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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 25 February 2013
Main ID:  NCT01183637
Date of registration: 28/07/2010
Primary sponsor: Kensey Nash Corporation
Public title: Evaluation of an Acellular Osteochondral Graft for Cartilage LEsions Pilot Trial EAGLE Pilot
Scientific title: Initial Safety and Effectiveness Study of the Kensey Nash Corp. Cartilage Repair Device for Knee Cartilage Lesion Repair
Date of first enrolment: June 2010
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01183637
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Phillip A Davidson, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Heiden - Davidson Orthopedics, Park City, UT
Name:   Richard C Lehman, M.D.
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Affiliation:  U.S. Center for Sports Medicine, Kirkwood, MO
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 21 years old and skeletally mature

- KOOS Pain subscale score is less than 65 (i.e. moderate pain)

- KOOS Activities of Daily Living score is less than 70 (i.e. moderate functional
limitations)

- ICRS grade 3 or 4 cartilage lesion on the medial femoral condyle, lateral femoral
condyle or trochlea measuring less than or equal to 15mm in diameter

- Stable meniscus with greater than 50% remaining bilaterally

- Mental capacity and willingness to comply with the post-operative rehabilitation plan
and follow-up evaluations

- Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Body mass index greater than 35

- Contraindication for MRI

- Previous microfracture, autograft implantation, allograft implantation or autologous
chondrocyte implantation procedure on the damaged cartilage surface

- Knee ligament surgery within the past 6 months

- Clinically significant knee malalignment

- Osteoarthritis in the knee

- Multiple cartilage lesions

- Inflammatory arthropathy (i.e. rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus or active gout)

- Active infection in either lower limb

- Hyaluronic acid or cortisone injections within the past 3 months

- History of substance abuse

- Current participation in a study of an investigational product for a similar purpose

- Active litigation for the knee injury



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Articular Cartilage Injury
Intervention(s)
Device: Kensey Nash Corp. Cartilage Repair Device
Procedure: Microfracture
Primary Outcome(s)
Patient Success [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cartilage defect appearance on MRI [Time Frame: 24 months]
Knee Injury and Osteoarthritic Outcome Score ("KOOS") [Time Frame: 24 months]
Lyshom Score [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary ID(s)
EAGLE Pilot
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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