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Originally posted by ChainedJane:
Just curious how patients end up in trials and clinical studies? How would one go about finding out if they could join a study and if you do become part of a trial do they cover the medical costs?
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Click This Link: Four (4) clinical trials are recruiting, minimally, based on a search using "cervical spine artificial disc" on ClinicalTrials.gov<UL TYPE=SQUARE>Advent™ Cervical Disc Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion(ACDF)(
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DISCOVER™ Artificial Cervical Disc and ACDF (
link)
Kineflex-C Artificial Disc System to Treat Cervical Degenerative Disc Disease (
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NeoDisc™ Versus ACDF in Subjects With Single-Level Cervical Disc Disease (
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How: meet inclusion criteria, avoid exclusion criteria
Join: see participating surgeon near you
Cost: don't know[/list]May I please ask, do you have a device preference? Clinical Trials are "randomized" (ie. ADR or Fusion). You might select based on surgeon training, availability, of the Cervical ADR . TDR . TDA devices on the FDA list of approved, or approvable with conditions(*).<UL TYPE=SQUARE>Prestige® Cervical Disc
Prodisc™-C Disc
Bryan®*[/list]CIGNA has a coverage position for 1-level lumbar ADR.
CIGNA will not cover: a. 1-level lumbar ADR with 1-level fusion (hybrid), or b. 2-level lumbar ADR.
Slackwater
cigna, mva: 2-level lumbar surgical candidate