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Efficacy of bone marrow-derived stem cells in treatment of knee cartilage defects.

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
Knee Cartilage Defect
Registration Number
2023-503486-32-00
Lead Sponsor
Bioinova a.s.
Brief Summary

Efficacy: To compare the treatment efficacy of a combination of conventional microfracture and autologous MSC seeded onto the acellular 3D scaffold as compared to the commonly used method of microfracture and application of the scaffold alone, in subjects with knee joint chondral lesion.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Ongoing, recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients of either sex, age between 18 and 55 years.

Able to provide written informed consent.

Confirmed diagnosis of chondral defects of the weight bearing compartment of the knee joint up to the radiologically confirmed knee osteoarthrosis stage II (according to Kellgren classification), the cause of the defect being either trauma or incipient degeneration.

Defect is located in the weigh-bearing part of femoral condyle.

Scheduled to undergo an open surgery of the knee for the chondral defect management (namely microfracture of the subchondral bone followed by the application of a 3D scaffold).

Isolated chondral defect with a maximum size of 6 cm2.

No previous knee surgery due to a treatment of a chondral defect.

Preoperative level of hemoglobin at least 110 g per L.

Preoperative level of platelet count higher than 150 000 per mL.

Sexually active, nonsterile female patients need to use highly effective contraception during the whole study.

Exclusion Criteria

Axial deformities over 10° on the study knee.

Systemic corticoid or immunosuppressive medication, or anticoagulant therapy, ongoing or recent, (used regularly during the last 3 months before the planned knee surgery). Intraarticular corticoid medication is not allowed within the same time period.

Active infection or any other condition limiting the healing (e.g., immunodeficiency, hepatitis, active tuberculosis, neoplasm, diabetes and other serious metabolic disorders, drug abuse, etc.).

Concurrent or previous cancer.

Blood, plasma or platelet transfusion during previous 8 weeks.

Pregnant or lactating women.

BMI higher than 40.

Clinical instability of the knee joint.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Lysholm knee function score, at 24 months post-operation (comparison of score changes between the study arms).

Lysholm knee function score, at 24 months post-operation (comparison of score changes between the study arms).

KOOS value, at 24 months post-operation (comparison of score changes between the study arms).

KOOS value, at 24 months post-operation (comparison of score changes between the study arms).

Pain according to VAS, at 24 months post-operation (comparison of score changes between the study arms).

Pain according to VAS, at 24 months post-operation (comparison of score changes between the study arms).

X-ray and MRI evaluation, at 24 months post-operation.

X-ray and MRI evaluation, at 24 months post-operation.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Lysholm knee function score, at 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation.

Lysholm knee function score, at 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation.

KOOS value, at 3 , 6 and 12 months post-operation.

KOOS value, at 3 , 6 and 12 months post-operation.

Pain according to VAS, at 6 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation.

Pain according to VAS, at 6 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation.

X-ray and MRI evaluation, at 12 months post-operation.

X-ray and MRI evaluation, at 12 months post-operation.

Adverse event profiles at 6 weeks, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months post-operation (comparison between the study arms).

Adverse event profiles at 6 weeks, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months post-operation (comparison between the study arms).

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Fakultni Nemocnice Hradec Kralove

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Novy Hradec Kralove, Czechia

Krajska zdravotni a.s.

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Teplice, Czechia

Krajska Zdravotni a.s.

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Usti Nad Labem-Severni Terasa, Czechia

Fakultni Nemocnice Hradec Kralove
🇨🇿Novy Hradec Kralove, Czechia
Libor Prokeš
Site contact
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libor.prokes@fnhk.cz

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