Knee cartilage repair using your own tissue
Part of Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study tests a surgery that uses a small piece of your own healthy cartilage to repair a damaged area in your knee. It aims to help people with severe knee cartilage damage who are already planning to have surgery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have a full-thickness cartilage lesion in your knee that needs surgery (grade 4 on MRI).
- You have not had prior surgery on the same knee (revision surgery).
- Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is 27 or lower.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
- You are able to read and understand French and can give informed consent.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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