Confirmatory Study of NeoCart in Knee Cartilage Repair

Summary

This confirmatory study is a prospective randomized trial comparing the efficacy and safety of an autologous chondrocyte tissue implant (NeoCart) to the surgical intervention microfracture in the treatment of cartilage defects in the knee.

Timeline

Start

2010-05

Primary completion

2019-03

Completion

2019-03

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “company dissolution”

Publications

• Background Crawford DC, DeBerardino TM, Williams RJ 3rd. NeoCart, an autologous cartilage tissue implant, compared with microfracture for treatment of distal femoral cartilage lesions: an FDA phase-II prospective, randomized clinical trial after two years. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Jun 6;94(11):979-89. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00533.
• Background Crawford DC, Heveran CM, Cannon WD Jr, Foo LF, Potter HG. An autologous cartilage tissue implant NeoCart for treatment of grade III chondral injury to the distal femur: prospective clinical safety trial at 2 years. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Jul;37(7):1334-43. doi: 10.1177/0363546509333011. Epub 2009 May 15.

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