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Study to assess the efficacy and safety of treatment of articular cartilage lesions with CartiLife®.

A Multi-Center, Active-Controlled, Open-Label, Phase ? Trial to Compare the Efficacy and Safety for Treatment of Autologous Chondrocytes Implantation with CartiLife versus Microfracture for Patient with Chondral Defects in the Knee

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0001577
Enrollment
30
Registered
2015-07-23
Start date
2014-02-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-03-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Biological/Vaccine, Non-Stem Cell, Procedure/Surgery : Biological: CartiLife® Procedure: CartiLife® is pellets (1.0 to 1.5 mm in diameter) in suspension, developed from autologous chondrocytes. The

Sponsors

MCTTBio
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Adult males and females aged over 19 and under 65 2) Defect size: 2 to 10 ? on the unilateral knee cartilage (up to 4 ? in volume) 3) Defect: isolated International Cartilage Repair Society(ICRS) Grade III or IV single defect chondral lesion on articular cartilage 4) The joint space is maintained over 50% relative to baseline 5) Patients with self-reliant behavior 6) Patients understand strict rehabilitation protocol and follow-up program and are willing to follow it. 7) Patients who consented to the clinical trial

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with inflammatory articular diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or gouty arthritis 2) kellgren and Lawrence grade = 3 3) Patients with arthritis associated with autoimmune diseases 4) Patients hypersensitive to bovine protein 5) Patients with Haemophilia or markedly reduced immune function 6) Patients hypersensitive to antibiotics like gentamicin 7) Patients with arterial bleeding and severe venous bleeding 8) Patients with other diseases including tumors except for cartilaginous defects of joints 9) Patients with a history of radiation treatment and chemotherapy within the past two years 10) Patients who are pregnant, nursing a baby or likely to get pregnant 11) Patients who participate in concurrent clinical trials or previous clinical trials within 30 days of administration 12) The other cases of patients which doctors determine not participate in the trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging)- MOCART(Magnetic resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue) scoring

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Lysholm score;International knee documentation committee(IKDC) ;Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score(KOOS);100 mm Pain Visual Analogue Scale(VAS);ROM (Range of Motion);Physical examination;Adverse event;Vital signs;MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging)- Confirmation of Out growth

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactLee Hong

Kyung Hee University Hospital

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026