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Lumoptik BRIGHTPOINT Reflectometer Device for Lumbar Epidural Placement

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York · NCT06020508

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–99 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
36
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 12, 2023
Record last updated
August 10, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the BrightPoint Epidural device as the first system to use multispectral reflectometry to find the epidural space in lumbar neuraxial procedures requiring epidural needle. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Is the device a qualitatively effective secondary confirmation of Loss of Resistance?
  • Is the device a qualitatively effective training tool for educating trainees in how to perform lumbar epidurals?

Participants will undergo a neuraxial procedure in which the attending anesthesiologist will use the BrightPoint epidural device to form an opinion on its effectiveness in confirming epidural space access.

Being studied: Group 1 - Lumoptik BrightPoint Epidural Device

Conditions: Lumbar Spine Surgery

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Any patient undergoing a lumbar neuraxial procedure requiring epidural needle
  • Age 18-99

Exclusion Criteria

  • Previous lumbar spine surgery
  • Any known spinal abnormality that would interfere with successfully advancing a needle into the epidural space
  • Any patient requiring epidural needle longer than 4 inches
  • Any contraindication to neuraxial anesthesia
  • Tattoo at the site of epidural insertion

Recruiting US locations

  • Hospital for Special Surgery

    New York, NY 10021

    Site contact: Justas Lauzadis, PhD · 212-774-2946 · lauzadisj@hss.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Pa Thor, PhD · 646-797-8535 · thorp@hss.edu
  • Maya Tailor · 646-714-6828 · tailorm@hss.edu
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