Clinical Research Directory

ASCEND: A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of VIA Disc NP, a Supplement for Degenerated Intervertebral Discs

VIA Disc NP is an off-the-shelf minimally processed human nucleus pulposus tissue allograft intended to supplement degenerated intervertebral discs. The study is a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, multi-center study in participants with symptomatic lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (\> 6 months) and unresponsive to conservative therapy for at least 3 months. Participants will be randomized on a 1:1 basis to receive either a single VIA Disc NP intradiscal injection at 1 or 2 levels or a sham procedure at 1 or 2 levels. Participants who consent to participate in the study and meet all eligibility criteria during the Screening/Baseline period will return on Day 1 to be randomized to either the VIA Disc NP or sham-control group. At 12-weeks post-treatment, participants allocated to the sham-control group will be given the option to crossover to the VIA Disc NP group if they meet the requirement to crossover. All participants will be followed through 52-weeks post-treatment at which time they will be asked if they would like to consent to participate in an extended long-term follow-up period. The sham-control group participants who did not crossover at 12-weeks will be exited from the study at this visit. If participants consent to participate in the extended long-term follow-up period, the VIA Disc NP group will be followed through 24-Months and the sham-control group will be followed through 27-months. If the participant declines participation, they will be exited from the study at this visit.

Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Nucleus Pulposus Allograft in Participants With Degenerative Disc Disease

VIA Disc NP is a non-surgical intervention intended to supplement nucleus pulposus tissue in degenerated intervertebral discs. This is a randomized, sham-controlled, multi-center, double-blind clinical trial with an open label roll-in period of one participant per site in which participants with lumbar discogenic pain associated with DDD will receive one VIA Disc NP treatment to each affected level (up to 2 levels). Participants enrolled after the roll-in stage will be randomized on a 2:1 basis to receive either a single VIA Disc NP intradiscal injection at 1 or 2 levels or the sham procedure at 1 or 2 levels. At 12 months, participants in the sham arm with continued symptoms may cross-over, receive VIA Disc NP, and will restart the study visit schedule, completing an additional 12 months of follow-up post-cross-over.

The Safety/Efficacy Study of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Therapy (19#iSCLife®-LDP) for Lumbar Discogenic Pain

This experimental use umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in treatment of the early stage of lumbar discogenic pain (endogenous pain of the disc) to evaluate its safety and efficacy. This experimental is mainly aimed at over 18years old people, regardless of gender, with refractory and persistent back pain for more than 6 months. The efficacy and safety of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCS) were evaluated by low-temperature plasma ablation and intravertebral disc injection, which were divided into treatment group and control group.

AuriculoTherapy NeuroImaging

This is a clinical study of patients who have low back pain (for at least 6 months). The goal is to understand, with brain imaging, how auriculotherapy (an acupuncture-like stimulation of the ear) may work to relieve pain. There are 4 total study visits, divided into two pairs of visits that occur before and 5-7 days after receiving either a real or sham auriculotherapy treatment. The cryo-IQ device will be used, to stimulate 7 small areas on both ears with a focused jet of cold as a small amount of compressed gas is released. This is generally not painful, and less invasive, compared to using needles for auriculotherapy.