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Finnish Trial on Practices of Anterior Cervical Decompression (FACADE) Comparing Outpatient vs. Inpatient Care

NCT03979443 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2023-03-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

FACADE is a prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel group non-inferiority trial comparing the traditional hospital surveillance (inpatient, patients staying in the hospital for 1-3 nights after surgery) to outpatient care (discharge on the day of the surgery, usually within 6-8 hours after procedure) in patients who have undergone anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) procedure.

Conditions

  • Cervical Radiculopathy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Discharge on the day of surgery

Patient discharge on the day of the surgery, usually within 6-8 hours after procedure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Turku University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Oulu University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Helsinki University Central Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kimmo Lonnrot, MD, PhD · Senior neurosurgeon at Helsinki Univ. Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
62 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-12
Primary Completion
2021-10-30
Completion
2021-10-30

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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