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A multicenter, prospective, randomized clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of BAGUERA®C Cervical Disc Prosthesis to Mobi®-C Cervical Disc in the treatment of patients with symptomatic cervical disc disease at a single level.
Aims:  The purpose of this, multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled non-inferiority study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of BAGUERA®C Cervical Disc Prosthesis in the treatment of patients with symptomatic cervical disc disease at a single level.
Principal Investigator: Michael Musacchio, MD
NorthShore Project Number: EH21-058
Contact: Call 847.570.4224 with questions regarding this study
Open to enrollment: No

 

A multicenter, prospective, randomized clinical trial comparing the safety and effectiveness of BAGUERA®C Cervical Disc Prosthesis to Mobi®-C Cervical Disc in the treatment of patients with symptomatic cervical disc disease at two contiguous levels.
Aims:  The purpose of this, multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled non-inferiority study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of BAGUERA®C Cervical Disc Prosthesis in the treatment of patients with symptomatic cervical disc disease at two contiguous levels.
Principal Investigator: Michael Musacchio, MD
NorthShore Project Number: EH21-059
Contact: Call 847.570.4224 with questions regarding this study
Open to enrollment: Yes

 

A Randomized, Single-Blinded, Non-Inferiority Study Comparing AGN1 Local Osteo- Enhancement Procedure (LOEP) SV Kit Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fragility Fractures to PMMA Bone Cement Treatment
Aims:  This is a multicenter, single-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the AGN1 LOEP SV Kit for the treatment of painful vertebral compression fragility fractures (VCFs). The objective of this study is to demonstrate non inferiority of the AGN1 LOEP SV Kit for the treatment of VCFs to standard of care vertebroplasty treatment using bipedicular injection of PMMA bone cement.
Principal Investigator: Michael Musacchio, MD
NorthShore Project Number: EH21-293
Contact: Call 847.570.4224 with questions regarding this study
Open to enrollment: Yes

 

NuVasive Simplify® Disc
Aims: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term 10-year safety and performance of the Simplify Disc when used for cervical disc arthroplasty at one level in the cervical spine C3-C7 in subjects enrolled under the post-approval study (PAS) as measured by reported adverse events, radiographic outcomes and patient-reported outcomes.
Principal Investigator: Michael Musacchio, MD
NorthShore Project Number: EH22-228
Contact: Call 847.570.4224 with questions regarding the study
Open to enrollment: No

 

Post-Marketing Clinical Follow-Up of an Annular Closure System (Barricaid®)
Aims: The primary objective of this study is to evaluate intra-operative parameters, billing/reimbursement data and post-operative outcomes of patients treated with the Barricaid annular closure device in a real-world setting.
Principal Investigator: Michael Musacchio, MD
NorthShore Project Number: EH22-370
Contact: Call 847.570.4224 with questions regarding the study
Open to enrollment: No