuana, if it is legal to use in states where patient resides), or prescription medications not being used appropriately for a pre-existing medical condition or alcohol abuse (≥ 5 drinks\u002Fday for ˃ 3 months), or documented medical, occupational, or legal problems arising from the use of alcohol or drugs within the past 24 months\n30. Patients with untreated HIV infection. However, patients can be enrolled if have been treated for HIV and the test negative for HIV viral load but still test positive for antibodies.",{"count":57,"type":21},15,"INTERVENTIONAL",[60],"PHASE1","The purpose of this study is to see if the use of Alocyte (cord blood plasma plus mononucleic cells) will be safe, well tolerated, and whether it causes any side effects. The study will also examine if the use of the Investigational Product (IP) is able to reduce local inflammation or alleviate Facetogenic back pain",[26,63,64],"Back Pain","Facet Joint Pain",[66,67],"Back pain","Facet joint pain","RECRUITING","2026-01-12",{"date":71,"type":41},"2026-01-13",{"date":73,"type":41},"2024-04-29",{"date":75,"type":21},"2026-10-01",{"name":77,"class":78},"Alimorad Farshchian","OTHER",{"id":80,"slug":81,"hasResults":11,"nctId":82,"briefTitle":83,"officialTitle":84,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":85,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":4,"enrollmentInfo":86,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":22,"phases":4,"briefSummary":88,"conditions":89,"keywords":92,"overallStatus":68,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":98,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":99,"startDateStruct":101,"completionDateStruct":103,"leadSponsor":105,"locationsCount":48},"100193015","mri-guided-cryoablation-to-alleviate-pain-in-head-neck-and-spine-100193015","NCT01788410","MRI-Guided Cryoablation to Alleviate Pain in Head, Neck and Spine","MRI-Guided Cryoablation of Head, Neck and Spine Nerves and Facets Using the Advanced Multimodality Image Guided Operating(AMIGO) Suite","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Participants must be willing and able to sign a written informed consent document.\n* Patients must have facet joint disease or pain due to a damaged or compressed nerve that would benefit from a minimally invasive image-guided procedure (i.e., adjacent to critical structures, better visualized under 3 Tesla MRI than CT)\n* Subjects must be able to adhere to the visit schedules and attend pre and post imaging.\n* Participants must be at least 18 years of age\n* Participants must have an estimated life expectancy of \\>8 weeks in the opinion of the clinician.\n\n  * Patients with radiculopathy must have the cause of pain confirmed by a nerve block within 3 months prior to ablation\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Contraindications to MRI and Gadolinium- (i.e. estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate \\\u003C60ml\u002Fmin, metal clips)\n* Pregnant or breastfeeding woman are excluded from this research.",{"count":87,"type":21},50,"The objective of this study is to provide pain relief to patients with facet joint disease or head and neck pain related to compression of a nerve root. The goal is to provide palliative care with superior efficacy and longer relief compared to current methods.",[26,90,91],"Neuropathy","Neuralgia",[93,94,95,96,91,90,97],"Cryoablation","Nerves","Facet joint","Pain","Image-guided","2023-08-07",{"date":100,"type":41},"2023-08-08",{"date":102,"type":4},"2013-05",{"date":104,"type":21},"2030-05",{"name":106,"class":78},"Brigham and Women's Hospital"]