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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04500041




Registration number
NCT04500041
Ethics application status
Date submitted
31/07/2020
Date registered
5/08/2020

Titles & IDs
Public title
Casting Vs Bracing for Idiopathic Early-Onset Scoliosis
Scientific title
Casting Vs Bracing for Idiopathic Early-Onset Scoliosis
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
202003169
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
CVBT
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Scoliosis Idiopathic 0 0
Early-Onset Scoliosis Deformity of Spine 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Musculoskeletal 0 0 0 0
Other muscular and skeletal disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Surgery - Casting
Treatment: Devices - Bracing

Active comparator: Casting - Subjects will be treated with serial casting

Active comparator: Bracing - Subjects will be treated with full-time orthotics (braces)


Treatment: Surgery: Casting
Use of casts applied using corrective maneuvers

Treatment: Devices: Bracing
Use of full-time spinal orthosis
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Surgery
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Treatment: Devices
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Curve Response
Timepoint [1] 0 0
on or before 24 months of treatment
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Patient Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
on or before 24 months of treatment

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Will enroll both patients with scoliosis and 1 of their parents/guardians



Patient Inclusion

* Diagnosis of idiopathic early-onset scoliosis
* Child standing independently but not older than 3 years of age
* 20= Cobb angle =70° (largest structural curvature)
* Rib-vertebral angle difference (RVAD) greater than 20 degrees or Rib Phase II
* Parental consent to participate

Parent Inclusion

* Parent or guardian of the minor subject
* Consent to participate
* Able to complete surveys
Minimum age
12 Months
Maximum age
36 Months
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Patient Exclusion

* Previous operative or non-operative treatment for idiopathic early-onset scoliosis
* Not independently walking by 18 months of age or other signs/symptoms indicative of developmental delay

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?


The people assessing the outcomes
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
9/02/2021
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
30/01/2026
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
71
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment outside Australia
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Arkansas
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Colorado
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Delaware
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Georgia
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Illinois
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Iowa
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Missouri
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New York
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North Carolina
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Virginia
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Washington
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Italy
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Milano
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New Zealand
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Auckland

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
University of Iowa
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
Name [1] 0 0
Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0
Other collaborator category [2] 0 0
Other
Name [2] 0 0
Pediatric Spine Study Group
Address [2] 0 0
Country [2] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Stuart L Weinstein, MD
Address 0 0
University of Iowa
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Lori A Dolan, PhD
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
319-356-1075
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries

Data sharing statement


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.


Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04500041