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Treatment of Tendon Disease Using Autologous Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Phase 2
Conditions
Lateral Epicondylitis
Rotator Cuff Tear
Interventions
Biological: Autologous adipose-derived MSCs
Registration Number
NCT03279796
Lead Sponsor
Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Brief Summary

This study was a single-center, randomized, single-blind clinical trial. We plan to include 100 patients who met exclusion criteria of rotator cuff and lateral epicondylosis (tennis elbow) respectively by MRT or ultrasonography. The patients will be randomly divided into two groups. Adipose mesenchymal stem cells will be isolated from adipose tissue, cultured and then transplanted back to the tendon injury site by multiple point injection. 1\*10\^6 cells as an unit. Patients in the experiment group will be injected into an unit of adipose mesenchymal stem cells (1\*10\^6/10kg) while the control group received the same dose compound betamethasone injection. Follow up visit for all patients will occur at 1,3,6 and 12 months after the first injection. Clinical quantitative assessment will measure by the visual analogue scale(VAS). The secondary outcomes are the constant-murley score(CMS) and the rating scale of the American shoulder and elbow surgeons(ASES) and the disability of arm shoulder and hand(DASH). The objective evaluation methods is that the examination of MRI or ultrasound were accomplished before the first injection and at 6 and 12 months afterwards.

Detailed Description

All injection will be done under ultrasound guidance.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  1. clinically diagnosed as rotator cuff tear or lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow);
  2. symptom duration is over 3 months, non-steroidal drug treatment , rehabilitation treatment and other conservative treatment is invalid;
  3. patient that can understand the clinical trials and signed the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. patient that underwent other injection treatment within 6 weeks
  2. some associated diseases (such as arthritis, synovitis, entrapment of related nerve, radiculopathy to the target lesion, generalized pain syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, pregnancy, impaired sensibility, paralysis, history of allergic or hypersensitive reaction to bovine-derived proteins or fibrin glue)
  3. patient that enrolled other clinical trials within 3 months
  4. history of drug/alcohol addiction, habitual smoker

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Autologous adipose-derived MSCsAutologous adipose-derived MSCsThe dose of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells was related to body weight, and 1 × 10 \^ 6 cells were a unit. One unit of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells was injected every 10 kg of body weight and injected once a week for three times.
Compound betamethasoneCompound betamethasone1ml dexamethasone mixed with 0.5-2ml of saline to achieve the same injection volume with the cell suspension (which contains betamethasone dipropionate 5mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 2mg) ), once a week for three times.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline in Visual Analog Scale(VAS) at 3, 6 and 12 weeksBaseline, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks after intervention

Pain on activity will be evaluated by VAS

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from baseline in Constant-Murley Score(CMS) at 3, 6 and 12 weeks,Baseline, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks after intervention

Functional score of the shoulder

American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Shoulder ScoreBaseline, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks after intervention

Functional score of the shoulder

The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand(DASH) ScoreBaseline, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks after intervention

Functional score of the shoulder

Adverse eventsFrom baseline through study completion, an average of 1 year

Adverse events to evaluate the safety

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Weiliang Shen

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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