NCT03977961 (6MWT-DDD) is a clinical trial in Lumbar Disc Disease, sponsored by Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen.

Who is sponsoring NCT03977961?

NCT03977961 is sponsored by Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen.

What condition does NCT03977961 study?

NCT03977961 studies Lumbar Disc Disease, Lumbar Spine Degeneration, Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

Is NCT03977961 still recruiting?

NCT03977961 is currently completed. Last updated 26 July 2022.

Last reviewed 2022-07-26 · How we verify

NCT03977961: 6MWT-DDD

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Six-Minute Walking Test (6MWT) as a Measure of Functional Impairment in Lumbar Degenerate Disc Disease.

Completed Last updated 26 July 2022

What this trial tests

trial in Lumbar Disc Disease in 50 participants. Completed in 1 May 2020.

Timeline

1 May 2019

Primary endpoint
1 May 2020

1 May 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen
Status	Completed
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	50
Start date	1 May 2019
Primary completion	1 May 2020
Estimated completion	1 May 2020
Sites	1 location across Switzerland

Conditions studied

Lumbar Disc Disease — all drugs for Lumbar Disc Disease →
Lumbar Spine Degeneration — all drugs for Lumbar Spine Degeneration →
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis — all drugs for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis →

Sponsor

Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Lumbar Disc Disease or Lumbar Spine Degeneration. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The study determines the reliability and validity of the 6-Minute Walking Test (6MWT) in patients with lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Smartphone-based real-life activity data for physical performance outcome in comparison to conventional subjective and objective outcome measures after degenerative lumbar spine surgery.
Voglis S, Ziga M, Zeitlberger AM, Sosnova M, et al · · 2022 · cited 12× · PMID 36248147 · DOI 10.1016/j.bas.2022.100881
Responsiveness of the self-measured 6-minute walking test and the Timed Up and Go test in patients with degenerative lumbar disorders.
Maldaner N, Sosnova M, Zeitlberger AM, Ziga M, et al · · 2021 · cited 11× · PMID 33974372 · DOI 10.3171/2020.11.spine201621
Improving the Patient-Physician Relationship in the Digital Era - Transformation From Subjective Questionnaires Into Objective Real-Time and Patient-Specific Data Reporting Tools.
Maldaner N, Desai A, Gautschi OP, Regli L, et al · · 2019 · cited 9× · PMID 31905462 · DOI 10.14245/ns.1938400.200

Verify or expand the search:

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03977961 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen
Last refreshed: 26 July 2022

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