Are Randomized Trials Better? Comparison of Baseline Covariate Balance of a Propensity Score-Balanced Lumbar Spine IDE Trial and Comparable RCTs

= 0.396).ConclusionThe PS subclassification design achieved excellent covariate balance between DST investigational and TLIF control participants. This PS designed sample shows covariate balance similar to that observed in published studies in which patients were randomized to investigational or control arms.Clinical trial registered with https://www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03115983).