SpineMark: Better Access to Spine Care Therapies Under Research?

We’d all like to offer our patients greater treatment options, but we have been limited by the amount of infrastructure necessary to participate in large, national trials. As such, we’re happy to see that SpineMark Corporation is launching a multi-site research organization. But, will this actually help surgeons and patients to access investigational therapies?

Answer:

SpineMark recently announced the creation of SpineMark Spine Research Organizations (SRO) in Los Angeles and Denver. The idea behind the SRO is to allow physicians and patients the ability to participate in clinical trials of advanced spinal care therapies, which are still in the investigational stage.

Surgeons located in Los Angeles and Denver will be able to collaborate with the SRO, and will have access to new products and devices and will receive clinical support from SpineMark and other participating organizations.

Dr. Robert J. Bess, an orthopedic spine surgeon and co-founder of the SpineMark SRO of Denver, said

“By partnering with SpineMark, we are able to provide patients with the best of all worlds — access to community practices that can provide quality, personalized care coupled with the clinical trial opportunities of larger facilities.”

Several more SpineMark SROs are planned in other cities, in an effort to provide the infrastructure and access needed to treat patients with the most advanced therapies available. The first clinical trial to be introduced by the SRO is an evaluation of StabiliMax, a device manufactured by Applied Spine Technologies for dynamic stabilization without fusion.

Source: http://www.spinemarksro.com/. – SpineMark SRO website

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