# Indirect vs. Direct Decompression for Treatment of Central Stenosis: RCT

> **NCT04708977** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Hospital for Special Surgery, New York**

## Conditions studied

- Patients With Spinal Stenosis Indicated for LLIF

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** One-level lateral lumbar interbody fusion with Indirect Decompression
- **PROCEDURE:** One-level lateral lumbar interbody fusion with Direct Decompression

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04708977
- **Lead sponsor:** Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2021-02-08
- **Primary completion:** 2021-09-29
- **Final completion:** 2021-09-29
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The patient population is too low to conduct the study in a feasible and meaningful amount of time.
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-11


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04708977

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04708977, "Indirect vs. Direct Decompression for Treatment of Central Stenosis: RCT". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04708977. Licensed CC0.

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