Any one know what the status of Activ L clinical trials is with Dr. Yue or other surgeons? Anyone scheduled for a single level Activ L yet?

Also...anyone hear anything about when FDA will approve ProDisc for 2 levels?

All I have heard is that he will be conducting trials between Charite and Activ-L, starting sometime this month. Not sure why it isn't between Pro Disk & Activ-L, maybe FDA is choosing...Hopefully he has interested candidates on an email list and will send more info when he knows. A few people on this site have decided to get the ADR surgery in Germany and battle insurance companies to get reimbursed.

Ann

FYI.. I had three level lumbar ProDisc surgery with Dr. Delamarter (Los Angeles) on October 6th. I am doing well and will return to work part time on November 6th. My surgery was authorized by Aetna Insurance.


DDD for the past 10 years
3 Level ProDisc ADR on 10-06-06

lucky u, I am still looking for FDA approval of 2 levels to fight ins, or for 2 level activ l trials to beg. I'm not fortunate enough to have aetna.

my boyfriend has been seeing dr. yue for a while now. he was hoping to get into the activ-l trial since his anthem BCBS won't pay for any ADR surgery. the trials have been pushed out a month or two at a time since april, and he's finally given up. he's scheduled for a single level pro-disc surgery in december. the change from pro-disc to charite in the activ-l trial also helped change his mind.

from what dr. yue told us, they needed to submit the paperwork for the activ-l trial and were waiting for the prodisc to get FDA approved so they could do that. they finally couldn't wait any longer & changed the comparison disk to the charite which had been FDA approved for some time.

also, a note to people who intend to fight the insurance companies. we have been fighting his for a year straight and are extremely frustrated with the way they draw things out. it doesn't hurt to start the process while you're waiting to schedule surgery. we've gotten a lot of good information from the disc manufacturing companies to use in fighting the insurance companies...prodisc people are especially helpful.

good luck to everyone.
AMB
boyfriend L5-S1 DDD

thanks for the update...what kind of info has prodisc provided you to fight ins?

The ActivL prostheses is being used at the AlphaKlinik by Dr Zeegers and has been for some time
best,
Alastair http://adrsupport.org/groupee_common...icon_smile.gif