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TerminatedNCT03969680Updated Jan 24, 2024

Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Osteoarthritis

An interventional study of Auotologous BMSCs plus autologous PRP and Auotologous PRP in Knee Osteoarthritis, sponsored by Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital. Terminated at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-24.

Sponsored by Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Due to government regulation
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the efficacy and safety of autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) plus autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment of severe knee osteoarthritis.

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This is a single centered, randomized, single blind phase II clinical study. Patients will be divided into two groups of case and control. Patients of case group will receive intra-articular injection of autologous BMSCs suspended in 3 ml autologous PRP for 3 times, patients of control group will receive intra-articular injection of 3 ml of autologous PRP for 3 times. The investigators designed this clinical study to evaluate therapeutic effects of BM-MSCs in patients with severe knee osteoarthritis.

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Conditions studied

  • Knee Osteoarthritis
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In context

Osteoarthritis

4,398 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteoarthritis; 582 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 2 is below the median of 70 across 3,440 interventional studies indexed under Osteoarthritis.

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Lead sponsor

Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital is the lead sponsor of 16 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Subject has Kellgren and Lawrence grade II-IV primary osteoarthritis as determined by X-ray.
  2. Subject's pain score is 8-13 points (Lequesne's index).
  3. Ages between 40-70 years.
  4. Signed informed consent from the subject.-

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subject infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, syphilis or HTLV
  2. Subject not suitable for bone marrow suction surgery.
  3. Subject with hypersensitivity/allergy to anesthetic.
  4. Subject's creatinine values higher than 1.6mg/dl.
  5. Subject with body mass index, BMI over 30.
  6. Subject's studied knee treated with intra-articular injection therapy within 6 months prior to screen.
  7. Subject has undergone surgery on studied knee, including fracture surgery, arthroscopic surgery, meniscus repair surgery, or cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery.
  8. Subject enrolled in any other cell therapy studies within the past 30 days.
  9. Subject who the investigator considers inappropriate for the clinical trial due to any other reasons than those listed above.
  10. Subject has a history of gouty arthritis, septic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and any other autoimmune arthritis of the knee joint.
  11. Subject has had major medical problems in vital organs, such as; heart, liver, kidney, or lung.-
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
2 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    BMSCs plus PRP group

    Three intra-articular injections in total and autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) suspended in 3 ml autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) for each injection. Time-points for intervention: 1) initial injection; 2) 3 months following initial injection; 3) 6 months following initial injection.

    Biological: Auotologous BMSCs plus autologous PRP

  • Active comparator
    PRP group

    Three intra-articular injections in total and 3 ml autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) for each injection. Time-points for intervention: 1) initial injection; 2) 3 months following initial injection; 3) 6 months following initial injection.

    Biological: Auotologous PRP

Interventions

  • BiologicalAuotologous BMSCs plus autologous PRP

    30 mL of bone marrow will be aspirated from the iliac crests of patients in case group. BMSCs will be isolated from bone marrow and cultured. Before injection, 30 mL of blood will be collected from each patient to produce 3ml PRP by cenrifugation. Cultured BMSCs will be collected and suspended by 3ml autologous PRP.

  • BiologicalAuotologous PRP

    30 mL of blood will be collected from each patient to produce 3ml PRP by cenrifugation.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Physical function change

    Evaluation the physical function change Measured by WOMAC osteoarthritis index.

    Time frame: From before randomization until 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment start.

  2. Change in pain density

    Evaluation the changing of pain density measured by Visual Analogue Scale. Draw a 10 cm horizontal line on the paper. One end of the line is 0, indicating no pain; the other end is 10, indicating severe pain; and the middle part indicates varying degrees of pain. The patient selects a point from the horizontal line and the length from 0 to this point is the Visual Analogue Scale score.

    Time frame: From before randomization until 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment start.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cartilage repair

    Evaluation of cartilage repair under MRI. Recht criterion was used for grading articular cartilage injury of knee joint, including 0-IV grade, in which: 0 grade, normal articular cartilage, no obvious abnormal signal was found; 1 grade, the layered structure of cartilage disappeared, and there were focal low signal areas, but the surface was smooth; 2 grade, the surface of cartilage was irregular, the depth of cartilage injury was less than 50% cartilage thickness; 3 grade, the surface of cartilage was heavy. The degree of injury is irregular, the depth of injury is more than 50% of the thickness of cartilage or through the whole layer, but the surface of cartilage is not completely exfoliated; Grade IV, full-thickness cartilage defect, articular cartilage injury deep to the cortex, subchondral bone exposed.

    Time frame: From before randomization until 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment start.

  2. Change in MOS item short from health survey(SF-36)

    Evaluation of the health-related quality of life change Measured by MOS item short from health survey(SF-36) after each cell injection. SF-36 is a self-administered questionnaire comprising 36-items measuring eight dimensions of general HRQOL: physical functioning (10 items), role limitation due to physical health problems (4 items), bodily pain (2 items), general health perceptions (5 items), vitality (4 items), social functioning (2 items), role limitations due to emotional problems (3 items), and general mental health (5 items).These outcomes will be grouped as physical component summary and mental component summary. The norm data is 0-100, the health related quality of life is increases as the scores are increased. The average score is 50.

    Time frame: From before randomization until 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment start.

  3. Change in Lequesne Index

    Evaluation of severity of knee symptoms Lequesne Index includes the measurement of pain (5 items), walking distance (2 items), and activities of daily living (4 items). Maximal score is 24 and higher scores represent worse function

    Time frame: From before randomization until 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment start.

  4. Change in knee society score (KSS)

    The knee society score is divided into four parts: it consists of the ''Symptoms''(25 points), the ''Patient satisfaction''(40 points), the ''Patient expectation''(15 points) and the ''Functional activities''(100 points). Each part will be evaluated separately.Higher scores indicate better knee score/satisfaction/functioning or higher expectations.

    Time frame: From before randomization until 3, 6, and 12 months after treatment start.

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Study locations

1 site
  • Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital
    Yantai, Shandong 264000, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 24, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03969680
Lead sponsor
Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital
Responsible party
Peiwen Lian (Principle Investigator, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 31, 2019
Start date
Jul 8, 2019
Primary completion
Oct 30, 2023
Completion
Dec 28, 2023
Last update
Jan 24, 2024

Study contacts

Peiwen Lian, PhD
study director · Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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