TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term clinical experience with selectively constrained SECURE-C cervical artificial disc for 1-level cervical disc disease
T2 - Results from seven-year follow-up of a prospective, randomized, controlled investigational device exemption clinical trial
AU - Vaccaro, Alexander
AU - Beutler, William
AU - Peppelman, Walter
AU - Marzluff, Joseph
AU - Mugglin, Andrew
AU - Ramakrishnan, Prem S.
AU - Myer, Jacqueline
AU - Baker, Kelly J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 ISASS.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Background: This research was initiated to compare the long-term clinical safety and effectiveness of the selectively constrained SECURE-C (Globus Medical, Audubon, Pennsylvania) Cervical Artificial Disc to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). To preserve segmental motion, cervical total disc replacement (CTDR) was developed as an alternative to ACDF. Current CTDR designs incorporate constrained and unconstrained metal-onmetal or metal-on-polymer articulation with various means of fixation. Methods: Eighteen investigational sites participated in this prospective clinical trial; 380 patients were enrolled and treated in the investigational device exemption study. The first 5 patients treated at each site were nonrandomized and received the investigational SECURE-C device. Patients were randomized, treated surgically, and evaluated postoperatively at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, and annually thereafter through 84 months postoperative. Results: Overall results for the randomized cohorts demonstrated statistical superiority of the investigational SECURE-C group over the control ACDF group at 84 months postoperative. SECURE-C showed clinically significant improvement in pain and function in terms of neck disability index and visual analog scale scores, and superiority in patient satisfaction was also achieved for patients treated with SECURE-C. Conclusion: Clinical study results indicated that the selectively constrained SECURE-C Cervical Artificial Disc is as safe and effective as ACDF. Long-termresults from the Post Approval Study demonstrated that SECURE-C is statistically superior to ACDF in terms of overall success and patient satisfaction. Lower rates of subsequent index-level surgeries and device-related adverse events were observed in the SECURE-C group than in the ACDF group. The long-term, level 1 clinical evidence presented here is consistent with other reports supporting the safety and efficacy of cervical arthroplasty, and furthers advocacy for motion preservation as a viable alternative to fusion.
AB - Background: This research was initiated to compare the long-term clinical safety and effectiveness of the selectively constrained SECURE-C (Globus Medical, Audubon, Pennsylvania) Cervical Artificial Disc to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). To preserve segmental motion, cervical total disc replacement (CTDR) was developed as an alternative to ACDF. Current CTDR designs incorporate constrained and unconstrained metal-onmetal or metal-on-polymer articulation with various means of fixation. Methods: Eighteen investigational sites participated in this prospective clinical trial; 380 patients were enrolled and treated in the investigational device exemption study. The first 5 patients treated at each site were nonrandomized and received the investigational SECURE-C device. Patients were randomized, treated surgically, and evaluated postoperatively at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 24 months, and annually thereafter through 84 months postoperative. Results: Overall results for the randomized cohorts demonstrated statistical superiority of the investigational SECURE-C group over the control ACDF group at 84 months postoperative. SECURE-C showed clinically significant improvement in pain and function in terms of neck disability index and visual analog scale scores, and superiority in patient satisfaction was also achieved for patients treated with SECURE-C. Conclusion: Clinical study results indicated that the selectively constrained SECURE-C Cervical Artificial Disc is as safe and effective as ACDF. Long-termresults from the Post Approval Study demonstrated that SECURE-C is statistically superior to ACDF in terms of overall success and patient satisfaction. Lower rates of subsequent index-level surgeries and device-related adverse events were observed in the SECURE-C group than in the ACDF group. The long-term, level 1 clinical evidence presented here is consistent with other reports supporting the safety and efficacy of cervical arthroplasty, and furthers advocacy for motion preservation as a viable alternative to fusion.
KW - 84 months
KW - Adverse events
KW - Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
KW - Bayesian
KW - Cervical
KW - Cervical disc disease
KW - Clinical trial
KW - Follow-up
KW - Motion preservation
KW - Noninferiority
KW - Selectively constrained
KW - Superiority
KW - Symptomatic
KW - Total disc arthroplasty
KW - Total disc replacement
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U2 - 10.14444/5044
DO - 10.14444/5044
M3 - Article
C2 - 30276095
AN - SCOPUS:85052155052
SN - 2211-4599
VL - 12
SP - 377
EP - 387
JO - International Journal of Spine Surgery
JF - International Journal of Spine Surgery
IS - 3
ER -