New ligament could replace torn ACL without using your own tissue
NCT ID NCT07129694
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new regenerative ligament (CT-ACL001) for repairing a torn ACL, compared to the standard surgery. About 64 people aged 18-45 with a recent ACL injury will take part. The goal is to see if the new ligament works as well as the standard treatment and causes fewer problems at the donor site.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 64 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 44 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: * Age: 18 years old or older and under 45 years old. * Patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury who are candidates for reconstruction surgery. Exclusion Criteria: * Chronic anterior cruciate ligament injury (injury occurred more than 12 months ago). * History of knee surgery, including anterior cruciate ligament surgery on the index side. * Complication or history cruciate ligament injury on the opposite side, history of total knee arthroplasty, osteotomy around the knee, or osteosynthesis around the knee on the opposite side. * Meniscus injury that requires extensive resection and is impossible to suture on the index side, collateral ligament injury or posterior cruciate ligament injury of 2° or more on the index side. * Complication of osteoarthritis of the knee on the index side, KL classification 2° or higher. * Complications of cartilage damage that cannot be treated by drilling or microfracture on the index side. * Patients with infection in the index knee or inflammatory joint disease such as rheumatoid arthritis. * Patients undergoing radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or both. * Patients currently receiving treatment with systemic steroids, immunosuppressants, or both. * Patients who are allergic to bovine products (e.g. meat). * Patients who cannot discontinue returning to sports until 9 months after reconstruction surgery. * Pregnant, breastfeeding and possibly pregnant patients. * Female patients of childbearing potential and male patients who cannot agree to contraception for at least one year after reconstruction surgery. * Patients who participated in other clinical trials within 4 weeks prior to reconstruction surgery.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hirosaki University Hospital
Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8563, Japan
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Hiroshima University Hospital
Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan
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Hokkaido University Hospital
Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan
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Juntendo University Hospital
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Kobe University Hospital
Kobe, Hyōgo, 650-0017, Japan
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Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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