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NCT Number: NCT07265310

Pre-therapeutic Value of Emergency Spine MRI in Patients With Thoraco-lumbar Spine Injuries - A Prospective Study.

The main objective is to determine whether the realisation of an emergency spine MRI in addition to CT-scan( Computed Tomography) in patients with thoraco-lumbar spine injuries changes the therapeutic management.

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Key information

Conditions

Spinal Fracture Back Injuries Fractures, Bone Spinal Fractures Spinal Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHU de France

Nice, Alpes Maritimes, 06000, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults aged > 18 years old admitted in the emergency department for a thoracolumbar spine trauma, who have undergone a ct scan and a mri of the spine.

Exclusion criteria

  • Underlying pathology of the spine, AO spine A0 and AO spine C traumas, neurological symptoms or clinical examination not done for any reason.

Treatment and study plan

Clinical value of spine MRI in therapeutic management of patients admitted for thoraco-lumbar spine injuries, in addition to ct-scan.

Procedure

Therapeutic possibilities include conservative, percutaneous and invasive (surgery) treatments. The aim of the study is to evaluate whether spine mri changes the therapeutic management.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in therapeutic management of thoraco-lumbar spine injuries

    Time frame: At the inclusion

    The Bowker test will be used to analyze paired categorical data and determine whether there is symmetry between the rows and columns of a square table (3x3; before/after MRI)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Occult fractures

    Time frame: At the inclusion

    Account of fractures only viewed with MRI, defined as T1 hyposignal and T2 STIR (short TI inversion recovery .hypersignal of a vertebral endplate.

  2. Change in AO spine classification

    Time frame: At the inclusion

    Comparison of CT scan and MRI AO spine classification of injuries.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Dec 4, 2025
Registry last updated
Dec 4, 2025

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