Spine Fusion clinical trials at UCSF

3 in progress, 2 open to eligible people

Spine fusion is a surgery that connects spine bones permanently. UCSF is exploring the effects of ketamine on nerve signals during adult spine operations. UCSF is also developing a personalized plan for managing pain in children having spine fusion surgery.

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  • Ketamine on Intraoperative Motor Evoked Potentials

    open to eligible people ages 18-100

    The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effect of ketamine on intraoperative motor evoked potentials in adult patients undergoing thoracolumbar spinal fusions. Participants will undergo a standard anesthetic. In addition to the…

    San Francisco, California

  • Personalized Perioperative Analgesia Platform (PPAP) for Pediatric Spine Fusion Surgery (sIRB)

    open to eligible people ages 10-21

    The purpose of this collaborative CTSA application is to develop an innovative perioperative precision analgesia platform (PPAP) to improve analgesia and reduce serious immediate and long-term adverse outcomes of perioperative opioids in children…

    San Francisco, California and other locations

  • Magnesium on Neuromonitoring

    Sorry, not yet accepting patients

    Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) is commonly used during complex spinal surgery to monitor the integrity of neural structures and improve the perioperative safety profile. Transcranial Motor Evoked Potentials (TcMEPs) monitor the…

    San Francisco, California

Our lead scientists for Spine Fusion research studies include .

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