Stem cells could mend broken bones that Won't heal
NCT ID NCT07066228
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new way to repair large bone gaps in arms or legs that are not healing properly. Doctors will take a small sample of the patient's own bone marrow, grow the stem cells in a lab, and combine them with a special scaffold to create living bone tissue. This tissue-engineered bone is then placed into the defect during surgery. The goal is to see if this approach helps bones heal faster and more completely than standard treatments. The study involves 30 adults aged 18 to 55 with bone defects of 2-3 cm or bone cysts affecting more than half the bone's width.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 55 years
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age: 18-55 years old, gender unrestricted; 2. Defective nonunion with bone loss exceeding 30% of the bone cross-section and a length of 2-3 cm; 3. Solitary bone cysts involving more than 50% of the bone cross-section. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Combined with local tumors, tuberculosis, infections or other bone-healing affecting lesions; 2. Systemic diseases affecting bone healing such as osteofibrous dysplasia, osteogenesis imperfecta, bone dystrophic diseases, and metabolic bone disorders; 3. Moderate-to-severe osteoporosis (BMD: T-score \< -2.5); 4. Severe systemic conditions including systemic malnutrition, systemic infectious diseases, severe cardiopulmonary diseases, coagulation disorders, and major organ failure; 5. Complicated with severe brain trauma; 6. Heavy smoking, drug abuse, alcoholism, or other harmful addictions; 7. Psychiatric disorders or patients with menopausal symptoms; 8. Concurrent participation in other studies or recent completion (within 4 weeks) of other clinical trials; 9. Pregnancy, lactation, or planned pregnancy within one year after initial enrollment; 10. Psychological conditions impairing treatment compliance; 11. Congenital malformations of vital organs or other systems; 12. Nonunion caused by malignant tumor resection; 13. Refusal to accept tissue-engineered bone repair protocol.
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Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College
RECRUITINGXinxiang, Henan, 453000, China
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