BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aclarion, Inc., ("Aclarion" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: ACON, ACONW), a healthcare technology company that is leveraging biomarkers and proprietary augmented intelligence (AI) algorithms to help physicians identify the location of chronic low back pain, today announced the addition of Keck Medical Center of USC as a CLARITY (Chronic Low bAck pain Randomized Independent Trial studY) trial site. The pivotal CLARITY study is designed to demonstrate Nociscan's ...

Core Insights - Aclarion, Inc. announced the addition of Advocate Aurora Research Institute as a site for the CLARITY trial, which aims to demonstrate the clinical and economic value of its Nociscan platform in spine surgery [1][4][5] Company Overview - Aclarion is a healthcare technology company focused on chronic low back pain, utilizing biomarkers and proprietary AI algorithms to assist physicians in identifying pain sources [1][5][8] - The Nociscan platform is the first evidence-supported SaaS solution designed to noninvasively differentiate between painful and non-painful discs in the lumbar spine [5][8] CLARITY Trial Details - The CLARITY trial is a prospective, randomized multi-center study involving 300 patients scheduled for surgical treatment of 1- or 2-level discogenic low back pain [4] - The trial will randomize patients at a 1:1 ratio between surgeons blinded to Nociscan results and those unblinded, with the primary endpoint being the change in back pain measured on a 100mm VAS at 12 months [4][5] - The principal investigator is Dr. Nicholas Theodore from Johns Hopkins Medicine [4] Market Context - Chronic low back pain affects approximately 266 million people globally, highlighting a significant healthcare challenge [5] - Traditional imaging methods often fail to clearly identify the source of pain, which Nociscan aims to address by providing insights into disc pain [5][8]