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An Open-Label, Double-Treatment Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Human Allogeneic Bone-Marrow- Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Product StromaForte Compared With Hyaluronic Acid for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

An Open-Label, Double-Treatment Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Human Allogeneic Bone-Marrow- Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Product StromaForte Compared With Hyaluronic Acid for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07542808
Enrollment
140
Registered
2026-04-21
Start date
2026-04-27
Completion date
2027-09-27
Last updated
2026-04-21

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

Conditions

Knee Arthritis Osteoarthritis

Keywords

Cellcolabs, Knee OA, Mesenchymal stem cells, Cell therapy

Brief summary

StromaForte injection for knee OA

Interventions

OTHERHyaluronic Acid (HA)

Hyaluronic Acid

Sponsors

Cellcolabs Clinical SPV Limited
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Willing and able to provide written informed consent and comply with all procedures required by the protocol. * Aged ≥ 18 years at the time of signing the informed consent form. * Diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (OA) based on the criteria established by the American College of Rheumatology, confirmed through radiological images no older than three months. * Grade I to IV osteoarthritis on the Kellgren-Lawrence radiological classification scale. * Joint pain during activity as assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of ≥ 40 at the time of screening * Body Mass Index (BMI) between ≥ 18.5 to ≤ 35.0 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

* Unwilling or unable to perform any of the assessments required by the protocol. * Mechanically unstable knee due to the presence of a complete anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and/or posterolateral corner tear. * Varus or valgus malalignment \>5 degrees as measured by 4-foot standing antero-posterior radiographs. * History of subtotal medial or lateral meniscectomy performed less than 9 months ago. * History of septic arthritis in the targeted knee. * History of infectious or inflammatory joint disorders or suspected infective or inflammatory joint disease. * Systemic or intra-articular injection of corticosteroids in any joint within 3 months before screening. * Immunosuppression due to illness or medication including but not limited to high dose corticosteroids, calcineurin inhibitors, anti-TNF, anti-IL-6, anti-p40, biologics and prednisone and/or equivalent over 5 mg/day. * Planned orthopaedic surgery on lower limbs within the next 12 months * Active or suspected infection. * History of malignancy in the past 2.5 years, except in-situ cancers treated by local excision with curative intent. * Severe bleeding diathesis. * Participation in another clinical trial including treatment with a different investigational product within 30 days prior to inclusion in this study. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding. * Unwilling or for medical reason not recommended to pause anticoagulant medications prior to procedure, as judged by prescribing doctor. * Known diagnosis of HIV-1, HIV-2, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HTLV-I/II, or Syphilis, or other acute or chronic infectious disease. * Pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis or other serious embolic disease within the past 4 months. * Known allergies or hypersensitivity to DMSO, human serum albumin, heparin or PlasmaLyte. * History or current evidence of any condition, therapy, laboratory abn ormality, or other circumstance that might confound the results of the study or interfere with the study participant's participation for the full duration of the study. * Cognitive or language barriers that prohibit obtaining informed consent, questionnaires or any study elements. * Recipient of any stem cell therapy within the previous 12 months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To show that StromaForte single dose treatment provides superior pain reduction from baseline to 6 months post-injection compared to hyaluronic acid single dose treatment."From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 1 yearChange from baseline in subjective pain during activity assessment according to the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) questionnaire at 6 months ±30 days post-injection.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To evaluate the effect of StromaForte single dose treatment on pain reduction from baseline to 3 months and 12 months post-injection, compared to hyaluronic acid single dose treatment.From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 1 yearChange from baseline in subjective pain during activity assessment according to the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) questionnaire at 3 months ±30 days and 12 months ±30 days post-injection.
To evaluate the effect of StromaForte single dose treatment on improvement of the patient's functional ability at 3 months, 6 months and 12months post-injection, compared to hyaluronic acid single dose treatment.From enrollment to the end of follow-up at 1 yearChange in functional ability using the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) scores from baseline to 3 months ±30 days, 6 months ±30 days and 12 months±30 days post-injection.

Countries

United Arab Emirates

Contacts

CONTACTBahar Kasaei
hello@cellcolabs.com+971506845410
STUDY_DIRECTOROla Jeppsson

Cellcolabs Clinical SPV Limited

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 22, 2026