Clinical trials: Cartilage Diseases
Mesothelioma, Lung Neoplasms
Chest Wall Motion Analysis in Disease
Breathing movements, called chest wall motion, are very complex. The investigators are studying how movement of the abdomen, ribs and diaphragm contribute to breathing and how this differs with different diseases in the chest.
- Conditions
- Mesothelioma, Lung Neoplasms, Surgery, Cystic Fibrosis
- Trial name
- CWM (NCT02958683)
- Testing
- Chest wall motion analysis
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Heart of England NHS Trust
Osteoarthritis, Traumatic Arthritis
The Post-marketing Surveillance to Evaluate the Efficacy of CHONDRON (Autologous Cultured Chondrocyte) by Arthroscopy
A clinical trial to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of Chondron (Autologous cultured Chondrocyte) administered through arthroscopy from the drug's 48 weeks efficacy and safety evaluation with 96 weeks follow-up in…
- Trial name
- NCT02539069
- Testing
- Chondron Implantation
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cellontech Co., Ltd.
Osteoarthritis
A Study of Orthotic Shoe Inserts for Controlling Osteoarthritic Knee Pain
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease and is the most common form of arthritis. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of customized shoe inserts in controlling and relieving the pain of knee osteoarthritis.
- Trial name
- NCT00076453
- Testing
- Lateral wedge orthotic shoe inserts, Standard orthotic shoe inserts
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Osteoarthritis
Wrist Cartilage - High Resolution in Vivo MR T2 Mapping- a Feasibility Study
Purpose:Evaluate the feasibility of T2 cartilage mapping on MRI of the wrist and correlate with T2 mapping of knee cartilage. Study protocol: Phase 1. 10 healthy volunteers, Phase 2.
- Trial name
- NCT00669201
- Where
- 2 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
Chondromalacia Patella
Assessing the Effect of Different Grades of Chondromalacia on Static and Dynamic Balance Using Biodex Balance System
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of grades of chondromalacia on static and dynamic balance.
- Trial name
- NCT07014787
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Osteoarthritis, Knee
The Effect of High Impact Exercise on Bone and Articular Cartilage in Post-menopausal Women
Osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP) affect large numbers of the population. Around 8 million people in the UK are affected by OA and over 300,000 people present with fragility fractures in the UK each year.
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Osteoarthritis, Knee, BMD
- Trial name
- NCT03225703
- Testing
- Hopping
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loughborough University
Ankle Fractures, Intra-Articular Fractures
Prevention of Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis After Acute Intraarticular Fractures
Intra-articular fracture is a very common fracture. The only method to treat these fractures is surgery with plate and screws followed by rehabilitation.
- Conditions
- Ankle Fractures, Intra-Articular Fractures, Osteoarthritis
- Trial name
- NCT03769909
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Disorders of Synovium, Multiple Sites, Disorders of Subchondral Bone, Multiple Sites
Articular Sonography: Healthy Subjects Versus Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
The purpose of this study is to establish the normality of sonographic synovial measures in joints more affected in rheumatoid arthritis patients and establish, in those joints, a sonographic value of synovium predictive of…
- Conditions
- Disorders of Synovium, Multiple Sites, Disorders of Subchondral Bone, Multiple Sites, Disorders of Cartilage, Hand Joints, Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Trial name
- NCT01476865
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
Cartilage Diseases
Molecular Biomarkers Associated With Degenerative Joint Disease in the Knee
This investigation describes a novel complex of structural degradation proteins that is associated with pain in individuals with meniscal pathology undergoing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy.
- Trial name
- NCT01006278
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Scuderi, Gaetano J., M.D.
Exercise-induced Joint Pain, Exercise-induced Joint Stiffness
NEM® + KD PUR® Fish Oil Versus Placebo in Exercised-induced Joint Pain, Stiffness, & Cartilage Turnover in Healthy Men & Women
This study is intended to evaluate the effect of the dietary supplement combination of NEM® brand eggshell membrane + KD PUR® brand fish oil versus placebo in reducing exercise-induced joint pain, stiffness \& cartilage turnover…
- Conditions
- Exercise-induced Joint Pain, Exercise-induced Joint Stiffness, Exercise-induced Joint Cartilage Turnover
- Trial name
- Move3 (NCT04215198)
- Testing
- Move3™ (NEM® brand eggshell membrane + KD PUR® brand fish oil)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ESM Technologies, LLC
Knee Osteoarthritis
Laser Cell Therapy for Knee Cartilage Repair
Laser pulsed energy will be delivered over an optical fiber to create channels into damaged cartilage of the knee or knees. The channels have a diameter of approximately 100 microns or less and an approximate depth of 1…
- Trial name
- NCT04001361
- Testing
- Laser Cell Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Endocellutions
Osteearthritis, OA
Value of Adding T2 Mapping Routine MRI in Assessment of Knee Articular Cartilage Early Osteoarthritis
This work aims at elucidating the role of MRI complementary T2 mapping in assessment of the articular knee cartilage for improving sensitivity of detection of early stage of osteoarthritis
- Conditions
- Osteearthritis, OA, OA Knee
- Trial name
- T2 mapping OS (NCT07316257)
- Testing
- MRI
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Pectus Carinatum
Dynamic Compression Brace for Pectus Carinatum
Pectus carinatum (PC) is a deformity of the anterior chest wall which is a common pediatric condition, characterized by an idiopathic overgrowth of the costal cartilages resulting in protrusion of the sternum.
- Trial name
- NCT03559244
- Testing
- Dynamic compression brace, Exercises
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Osteoarthritis, Knee, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Development of Computational Models to Predict the Short-, Medium- and Long-term Cartilage Degeneration and Pain for Patients With Early-stage Osteoarthritis or Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Knee osteoarthritis is a complex condition, and selecting effective non-drug treatments like orthoses or exercise is often difficult and imprecise.
- Trial name
- MathKOA (NCT07134244)
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Acute Injury of Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Feasibility Trial Using Imaging and Biochemical Technologies to Measure Knee Cartilage Composition in Acute ACL Injury
This study will evaluate the bio-mechanical and biochemical abnormalities in acute ACL-injured knees over time. Data will be collected through advanced quantitative MR imaging, functional testing, and bio-specimen collection.
- Trial name
- NCT02010125
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Chondromalacia, Osteoarthritis
Efficacy of Intra-articular Collagen Injection in Patients With Knee Joint Pain Compared to Normal Saline Injection
The primary objective of this study is to confirm the superiority of intra-articular collagen injection in patients with knee joint pain compared to the control group.
- Conditions
- Chondromalacia, Osteoarthritis, Traumatic Arthritis
- Trial name
- NCT02539095
- Testing
- CartiZol, Normal saline
- Where
- 5 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cellontech Co., Ltd.
Musculoskeletal Pain, Knee Osteoarthritis
Impact of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Knee Osteoarthritis
Many patients with osteoarthritis of the knee fail non-operative measures and elect to have knee arthroplasty to improve their quality of life.
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Pain, Knee Osteoarthritis, Cartilage Injury, Cartilage Degeneration
- Trial name
- NCT03477942
- Testing
- Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cartilage Damage
The Influence of Hyaluronic Acid Injection Following Knee Arthroscopy
This is a prospective, double blind randomized controlled trial. In this study we will investigate the influence of hyaluronic acid injection to knee after knee arthroscopy, when known or discovered cartilage damage greater than…
- Trial name
- NCT02640144
- Testing
- Sodium Hyaluronate 1%
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ziv Medical Center
Knee Osteoarthritis
Evaluation of Femoral Cartilage Thickness After Treadmill and Tartan Track Walking
The aim of this study is to measure and compare the femoral cartilage deformation after walking on the treadmill and tartan floor in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and healthy volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT05316792
- Testing
- walking
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
Osteoarthritis
Functional Exploration of Cartilage in Patients With Osteoarthritis of the Knee Through MRI Sodium ( 23Na )
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of hyaline cartilage not associated with an infection or an inflammatory process that affects millions of people.
- Trial name
- NCT02885402
- Testing
- MRI Sodium ( 23Na )
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille