A Study Comparing the Safety and Effectiveness of Cartilage Cell Injected Into the Lumbar Disc as Compared to a Placebo
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Official title
A Phase II, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Study Evaluating the Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Discs With Allogeneic Cultured Chondrocytes
Brief summary
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This is a clinical study to collect safety and preliminary efficiency information on the use of NuQu chondrocytes (cartilage cells) delivered to the center of a lumbar spinal disc to treat low back pain.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01771471
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 44 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 2012 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Sep 2020 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Sep 2020 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Aug 31, 2017
2012 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 10
- U.S. states
- 9
- U.S. cities
- 10
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Orthopedic and Spine Center | Birmingham | Alabama | 35235 | — |
| California Spine Diagnostics | San Francisco | California | 94115 | — |
| The Spine Institute, Center for Spinal Restoration | Santa Monica | California | 90403 | — |
| Ortho Georgia | Macon | Georgia | 31210 | — |
| Tufts University School of Medicine | Newton | Massachusetts | 02458 | — |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | New York | New York | 10065 | — |
| Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates | Charlotte | North Carolina | 28204 | — |
| The NeuroSpine Institute | Eugene | Oregon | 79401 | — |
| Spine Team Texas | Southlake | Texas | 76092 | — |
| Spinal Reseach Foundation | Reston | Virginia | 20190 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Aug 31, 2017 · Synced Oct 27, 2026
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