Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Microfracture and Modified Microfracture
Defect of Articular Cartilage, Osteoarthritis, Traumatic Arthritis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Defect of Articular Cartilage focused on measuring Cartilage defect of knee, microfracture, modified microfracture, collagen
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 1. Patients with cartilage defects in their knee (Including Knee OA and Knee TA) 2. Knee osteoarthritis patients whose Kellgren-Lawrence Grading Scale score is lower than 3 (patients who received simultaneous or previous correction will be excluded).
3. Patients with misalignment of their tibia and femur, unstable ligament in their knee, or bony defects in the lesions of their knee, and/or who had been treated for alignment 4. Patients who were 15 years old or older 5. Patients or their representative (for adults), or patients and their parent/guardian (for minors), who agreed to participate in the study and signed the informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
1. If patients or their families suffer from or have ever suffered from an autoimmune disease.
2. Patients who have ever suffered an anaphylactic reaction. 3. Patients who have ever suffered hypersensitivity to an implant. 4. Patients with a history of allergy to porcine or bovine protein. 5. Subjects with inflammatory arthritis, such as rheumatoid and gouty arthritis.
6. Subjects with autoimmune disease related arthritis. 7. Subjects who are pregnant and/or breast-feeding and/or plan a pregnancy. 8. Subjects with tumors. 9. Subjects who have undergone radiotherapy or chemotherapy within the last 2 years (Exception: if the possibility of collagen treatment is confirmed with doctor's clinical decision).
10. Subjects who are diabetic. (Exception: if the possibility of CartiFill™ treatment is confirmed with doctor's clinical decision, and/or patient's blood glucose level remains within the normal range and/or no other complications by diabetes mellitus.) 11. Subjects with infections, currently on treatment with antibiotics or antimicrobials (Exception: if the possibility of collagen treatment is confirmed with doctor's clinical decision).
12. Subjects under adrenocorticoid therapy (Exception: if the possibility of collagen treatment is confirmed with doctor's clinical decision).
13. Subjects with psychiatric disorders who are considered inappropriate to participate in this trial by the Principal Investigator.
14. Patients who have ever suffered contraindications of the used Fibrin sealant. (The major contraindications are as follows: patients with hypersensitivity to aprotinin and those treatments for severe brisk arterial or venous bleeding.)
Sites / Locations
- The Catholic University of Korea Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital
- The Catholic University of Korea Vincent's Hospital
- Wonkwang University Hospital
- Daejeon Sun hospital
- Inha University Hospital
- Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
- Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital
- Samsung Medical Center
- Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center
- Seoul National University Hospital
- The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
- The Catholic University of Korea St. Paul's Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
microfracture
modified microfracture using collagen
simple microfracture for cartilage defect of knee
modified microfracture using collagen (CartiFill) for cartilage defect of knee