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VEPTR Implantation to Treat Children With Early Onset Scoliosis Without Rib Abnormalities

NCT00689533 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 250

Last updated 2008-06-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Primary Objective: To evaluate the use of unilateral or bilateral VEPTR devices, with or without expansion thoracoplasty, for preventing further progression of the Cobb angle, allowing for spinal growth and improving pulmonary function in the treatment of children with progressive scoliosis without rib abnormalities.

Conditions

  • Congenital Progressive Scoliosis
  • Infantile

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chest Wall and Spine Deformity Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Shriners Hospitals for Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John M Flynn, MD · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Months
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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