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Use of Autologous Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate in Painful Knee Osteoarthritis

Use of Autologous Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate in Painful Knee Osteoarthritis, A Randomized Placebo Controlled Pilot Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01931007
Acronym
BMAC
Enrollment
25
Registered
2013-08-29
Start date
2013-08-31
Completion date
2016-01-31
Last updated
2017-05-05

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Conditions

Bilateral Primary Osteoarthritis of Knee

Keywords

osteoarthritis

Brief summary

The overall goal of this study is to develop regenerative cell therapy for use in patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The primary objective of this proposal is to conduct a pilot study that assesses the safety and feasibility of using concentrated bone marrow aspirate containing MSC to treat patients with painful knee OA.

Detailed description

Patients with symptomatic mild to moderate bilateral knee osteoarthritis will be candidates for this pilot study. Baseline data includes radiographs, MRI imaging, clinical data on knee pain and analysis of synovial fluid inflammatory markers. Bone marrow will be aspirated from the patient's iliac crests and the cellular rich portion will be concentrated. Randomly, one knee will be injected with the bone marrow concentrate. The contralateral knee will be injected with only sterile saline for placebo. Follow-up analysis of synovial fluid will be at one week and 6 months after injection; clinical data will be obtained at 3, 6 and 12 months and MRI imaging will be performed at 6 months after injection, with repeat radiographs at 12 months

Interventions

Autologous Bone marrow aspirate will be concentrated using Magellan Cell Separator and stem cell kit according to the Standard Operating Procedures is to be injected in the treatment knee. 5ml of treatment cells will be combined with 10 ml of previously separated platelet poor bone marrow plasma and used for injection under ultrasound guidance into one of the subject's painful knees.

DRUGSterile saline

Bacteriostatic 0.9% sodium chloride, preservative free manufactured by Hospira will be injected into the control knee.

Sponsors

Mayo Clinic
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Male and Female subjects are both eligible 2. Subjects must be 18 years of age or older 3. Subjects must have bilateral OA and pain in both knees. 4. Osteoarthritis may be primary or secondary. Knees must have Kellgren-Lawrence Grades 1-3. 5. Subjects must have previously tried 6 weeks of one of the following conservative treatments Activity modification, weight loss; physical therapy, anti-inflammatory or injection therapy 6. Patients can provide written informed consent after the nature of the study is fully explained

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with abnormal hematology, serum chemistry, or urinalysis screening laboratory results. 2. Patients taking anti-inflammatory medications (prescription or over-the-counter), including herbal therapies, within 14 days of baseline visit. 3. Patients taking anti-rheumatic disease medication (including methotrexate or other antimetabolites) within the 3 months prior to study entry. 4. Patients receiving injections to the treated knee within 2 months prior to study entry. 5. Patients who are pregnant or currently breast-feeding children. 6. Patients with systemic, rheumatic or inflammatory disease of the knee or chondrocalcinosis, hemochromatosis, inflammatory arthritis, arthropathy of the knee associated with juxta-articular Paget's disease of the femur or tibia, ochronosis, hemophilic arthropathy, infectious arthritis, Charcot's knee joint, villonodular synovitis, and synovial chondromatosis. 7. Patients with ongoing infectious disease, including HIV and hepatitis 8. Patients with clinically significant cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, endocrine disease, cancer, or diabetes 9. Patients participating in a study of an experimental drug or medical device within 30 days of study entry.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Subjects with Adverse Reactions to Concentrated Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs)1 yearOccurrence of adverse reactions to concentrated MSCs from bone marrow aspiration injected into knee joints.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Mean Knee Cartilagebaseline, 6 months, 1 yearKnee cartilage status will be measured prior to injection, at 6 months following injection, and at 12 months following injection. The cartilage will be measured by MRI at baseline and 6 months using MRI and cartilage sequencing techniques, and knee radiographs at 12 months.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 12, 2026