MagnetOs™ Granules vs. Autograft in Instrumented Posterolateral Spinal Fusion (MaxA)

A Randomized Intra-Patient Controlled Trial of MagnetOs™ Granules vs. Autograft in Instrumented Posterolateral Spinal Fusion

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate non-inferiority of MagnetOs™ Granules as an alternative to autologous bone graft in adult patients undergoing an instrumented posterolateral fusion of the thoracolumbar, lumbar or lumbosacral spine, in terms of efficacy and safety. After instrumentation and based on randomization, one side of the spine will be grafted with MagnetOs™ Granules and the other side with autologous bone graft. Thereby, each patient serves as its own control.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Spinal Fusion
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Instrumented posterolateral spinal fusion; Device: MagnetOs™ Granules; Procedure: Autologous bone graft

Detailed Description

Posterolateral spinal fusion is currently performed by using large amounts of autologous bone graft. Drawbacks of bone grafting include the need for an additional surgical procedure, limited supply, sub-optimal bone quality in osteoporotic patients and harvesting morbidity, which led to the development of numerous bone graft substitutes. Recently, a promising synthetic graft substitute has been developed that has shown favorable results in pre-clinical studies. This product, MagnetOs™ Granules, is CE-marked and received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration. The aim of the current study is to demonstrate non-inferiority of MagnetOs™ Granules compared to autograft in instrumented posterolateral spinal fusion, in terms of efficacy and safety.

This study is designed as a multicenter, observer blinded, randomized, controlled non-inferiority trial with intra-patient comparisons. A total of 100 adult patients qualified for posterolateral spinal fusion in the thoracolumbar and lumbosacral region (T10-S2) will be recruited and enrolled. According to a randomization scheme, one side of the spine will be grafted with the MagnetOs™ Granules and the other side with bone harvested from the iliac crest and local bone. The rest of the surgical procedure will be according to standard care.

The primary efficacy outcome is the rate of successful posterolateral spinal fusion after one year, assessed on CT-scans. Non-inferiority of the MagnetOs™ condition compared to the autograft condition will be assessed using a McNemar's test. The primary safety outcome is the number and nature of (serious) adverse events related to the surgical procedure compared to control populations from literature. Secondary outcomes are the comparison to its predicate (AttraX® Putty), relation between posterolateral fusion and interbody fusion after one-year, posterolateral spinal fusion rate after two years, relevance of iliac crest donor site pain and the incidence of long-term complication and relation with risk factors in the combined population of this study and a recently completed clinical trial.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Netherlands
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
  • Arnhem, Netherlands
    • Rijnstate Hospital
  • Breda, Netherlands
    • Amphia Hospital
  • Nieuwegein, Netherlands
    • St. Antonius Hospital
  • Utrecht, Netherlands
    • University Medical Center Utrecht

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be treated with instrumented posterolateral thoracolumbar spinal fusion with the use of iliac crest bone, with or without additional posteriorly inserted interbody devices (PLIF, TLIF), because of (1) deformity, (2) structural instability and/or (3) expected instability as a result of decompression for spinal stenosis;

  1. Deformity is defined as a scoliosis in the coronal plane of >20° and/or a sagittal balance disturbance according the SRS/Schwab classification on standardized standing full spine radiographs;
  2. Preoperative instability is defined as a progressive angular deformity or spondylolisthesis in standing radiographs;
  3. Decompression for spinal stenosis is done in the occurrence of radiological evidence of stenosis on MRI and clinical leg and/or back pain with one or more of the following phenomena: radiculopathy, sensory deficit, motor weakness, reflex pathology or neurogenic claudication.
• Non-responsive to at least 6 months of non-operative treatment prior to study enrollment;
• Fusion indicated for one to six levels in the T10 to S2 region. In case of vertebral osteotomies (PSO or VCR) the osteotomized segment will not be included in the assessment of the fusion rate;
• Willing and able to understand and sign the study specific Patient Informed Consent;
• Skeletally mature between 18 and 80 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any previous surgical attempt(s) for spinal fusion (revision surgery) of the intended segment(s);
• Previous treatments that compromise fusion surgery like irradiation;
• Previous autologous bone grafting procedures that compromise the quality and amount of iliac crest bone grafting;
• Indication for spinal fusion because of an acute traumatic reason, like a spinal fracture;
• Active spinal and/or systemic infection;
• Spinal metastasis in the area intended for fusion;
• Systemic disease or condition, which would affect the subjects ability to participate in the study requirements or the ability to evaluate the efficacy of the graft (e.g. active malignancy, neuropathy, pregnancy);
• At risk to be non-compliant e.g.: (recently treated for) substance abuse, detainee, likely to immigrate
• Participation in clinical trials evaluating investigational devices, pharmaceuticals or biologics within 3 months of enrollment in this study;
• Female patients who intend to be pregnant within 1.5 year of enrollment in the study;
• Body mass index (BMI) larger than 36 (morbidly obese);
• Being expected to require additional surgery to the same spinal region within the next 6 months;
• Current or recent (<1yr) corticosteroid use equivalent to prednisone ≥5mg/day, prescribed for more than 6 weeks.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: MagnetOs™ Granules	Procedure: Instrumented posterolateral spinal fusion; Instrumented posterolateral spinal fusion, with or without an additional interbody device; Device: MagnetOs™ Granules; 8-10cc of MagnetOs™ Granules per spinal level at the randomized allocation side of the spine (left or right)
Active Comparator: Autograft; Autologous bone graft	Procedure: Instrumented posterolateral spinal fusion; Instrumented posterolateral spinal fusion, with or without an additional interbody device; Procedure: Autologous bone graft; 8-10cc autologous bone graft per spinal level at the control side of the spine (left or right). This can be a combination of local bone and iliac crest bone, but at least 50% of the volume has to be iliac crest bone graft.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Posterolateral spinal fusion rate at one-year follow-up	For the efficacy analysis, a comparison will be made between the fusion performance of the MagnetOs™ Granules condition and the autograft condition after one year, assessed at CT-scans. Non-inferiority of MagnetOs™ Granules will be tested with a McNemar's test.	1 year (12-15 months) after surgery
Rate of (serious) adverse events that are related to the spinal fusion procedure in any way, and their potential relation with MagnetOs™ Granules.	The safety of MagnetOs™ Granules will be evaluated by comparing the number and nature of all (serious) adverse events that may in any way be related to the surgical procedure to rates in control populations from literature.	Until 2 years (22-26 months) after surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Relation between successful posterolateral spinal fusion and interbody fusion at one-year follow-up	Odds ratio for relation between posterolateral spinal fusion and interbody fusion assessed on CT-scans	1 year (12-15 months) after surgery
Posterolateral spinal fusion rate at two years follow-up compared to the fusion rate at one-year follow-up	Assessed on CT-scans	2 years (22-26 months) after surgery
Posterolateral spinal fusion rate of MagnetOs™ Granules compared to the results of AttraX® Putty from a previous study (AxA study)	Posterolateral spinal fusion rate of MagnetOs™ Granules vs. AttraX® Putty assessed on CT-scans	1 year (12-15 months) after surgery
Relation between successful posterolateral spinal fusion and interbody fusion of MagnetOs™ Granules compared to the results of AttraX® Putty from a previous study (AxA study)	Odds ratio for relation between posterolateral spinal fusion and interbody fusion of MagnetOs™ Granules vs. AttraX® Putty assessed on CT-scans	1 year (12-15 months) after surgery
Effect of blinding on perceived donor site pain	Visual analogue scale (VAS) scores for donor site pain reported by patients unblinded to the iliac crest donor site in comparison to these outcomes of the blinded patients from a previous study (AxA study)	Until 2 years (22-26 months) after surgery
Incidence of long-term complications and relation with risk factors in the combined population of this study and a previous study (AxA study)	Like adjacent segment disease, in relation to length of construct and sagittal balance, and risk factors for failures	Until 2 years (22-26 months) after surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: M.C. Kruyt, MD, PhD
• Collaborators: Kuros BioSciences B.V.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Moyo Kruyt, MD, PhD, UMC Utrecht

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 4, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 2, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 9, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): August 10, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 14, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 13, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: bone graft; RCT; ceramic; spinal fusion
• Other Study ID Numbers: NL64652.041.18

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No