Status:

UNKNOWN

Advanced Cartilage Treatment With Injectable-hydrogel Validation of the Effect

Lead Sponsor:

Hy2Care BV

Collaborating Sponsors:

Avania

UMC Utrecht

Conditions:

Cartilage Damage

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Multicentre, pivotal, non-randomized, prospective, open-label clinical investigation involving a new hydrogel, Hy2Care Injectable hydrogel, developed by Hy2Care B.V., Enschede, The Netherlands (hereaf...

Detailed Description

This is a multi-center, pivotal, non-randomized, prospective, open-label clinical investigation. Safety oversight throughout will be provided by an independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) compris...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Subject is at least 18 years and maximum 50 years of age at time of surgery;
  • Subject presents with a symptomatic defect in the knee with an NRS pain score of 4 or more;
  • Subject presents with defects in the knee cartilage with ICRS classification grades IIIa or IIIb;
  • Subject has a contained lesion of between 0.5 - 2 cm2 in size, and it is localized on the femoral condyle or trochlea;
  • Subject has an intact (ICRS grade ≤ 1) articulating joint surface (without "kissing lesions");
  • Subject is willing and able to comply with all aspects of the treatment, including MRI, after-care rehabilitation and evaluation schedule over a 12-month duration; and
  • Subject is willing and able to provide documented Ethics Committee-approved informed consent prior to initiation of any study procedures.

Exclusion

  • Subject has a BMI \> 30 kg/m2;
  • Subject has multiple defects to be treated that are interconnected or that have less than 0.5 cm of space in between them;
  • Subject underwent index-knee surgery \< 3 months prior to study treatment.
  • Subject suffers from any medical condition that would hinder cartilage repair, such as additional unresolved comorbidities related to the index knee:
  • Untreated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and/or posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) deficiency or,
  • Complex ligamentous instability of the knee/ insufficient ligament support,
  • Meniscus lesions, total or partial (more than 1/2 of total volume) resected meniscus,
  • Limited joint mobility,
  • Varus/valgus joint malalignment of more than 3 degrees,
  • Subject has a trochlear cartilage defect that is associated with (suspected) patella maltracking without surgical correction,
  • Subject underwent previous (failed) cartilage repair procedure(s), such as microfracture (MF), Osteochondral Autograft Transplantation (OATS) or Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) with or without use of a scaffold (matrix) in the index knee.
  • Comorbidities that are resolved during the same surgical procedure as the investigational device treatment, do not qualify for this exclusion criterion.
  • Subject has (history of) generalized osteoarthritis, defined as Kellgren-Lawrence grade \>1 as determined from recent (\<6 months at time of enrollment) X-ray;
  • Subject suffers from inflammatory joint diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, Bechterew disease, chondromatosis);
  • Subjects suffers from autoimmune disease, vascular or neurological disease;
  • Subject suffers from an active or recent local or systematic infection, or has a history of knee infections;
  • Subject has an active malignant tumor at the time of treatment;
  • Subject has hypersensitivity or allergy to the constituents of the product.
  • Pregnant or lactating women at the time of enrollment or women who are planning to become pregnant during the duration of the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 28 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 31 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05186935

Start Date

February 28 2022

End Date

October 31 2024

Last Update

February 22 2022

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University Medical Center Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands, 3584 CX