Microfracture Versus Adipose Derived Stem Cells for the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Defects
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Official title
Randomized Controlled Trial of Microfracture Versus Adipose Derived Stem Cells for the Treatment of Isolated Articular Cartilage Defects
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to compare two biologic methods for the treatment of articular cartilage defects in the knee. The first method, microfracture, is the standard of care and is routinely used to recruit cells from the subchondral bone marrow to the site of cartilage loss. The second method is the application of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) to the defect site. In theory, ADSCs on a collagen scaffold should enable the delivery of more specific progenitor cells to the site of injury, resulting in better regeneration and integration of articular cartilage at the site of a defect as compared to the microfracture method.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02090140
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 17 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 50 Years
- 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
- Oct 31, 2015
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2025
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2025
- Last update posted
- Apr 24, 2024
2015 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Medical Outpatient Center | Redwood City | California | 94063 | Active, not recruiting |
| Kerlan Jobe Orthopedic Institute | Santa Monica | California | 90404 | Recruiting |
| UC Health Steadman Hawkins Clinic - Denver Inverness | Denver | Colorado | 80112 | Recruiting |
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Apr 24, 2024 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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