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Safety and Efficacy With NOVOCART® Disc Plus (ADCT) for the Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease in Lumbar Spine (NDisc)

Primary Purpose

Intervertebral Disc Displacement, Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 1
Locations
International
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
NOVOCART® Disc plus
NOVOCART® Disc basic
Sponsored by
Tetec AG
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Intervertebral Disc Displacement focused on measuring degenerative disc, herniated disc, sequestrectomy, Autologous Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation, nucleotomy, safety, efficacy, treatment, lumbar spine, low back pain, adjacent degenerative disc, black disc, NOVOCART

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - 60 Years (Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. The patient has a disc herniation with back and/or leg pain (radicular pain)
  2. The patient has an indication for sequestrectomy according to the guidelines of DGNC and DGOOC
  3. The patient is between 18-60 years of age.
  4. The patient is physically and mentally able to participate in the study, and is able to understand the study, its goals and the possible risk factors involved. The patient is willing and able to participate in the follow-up visit plan at the study site and is able to understand and to complete study-relevant questionnaires in German language.
  5. The patient is sufficiently informed about this trial orally and in writing. S/he had enough time for consideration, is willing to participate in the study and gives her/his written in-formed consent.
  6. The patient confirms that s/he did not participate in a clinical study 90 days prior study inclusion. S/he agrees to refrain from participating in another clinical study during the NOVOCART® Disc Study and for another 90 days after study termination

Radiological Inclusion Criteria

Patients must meet all of the following criteria to be considered for enrollment in the NOVO-CART® Disc study.

  1. The patient has a single-level lumbar disc herniation
  2. The patient has more than 50% remaining disc height in the herniated disc in comparison to unaffected discs in the lumbar spine. If all discs show degenerative signs, disc height has to be at least 5 mm
  3. The patient has no obvious signs of osteophytes and no end plate sclerosis in the lumbar segment to be treated with NOVOCART® Disc plus oder NOVOCART® Disc basic

Patients without adjacent degenerative disc (HD):

4. The adjacent proximal disc has no degenerative signs according to Pfirrmann Score stage 3 to 5.

Patients with adjacent degenerative disc (AAD):

4. The patients has additional degenerative signs in the proximal adjacent lumbar level ac-cording to Pfirrmann 3-4, but no more than 25% disc height reduction

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. The patient has had a previous surgery at the lumbar level(s) and has been treated with NOVOCART® Disc plus oder NOVOCART® Disc basic.
  2. The patient had a past recurrent disc herniation treated with sequestrectomy of the relevant disc.
  3. The patient has any degenerative muscular or neurological condition that would interfere with evaluation of outcome measures including but not limited to Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and myelopathic diseases of different causes.
  4. BMI > 35 kg/m2
  5. The patient has current or recent history of illicit drug, nicotine (more than 20 cigarettes per day) or alcohol abuse or dependence
  6. CRP > 10mg/dl
  7. The patient is pregnant, breastfeeding or actual planning to become pregnant. Female patients must be either at least two years postmenopausal or using one of the following means of birth control during the treatment phase, i.e. to transplantation

    • surgical sterility
    • double barrier methods, e.g. condom or diaphragm in combination with spermicide
    • intrauterine contraceptive device
    • bilateral vasectomy of sexual partner at least 90 days prior to enrolment in combination with barrier methods (e.g. condom or diaphragm)
    • birth control pill
  8. The patient has a history of known allergies or a suspicion of allergies to any of the NO-VOCART® Disc plus oder basic product components including hyaluronan, polyethylenglycol or albumin
  9. Immune defects or the affinity for infections of known or unknown causes
  10. The patient has a active systemic or local microbial infection, eczematization or inflammable skin alterations at the site of surgery (including Protozoonosis: Babesiosis, Trypanosomiasis (e.g. Chagas-Disease), Leishmaniasis, persistent bacterial infections, like Brucellosis, spotted and typhus fever, other Rickettsiosis, Leprosy, Recurrent Fever, Melioidosis or Tularaemia).
  11. The patient is unable to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  12. The patient has a history or a suspicion of a disease with chronically inflammable character, as rheumatoid arthritis, gout, pseudo-gout, metabolic bone diseases, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, lupus erythematosus, or other autoimmune disorders
  13. Known osteoporosis
  14. The patient has a primary hyperparathyroidism or hyperthyroidism, has chronic renal failure or has had previous fragility fractures.
  15. Systemic connective tissue or collagen disease
  16. Hereditary ocular degenerations with unclear diagnosis, retinopathies based on connective tissue-defined causes, macular corneal dystrophy, (based on the fact that the human cornea expresses cartilage specific proteins as essential functional elements and thus may serve as an indicator for paralleling degenerative events in various cartilaginous tissues)
  17. The patient has immune suppression
  18. The patient has a history of blood coagulation disease of different genesis, including known haemorrhagic diathesis of unknown cause
  19. The patient had undergone chemo or radiotherapy within the past 5 years, or had any cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer treated with curative intent within the past 5 years
  20. Known diabetes, drug treated
  21. Ulterior concomitant diseases or functional impairments of specific organs, which exclude study participation by the assessment of the investigator
  22. The patient is a prisoner

Radiological Exclusion Criteria

• 1. The patient has apparent degenerative changes in the lumbar spine as determined by Modic Changes 2-3 2. The patient has one or more dysplastic vertebral bodies within the lumbar spine 3. The patient has a sacralised lumbar vertebra LWK5 at the level to be treated with NOVOCART® Disc plus oder NOVOCART® Disc basic 4. The patient has previous or acute spondylodiscitis 5. Segmental instability (spondylolisthesis > 5 mm) or translation > 3 mm 6. The patient has a isthmic spondylolisthesis, ankylosing spondylitis or spondylolysis 7. The patient has lumbar scoliosis (> 11° deformation). 8. The patient has previous trauma, discography or any other surgical intervention at the lumbar spine .

9. The patient has previous compression or burst fracture at the level(s) to be treated with NOVOCART® Disc plus or NOVOCART® Disc basic 10. The patient has a central spinal canal stenosis with evidence of a narrowing of < 8 mm (by MRI, sagittal ) 11. The patient has a spinal tumor 12. The patient has metabolic bone disease 13. The patient has facet ankylosis or severe facet degeneration. 14. The patient has a lumbar kyphosis

Intra-surgery (tissue explant/sequestrectomy) Exclusion Criteria

1. Extensive damage of the Anulus, which subsequently poses a significantly greater risk of recurrence.

Exclusion criteria determined after tissue explant/sequestrectomy

  1. HIV infection
  2. Treponema pallidum (syphilis) infection
  3. active hepatitis B or C infection

Exclusion Criteria prior Transplantation/Implantation

1. Recurrent disc herniation after surgery and prior transplantation/implantation.

Sites / Locations

  • University Hospital for Neurosurgery Innsbruck
  • Charité Universitätsmedizin
  • DRK Kliniken Berlin Westend
  • University Hospital Duesseldorf
  • Universitätsmedizin
  • Hospital "BG-Kliniken Bergmannstrost"
  • SHG Klinikum
  • Städtisches Klinikum
  • St. Franziskus Hospital
  • Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm 2

Arm 3

Arm Type

Experimental

Placebo Comparator

No Intervention

Arm Label

NDplus

NDbasic

Sequestrectomy only (SC)

Arm Description

NOVOCART® Disc plus (Autologous Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation System)

NOVOCART® Disc basic (media with no active cell component)

Sequestrectomy (standard of care)

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
Primary efficacy variable. Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed when all patients completed scheduled 12-months follow-up visit (Interim analysis).
Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
Primary efficacy variable. Primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed when all patients completed scheduled at 24-months follow-up visit (Interim analysis).
Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
Primary efficacy variable. Final analysis will be performed when all patients completed scheduled 60-months follow-up visit.

Secondary Outcome Measures

MRI-signal (disc height, disc volumetry, signal intensity)
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Oswestry Disability Index
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
VAS for back pain and leg pain
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Health-related quality of life as measured by the SF-36
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Healthy Questionnaire EQ-5D
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Neurological status
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Functional status
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Return to work (days)
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Analgesic Medication Use during the previous 14-day-time period
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Physician assessments of ease of transplantation
Outcome to quantify feasibility of procedure When all NDplus and NDbasic patients completed transplantation procedure.
Surgical parameters, including length of procedure
Outcome to quantify feasibility of procedure When all enrolled patients completed sequestrectomy and if applicable transplantation procedure.
Prevalence of subsequent surgical interventions
Outcome to Quantify Safety A subsequent surgical intervention is defined as any invasive procedure performed at the index level to treat the same condition (herniation) or other conditions resulted from the transplantation/implantation procedure within the 12-month period post-operation.
Any unanticipated adverse event
Outcome to Quantify Safety
Specific laboratory parameters according to product compatibility and availability: CRP, IL-6, LTE4
Outcome to Quantify Safety (Phase I only) At sequestrectomy, 2h-, 6h-, 24h-, 36h- post surgery, transplantation, direct after transplantation, 6h-, 12h-, 18h-, 24h-, 30h-, 36h-, 42h-, 48h- post transplantation, 3 and 6 weeks post transplantation
Histology of the tissue explant
Outcome to Develop and Validate Biological Markers
Gene expression by quantitative realtime PCR of expanded cells, and cell culture medium metabolites during expansion
Outcome to Develop and Validate Biological Markers
Biomarkers of blood and urine samples (SOX9, MMP-3, collagen type I, collagen type II, collagen type X, IL-1, aggrecan, BMP receptor Ia, BSP-2, FLT-1, collagen crosslinks, and yet to be defined additional elements)
Outcome to Develop and Validate Biological Markers

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First Posted
May 16, 2012
Last Updated
October 11, 2021
Sponsor
Tetec AG
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01640457
Brief Title
Safety and Efficacy With NOVOCART® Disc Plus (ADCT) for the Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease in Lumbar Spine
Acronym
NDisc
Official Title
A Prospective Randomized Multicentre Phase I/II Clinical Trial to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of NOVOCART® Disc Plus Autologous Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation (ADCT) in the Treatment of Nucleotomized and Degenerative Lumbar Discs to Avoid Secondary Disease
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
October 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
August 2012 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
November 1, 2018 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
June 14, 2021 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Tetec AG

4. Oversight

Data Monitoring Committee
Yes

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
NOVOCART® Disc plus is being investigated to explore its clinical applicability, safety and efficacy in the repair of a herniated disc with an indication for an elective sequestrectomy, and of the adjacent degenerated disc, if present. The objective of this clinical study is to provide basis for a confirmatory study design (endpoints, methodologies) (Phase II), and to develop a safety profile (Phase I). This study further aims at developing and validating known and new biologic markers for the quality and clinical efficacy of the product as requested in the context of identity, purity and potency characteristics of the medicinal/investigational product.
Detailed Description
This is a classical Phase II study with an implicated Phase I part. The Phase I/II combination study is a non-confirmatory study aimed at gathering preliminary clinical information on NOVOCART® Disc plus used in a new indication in the repair of a herniated disc. It will be conducted in a prospective, multicenter, unmasked, clinical trial including 120 subjects randomized to NOVOCART® Disc plus (NDplus, 60 subjects), media NOVOCART® Disc basic with no active cell component (NDbasic, 36 subjects) and to standard of care (SC) sequestrectomy as control (24 subjects). 24 patients will be enrolled in Phase I of the study (12 NDplus, 12 NDbasic) and 96 patients in Phase II (48 NDplus, 24 NDbasic, 24 SC). All subjects will be evaluated at 1.5-, 3-, 6-, 12-, 24-, 36-, 48-months post-t0 examination in the SC study arm and 1.5-, 3-, 6-, 12-, 24-, 36-, 48-months post-t5 examination in the NDplus and NDbasic study arms, and then 5 years post-t0/t5 to collect long-term clinical data. Efficacy measurements for functional improvement will be evaluated among NDplus, NDbasic and SC. Physiological effects observed from MRI measurements will be compared between appropriate treatments depending on expected treatment mechanisms. Safety data of NDplus will be combined with NDbasic to contrast against SC on procedure related risks and NDplus against NDbasic and SC together on graft-related adverse experiences. To optimize the usefulness of clinical information, data collected in the study may be analyzed and reviewed continuously. Early findings may be used to modify the study design when deemed appropriate and acceptable by the Sponsor's medical advisors. Data-driven adaptive actions include but are not limited to stopping enrollment early. The Sponsor will inform regulatory bodies, Ethic Committees, and investigators before implementing study design modifications. Cells and tissues collected from this study will be used in other in vitro-controlled experiments aimed at developing and validating known and novel biologic markers to quantify cell quality in the context of identity, purity and potency. Prognostic values of these biologic markers will be examined by correlating them with clinical data collected in this study. The study will follow each subject for a total of five years post-t0 examination in the SC study arm and post-t5 examination in the NDplus and NDbasic study arms to obtain long-term performance data. Patients must have a single-level acute disc herniation with an indication for an elective sequestrectomy. They may further have corresponding disc degeneration in the proximal adjacent segment (Pfirrmann Score Stage 3-4). A total of 120 adults will be enrolled in this study. Each patient will remain in the study for 5 years post t0/t5 examination to complete the planned follow-up phase. It is expected to take 6 years and five months to collect all required data for this study.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Intervertebral Disc Displacement, Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Keywords
degenerative disc, herniated disc, sequestrectomy, Autologous Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation, nucleotomy, safety, efficacy, treatment, lumbar spine, low back pain, adjacent degenerative disc, black disc, NOVOCART

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 1, Phase 2
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
120 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
NDplus
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
NOVOCART® Disc plus (Autologous Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation System)
Arm Title
NDbasic
Arm Type
Placebo Comparator
Arm Description
NOVOCART® Disc basic (media with no active cell component)
Arm Title
Sequestrectomy only (SC)
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Sequestrectomy (standard of care)
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
NOVOCART® Disc plus
Intervention Description
Autologous Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation System (ADCT)
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
NOVOCART® Disc basic
Intervention Description
ADCT (Media with no active cell component)
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
Description
Primary efficacy variable. Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed when all patients completed scheduled 12-months follow-up visit (Interim analysis).
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) to 12-months follow-up
Title
Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
Description
Primary efficacy variable. Primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed when all patients completed scheduled at 24-months follow-up visit (Interim analysis).
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) to 24-months follow-up
Title
Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
Description
Primary efficacy variable. Final analysis will be performed when all patients completed scheduled 60-months follow-up visit.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) to 60-months follow-up
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
MRI-signal (disc height, disc volumetry, signal intensity)
Description
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 60-months follow-up
Title
Oswestry Disability Index
Description
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 60-months follow-up
Title
VAS for back pain and leg pain
Description
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 60-months follow-up
Title
Health-related quality of life as measured by the SF-36
Description
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 60-months follow-up
Title
Healthy Questionnaire EQ-5D
Description
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 60-months follow-up
Title
Neurological status
Description
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 60-months follow-up
Title
Functional status
Description
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 60-months follow-up
Title
Return to work (days)
Description
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 60-months follow-up
Title
Analgesic Medication Use during the previous 14-day-time period
Description
Secondary efficacy variable Early evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 12-months follow-up, primary evaluation for efficacy will be performed at 24-months follow-up, and final analysis will be performed at 60-months follow-up.
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 60-months follow-up
Title
Physician assessments of ease of transplantation
Description
Outcome to quantify feasibility of procedure When all NDplus and NDbasic patients completed transplantation procedure.
Time Frame
transplantation
Title
Surgical parameters, including length of procedure
Description
Outcome to quantify feasibility of procedure When all enrolled patients completed sequestrectomy and if applicable transplantation procedure.
Time Frame
Sequestrectomy and transplantation
Title
Prevalence of subsequent surgical interventions
Description
Outcome to Quantify Safety A subsequent surgical intervention is defined as any invasive procedure performed at the index level to treat the same condition (herniation) or other conditions resulted from the transplantation/implantation procedure within the 12-month period post-operation.
Time Frame
12-months post-operation
Title
Any unanticipated adverse event
Description
Outcome to Quantify Safety
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy up to 60-months follow-up at any scheduled and unscheduled visit
Title
Specific laboratory parameters according to product compatibility and availability: CRP, IL-6, LTE4
Description
Outcome to Quantify Safety (Phase I only) At sequestrectomy, 2h-, 6h-, 24h-, 36h- post surgery, transplantation, direct after transplantation, 6h-, 12h-, 18h-, 24h-, 30h-, 36h-, 42h-, 48h- post transplantation, 3 and 6 weeks post transplantation
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 1,5-months follow-up
Title
Histology of the tissue explant
Description
Outcome to Develop and Validate Biological Markers
Time Frame
Sequestrectomy
Title
Gene expression by quantitative realtime PCR of expanded cells, and cell culture medium metabolites during expansion
Description
Outcome to Develop and Validate Biological Markers
Time Frame
Transplantation
Title
Biomarkers of blood and urine samples (SOX9, MMP-3, collagen type I, collagen type II, collagen type X, IL-1, aggrecan, BMP receptor Ia, BSP-2, FLT-1, collagen crosslinks, and yet to be defined additional elements)
Description
Outcome to Develop and Validate Biological Markers
Time Frame
Baseline assessment 1<45d pre-sequestrectomy, pre-transplantation (90 +/- 15d post-sequestrectomy) up to 24-months follow-up

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
60 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: The patient has a disc herniation with back and/or leg pain (radicular pain) The patient has an indication for sequestrectomy according to the guidelines of DGNC and DGOOC The patient is between 18-60 years of age. The patient is physically and mentally able to participate in the study, and is able to understand the study, its goals and the possible risk factors involved. The patient is willing and able to participate in the follow-up visit plan at the study site and is able to understand and to complete study-relevant questionnaires in German language. The patient is sufficiently informed about this trial orally and in writing. S/he had enough time for consideration, is willing to participate in the study and gives her/his written in-formed consent. The patient confirms that s/he did not participate in a clinical study 90 days prior study inclusion. S/he agrees to refrain from participating in another clinical study during the NOVOCART® Disc Study and for another 90 days after study termination Radiological Inclusion Criteria Patients must meet all of the following criteria to be considered for enrollment in the NOVO-CART® Disc study. The patient has a single-level lumbar disc herniation The patient has more than 50% remaining disc height in the herniated disc in comparison to unaffected discs in the lumbar spine. If all discs show degenerative signs, disc height has to be at least 5 mm The patient has no obvious signs of osteophytes and no end plate sclerosis in the lumbar segment to be treated with NOVOCART® Disc plus oder NOVOCART® Disc basic Patients without adjacent degenerative disc (HD): 4. The adjacent proximal disc has no degenerative signs according to Pfirrmann Score stage 3 to 5. Patients with adjacent degenerative disc (AAD): 4. The patients has additional degenerative signs in the proximal adjacent lumbar level ac-cording to Pfirrmann 3-4, but no more than 25% disc height reduction Exclusion Criteria: The patient has had a previous surgery at the lumbar level(s) and has been treated with NOVOCART® Disc plus oder NOVOCART® Disc basic. The patient had a past recurrent disc herniation treated with sequestrectomy of the relevant disc. The patient has any degenerative muscular or neurological condition that would interfere with evaluation of outcome measures including but not limited to Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and myelopathic diseases of different causes. BMI > 35 kg/m2 The patient has current or recent history of illicit drug, nicotine (more than 20 cigarettes per day) or alcohol abuse or dependence CRP > 10mg/dl The patient is pregnant, breastfeeding or actual planning to become pregnant. Female patients must be either at least two years postmenopausal or using one of the following means of birth control during the treatment phase, i.e. to transplantation surgical sterility double barrier methods, e.g. condom or diaphragm in combination with spermicide intrauterine contraceptive device bilateral vasectomy of sexual partner at least 90 days prior to enrolment in combination with barrier methods (e.g. condom or diaphragm) birth control pill The patient has a history of known allergies or a suspicion of allergies to any of the NO-VOCART® Disc plus oder basic product components including hyaluronan, polyethylenglycol or albumin Immune defects or the affinity for infections of known or unknown causes The patient has a active systemic or local microbial infection, eczematization or inflammable skin alterations at the site of surgery (including Protozoonosis: Babesiosis, Trypanosomiasis (e.g. Chagas-Disease), Leishmaniasis, persistent bacterial infections, like Brucellosis, spotted and typhus fever, other Rickettsiosis, Leprosy, Recurrent Fever, Melioidosis or Tularaemia). The patient is unable to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) The patient has a history or a suspicion of a disease with chronically inflammable character, as rheumatoid arthritis, gout, pseudo-gout, metabolic bone diseases, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, lupus erythematosus, or other autoimmune disorders Known osteoporosis The patient has a primary hyperparathyroidism or hyperthyroidism, has chronic renal failure or has had previous fragility fractures. Systemic connective tissue or collagen disease Hereditary ocular degenerations with unclear diagnosis, retinopathies based on connective tissue-defined causes, macular corneal dystrophy, (based on the fact that the human cornea expresses cartilage specific proteins as essential functional elements and thus may serve as an indicator for paralleling degenerative events in various cartilaginous tissues) The patient has immune suppression The patient has a history of blood coagulation disease of different genesis, including known haemorrhagic diathesis of unknown cause The patient had undergone chemo or radiotherapy within the past 5 years, or had any cancer other than non-melanoma skin cancer treated with curative intent within the past 5 years Known diabetes, drug treated Ulterior concomitant diseases or functional impairments of specific organs, which exclude study participation by the assessment of the investigator The patient is a prisoner Radiological Exclusion Criteria • 1. The patient has apparent degenerative changes in the lumbar spine as determined by Modic Changes 2-3 2. The patient has one or more dysplastic vertebral bodies within the lumbar spine 3. The patient has a sacralised lumbar vertebra LWK5 at the level to be treated with NOVOCART® Disc plus oder NOVOCART® Disc basic 4. The patient has previous or acute spondylodiscitis 5. Segmental instability (spondylolisthesis > 5 mm) or translation > 3 mm 6. The patient has a isthmic spondylolisthesis, ankylosing spondylitis or spondylolysis 7. The patient has lumbar scoliosis (> 11° deformation). 8. The patient has previous trauma, discography or any other surgical intervention at the lumbar spine . 9. The patient has previous compression or burst fracture at the level(s) to be treated with NOVOCART® Disc plus or NOVOCART® Disc basic 10. The patient has a central spinal canal stenosis with evidence of a narrowing of < 8 mm (by MRI, sagittal ) 11. The patient has a spinal tumor 12. The patient has metabolic bone disease 13. The patient has facet ankylosis or severe facet degeneration. 14. The patient has a lumbar kyphosis Intra-surgery (tissue explant/sequestrectomy) Exclusion Criteria 1. Extensive damage of the Anulus, which subsequently poses a significantly greater risk of recurrence. Exclusion criteria determined after tissue explant/sequestrectomy HIV infection Treponema pallidum (syphilis) infection active hepatitis B or C infection Exclusion Criteria prior Transplantation/Implantation 1. Recurrent disc herniation after surgery and prior transplantation/implantation.
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Hans-Joerg Meisel, Professor
Organizational Affiliation
Hospital "BG-Kliniken Bergmannstrost, Halle"
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Claudius Thomé, Professor
Organizational Affiliation
University Hospital for Neurosurgery Innsbruck
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
University Hospital for Neurosurgery Innsbruck
City
Innsbruck
State/Province
Tyrol
ZIP/Postal Code
6020
Country
Austria
Facility Name
Charité Universitätsmedizin
City
Berlin
ZIP/Postal Code
13353
Country
Germany
Facility Name
DRK Kliniken Berlin Westend
City
Berlin
ZIP/Postal Code
14050
Country
Germany
Facility Name
University Hospital Duesseldorf
City
Duesseldorf
ZIP/Postal Code
40225
Country
Germany
Facility Name
Universitätsmedizin
City
Göttingen
ZIP/Postal Code
37075
Country
Germany
Facility Name
Hospital "BG-Kliniken Bergmannstrost"
City
Halle
ZIP/Postal Code
06112
Country
Germany
Facility Name
SHG Klinikum
City
Idar-Oberstein
ZIP/Postal Code
55743
Country
Germany
Facility Name
Städtisches Klinikum
City
Karlsruhe
ZIP/Postal Code
76133
Country
Germany
Facility Name
St. Franziskus Hospital
City
Muenster
ZIP/Postal Code
48145
Country
Germany
Facility Name
Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik
City
Murnau Am Staffelsee
ZIP/Postal Code
82418
Country
Germany

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Citations:
PubMed Identifier
26920137
Citation
Tschugg A, Michnacs F, Strowitzki M, Meisel HJ, Thome C. A prospective multicenter phase I/II clinical trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of NOVOCART Disc plus autologous disc chondrocyte transplantation in the treatment of nucleotomized and degenerative lumbar disc to avoid secondary disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2016 Feb 26;17(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1239-y.
Results Reference
derived

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Safety and Efficacy With NOVOCART® Disc Plus (ADCT) for the Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease in Lumbar Spine

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