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The FDA has the authority to require sponsors to perform a post-approval study (or studies) at the time of approval of a premarket approval (PMA), humanitarian device exemption (HDE), or product development protocol (PDP) application. Post-approval studies can provide patients, health care professionals, the device industry, the FDA and other stakeholders information on the continued safety and effectiveness (or continued probable benefit, in the case of an HDE) of approved medical devices. This database allows you to search Post-Approval Study information by applicant or device information.

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LimiFlex Dynamic Sagittal Tether Cont F/U Study


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General
Study Status Study Pending
Application Number /
Requirement Number
P220031 / PAS001
Date Original Protocol Accepted 04/08/2026
Date Current Protocol Accepted 04/08/2026
Study Name LimiFlex Dynamic Sagittal Tether Cont F/U Study
Device Name LimiFlex Dynamic Sagittal Tether
Clinical Trial Number(s) NCT03115983 
General Study Protocol Parameters
Study Design Prospective Cohort Study
Data Source New Data Collection
Comparison Group No Control
Analysis Type Descriptive
Study Population Adult: At least 22 yrs
Detailed Study Protocol Parameters
Study Objectives A descriptive prospective, single-center, single-arm study design.
To evaluate the 5-year long-term safety and effectiveness of the LimiFlex Dynamic Sagittal Tether™.
Study Population Enrollment of the patients included in the original PMA cohort (LimiFlex Dynamic Sagittal Tether™ study), who are evaluable for the long term 5 year follow up, which includes at least 124 LimiFlex Dynamic Sagittal Tether™ subjects in the Intent-to-Treat, Propensity Score Selected (ITT PS-Selected) population who were enrolled in the Pivotal study.
Sample Size Number of subjects: 124
Key Study Endpoints The primary effectiveness endpoint is a composite clinical success (CCS) responder endpoint based on clinical status at Month 60. An individual subject will be regarded as achieving Month 60 CCS only if they meet all of the following criteria at Month 60 compared to baseline:
5. Improvement of at least 15 points (100-point scale) on the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) from baseline compared to 60 months.
6. Absence of a decrease in neurologic status (motor or sensory) at Month 60 compared to baseline unless attributable to a concurrent medical condition or other cause unrelated to the device and/ or study procedure.
7. Absence of additional surgical intervention, defined as revision, removal, reoperation or supplemental fixation/fusion, in a separate surgery subsequent to the index procedure, at the instrumented level or levels adjacent to the instrumented level, over the 60 months.
8. Absence of device integrity failures, defined as device breakage, device separation or disassembly, or device dislocation, over the 60 months.

Secondary Endpoints:
In addition, at Month 60, individual subjects will be assessed for the following endpoints:
3. No occurrence of any spinous process fractures at the implanted level (entire functional spine unit (FSU) instrumented with the subject device) up to 60-months follow-up and the time of occurrence relative to original index LimiFlex implant surgery.
No occurrence of a major device-related adverse event. This includes no occurrence of device integrity failure, including but not limited to subsidence, migration and dislodgement at the LimiFlex implant level (entire FSU instrumented with the subject device).
Follow-up Visits and Length of Follow-up Clinical follow-up evaluations will be conducted at 6 weeks, and 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months.


LimiFlex Dynamic Sagittal Tether Cont F/U Study Reporting Schedule

Reporting Schedule
Report
Date Due
FDA Receipt
Date
Applicant's Reporting Status
final report 08/12/2026    


Contact Us

Mandated Studies Program
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
Email: MandatedStudiesPrograms@fda.hhs.gov

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