Experimental bone putty for spinal surgery falls short in early trial
NCT ID NCT01335243
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a special bone graft material (MatriBONE mixed with the patient's own bone marrow) for spinal fusion surgery in people with painful degenerative back problems. The goal was to see how well the bones fused together after 12 months. However, the trial was stopped early, so we don't have clear results on whether it worked better than standard treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- MatriBONE (a collagen scaffold with tri-calcium phosphate) combined with the patient's own bone marrow
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a safer alternative to traditional bone grafts for spinal fusion surgery.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early, so we don't have enough data to know if it works. It was also a small, early-phase study.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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32 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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May 2011
- Finished
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Jun 2015
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Patients aged between 18 and 65 years old. * Body mass index lower than 35 * Degenerative osteoarthritis painful and invalidating degenerative lumbar vertebra for at least 6 months and resistance fighter in the conservative treatment * Narrow lumbar canal and\\or spondylolisthesis with neurological disorder associated with signs of primary instability or induced to neurological liberation * Patient requiring a surgery on a single interbody level. * Given informed consent * Patient with French health system Exclusion Criteria: * For women: no efficient contraception (intra uterine device, or contraceptive pill) * Pregnant or feeding women * Surgery zone local infection local * Lumbar interbody fusion of more than two levels * Spondylolisthesis of high rank (stage 3 or 4 of the classification of Meyerding) * Scoliosis lumbar vertebra gives a complex to (Cobb angle\> 40°) * All surgical contraindications * Severe hyperparathyroidism: calcium \> 2,45 mmol/l and \[PTH\] ≥ 50pg / ml * Uncontrolled diabetes (untreated or non stabilized by treatment) * Long corticoid treatment (more than 6 months and stopped since less than 3 months) * Current Chemotherapy or during the last three months * Antecedent of regional radiotherapy * All contraindication to MatriTM BONE: osteomyelitis, bone degenerative disease or necrosis of surgery site. * Known turned out Osteoporosis untreated (dexa: \> 2 DS) * Subject participating in another research including a period of always current exclusion in the pre-inclusion * Person placed under protection of justice * Severely altered physical and\\or psychological Health, which according to, the investigator, can affect to participant's compliance to the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Unité d'Orthopédie-Traumatologie rachis II, Pellegrin
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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