Clinical trial • Phase II • Musculoskeletal
LENZUMESTROCEL for Articular cartilage defect
Phase II trial of LENZUMESTROCEL for Articular cartilage defect.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Musculoskeletal
- Trial Disease
- Articular cartilage defect
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Cell therapy
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 17-10-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 15-11-2024
Trial design
Randomised, open-label, comparator arm: microfracture and application of the scaffold alone (no autologous mscs). intervention arm: combination of conventional microfracture and autologous mscs seeded onto acellular 3d scaffold.-controlled Phase II trial across 3 sites in Czechia.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- Comparator arm: microfracture and application of the scaffold alone (no autologous MSCs). Intervention arm: combination of conventional microfracture and autologous MSCs seeded onto acellular 3D scaffold.
- Target Sample Size
- 40
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 730
Eligibility
Recruits 40 Vulnerable population selected in CTIS. Participants must be able to provide written informed consent (criterion: 'Able to provide written informed consent.'). Subject information and informed consent form documents are included in the CTIS documents list..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Pregnant or lactating women.
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable population selected in CTIS. Participants must be able to provide written informed consent (criterion: 'Able to provide written informed consent.'). Subject information and informed consent form documents are included in the CTIS documents list.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Adult patients of either sex, age between 18 and 55 years."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Able to provide written informed consent."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Confirmed diagnosis of chondral defects of the weight bearing compartment of the knee joint up to the radiologically confirmed knee osteoarthrosis stage II (according to Kellgren classification), the cause of the defect being either trauma or incipient degeneration."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Defect is located in the weigh-bearing part of femoral condyle."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Scheduled to undergo an open surgery of the knee for the chondral defect management (namely microfracture of the subchondral bone followed by the application of a 3D scaffold)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Isolated chondral defect with a maximum size of 6 cm2."}
- {"criterion_text":"- No previous knee surgery due to a treatment of a chondral defect."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Preoperative level of hemoglobin at least 110 g per L."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Preoperative level of platelet count higher than 150 000 per mL."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Sexually active, nonsterile female patients need to use highly effective contraception during the whole study."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Axial deformities over 10° on the study knee."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Systemic corticoid or immunosuppressive medication, or anticoagulant therapy, ongoing or recent, (used regularly during the last 3 months before the planned knee surgery). Intraarticular corticoid medication is not allowed within the same time period."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Active infection or any other condition limiting the healing (e.g., immunodeficiency, hepatitis, active tuberculosis, neoplasm, diabetes and other serious metabolic disorders, drug abuse, etc.)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Concurrent or previous cancer."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Blood, plasma or platelet transfusion during previous 8 weeks."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Pregnant or lactating women."}
- {"criterion_text":"- BMI higher than 40."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Clinical instability of the knee joint."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Lysholm knee function score, at 24 months post-operation (comparison of score changes between the study arms).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Lysholm knee function score measured at 24 months post-operation; comparison of score changes between study arms."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- KOOS value, at 24 months post-operation (comparison of score changes between the study arms).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"KOOS (Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score) measured at 24 months post-operation; comparison of score changes between study arms."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Pain according to VAS, at 24 months post-operation (comparison of score changes between the study arms).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Pain measured by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at 24 months post-operation; comparison of change between study arms."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- X-ray and MRI evaluation, at 24 months post-operation.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Radiological assessment by X-ray and MRI at 24 months post-operation; comparison between study arms."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Lysholm knee function score, at 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Lysholm knee function score measured at 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation; comparison of score changes between study arms."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- KOOS value, at 3 , 6 and 12 months post-operation.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"KOOS measured at 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation; comparison of score changes between study arms."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Pain according to VAS, at 6 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Pain measured by VAS at 6 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months post-operation; comparison between study arms."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- X-ray and MRI evaluation, at 12 months post-operation.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Radiological assessment by X-ray and MRI at 12 months post-operation; comparison between study arms."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Adverse event profiles at 6 weeks, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months post-operation (comparison between the study arms).","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Collection and comparison of adverse event profiles at specified timepoints between study arms."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 40
- Recruitment Window Months
- 75
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent required from each participant ('Able to provide written informed consent.'). Subject information and informed consent form documents available in CTIS. No assent or age-specific consent processes described; all participants are adults (18-55). Languages of consent documents not specified.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 3
- Total Number Of Participants
- 40
Czechia
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 05-11-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 15-11-2024
- Processing Time Days
- 10
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 40
Sites
- Site Name
- Fakultni Nemocnice Hradec Kralove
- Department Name
- Ortopedická klinika
- Contact Person Name
- Libor Prokeš
- Contact Person Email
- libor.prokes@fnhk.cz
- Site Name
- Krajska zdravotni a.s.
- Department Name
- Ortopedické oddělení
- Contact Person Name
- Pavel Neckař
- Contact Person Email
- pavel.neckar@kzcr.eu
- Site Name
- Krajska Zdravotni a.s.
- Department Name
- Ortopedická klinika
- Contact Person Name
- Tomáš Novotný
- Contact Person Email
- tomas.novotny@kzcr.eu
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Bioinova a.s.
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Czechia
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- BiCure ortho MSCp
- Active Substance
- LENZUMESTROCEL
- Modality
- Cell therapy
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRACARTILAGINOUS USE
- Route
- INTRACARTILAGINOUS USE
- Authorisation Status
- Advanced Therapy Medicial Product
- Maximum Dose
- 5500000 (units: Other)
- Combination Treatment
- Yes
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