Drugs / rebonuputemcel
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rebonuputemcel

also known as IDCT

Cell therapy

Developed for
intervertebral disk degenerative disorder
Investigated by
DiscGenics, Inc.

Trials 1

20262027
PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 3 NCT07254806 Dec 2025 → Nov 2027 expected intervertebral disk degenerative disorder DiscGenics, Inc. Recruiting No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 9

DateIssuerRelease
2026-06-09 DiscGenics, Inc. Results DiscGenics Announces Independent DSMB Safety Review Supports Continuation of Phase III Study of IDCT Without Modifications discgenics.com ↗
Following its review of available safety data, the DSMB recommended continuation of the study as planned, with no changes to the study protocol.
2025-10-23 DiscGenics, Inc. Results DiscGenics and Collaborators Announce Breakthrough in Tissue-Engineered Intervertebral Disc Research discgenics.com ↗
Through this ongoing collaboration, researchers determined that eDAPS manufactured using DiscGenics’ proprietary nucleus pulposus (NP) and annulus fibrosus (AF) Discogenic Cells are mechanically and biochemically distinct from eDAPS seeded with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), offering superior functionality.
2025-04-09 DiscGenics, Inc. Results Peer-Reviewed Article Reporting DiscGenics’ Cell Therapy Phase I/II Study Results Receives International Journal of Spine Surgery Best Paper Award discgenics.com ↗
The publication reported results from the combined Phase I/II clinical study of allogeneic disc progenitor cell therapy (IDCT or rebonuputemcel) for painful lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).
2024-07-16 DiscGenics, Inc. Regulatory DiscGenics Announces US FDA Approval to Proceed with Phase III Clinical Evaluation of Allogeneic, Injectable Disc Progenitor Cell Therapy for Symptomatic Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease discgenics.com ↗
2024-07-09 DiscGenics, Inc. Results The International Journal of Spine Surgery Has Published Results from an FDA-Approved Study of an Allogeneic Disc Progenitor Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Adults with Lumbar Disc Degeneration discgenics.com ↗
The study met the primary safety and efficacy endpoints, showing that a single intradiscal injection of high-dose IDCT (9,000,000 cells/mL) safely increases disc volume and produces statistically significant, clinically meaningful improvements in back pain, disability, and quality of life out to 2 years post-injection in patients with lumbar disc degeneration.
2023-01-26 DiscGenics, Inc. Regulatory DiscGenics Announces FDA Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) Designation Granted to IDCT for Degenerative Disc Disease discgenics.com ↗
DiscGenics, Inc. , a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing cell-based regenerative therapies that alleviate pain and restore function in patients with degenerative diseases of the spine, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to Injectable Disc Cell Therapy (IDCT or rebonuputemcel), an injectable, allogeneic discogenic progenitor cell therapy for the treatment of symptomatic lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD).
2023-01-23 DiscGenics, Inc. Results DiscGenics Announces Positive Two-Year Clinical Data from Study of Discogenic Progenitor Cell Therapy for Degenerative Disc Disease discgenics.com ↗
Discogenic progenitor cell therapy safely increased disc volume and provided rapid, durable improvements in low back pain, function, quality of life, and pain medication usage out to two years post-injection in patients with lumbar DDD.
2022-10-05 DiscGenics, Inc. Results DiscGenics to Present at 2022 Cell and Gene Meeting on the Mesa discgenics.com ↗
As Flanagan will discuss, improvements were sustained at the 52- and 78-week interim readouts with additional data to follow at 104 weeks.
2022-02-25 DiscGenics, Inc. Results DiscGenics Announces Presentation of Positive Interim Clinical Data from Phase 1/2 Study of Cell Therapy for Degenerative Disc Disease discgenics.com ↗
The primary efficacy endpoint of the study (n=60) was achieved, with statistically significant improvement in back pain observed in the high dose IDCT group.

All press releases naming this drug 11 releases

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Evidence & citations 4 cited values

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FieldValueCited text
Known as rebonuputemcel ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT07254806 ↗
Known as IDCT “Biological: IDCT (rebonuputemcel)” NCT07254806 ↗
Modality Cell therapy “Single intradiscal injection of 1 mL of 9,000,000 cells/mL IDCT in a single target disc.” NCT07254806 ↗
Route Other “Single intradiscal injection of 1 mL of 9,000,000 cells/mL IDCT in a single target disc.” NCT07254806 ↗