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. 2017 Feb 13;2017:3537094. doi: 10.1155/2017/3537094

Table 5.

List of clinical trials involving mesenchymal stem cells for spinal arthrodesis procedures (from clinicaltrials.gov).

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier Condition Study type Estimated enrollment/ enrolled patients MSC data
(source, manipulation, or strategy)
Number of cells Study arms Follow-up (months) Activity
NCT01552707 Degenerative spondylolisthesis grades I-II Interventional
phases 1-2
62 Expanded autologous mesenchymal stem cells obtained under GMP conditions fixed in allogenic bone tissue Not reported (i) Group 1: instrumented spinal fusion and the tissue engineering product composed by “ex vivo” expanded autologous mesenchymal stem cells fixed in allogenic bone tissue in spinal fusion
(ii) Group 2: standard treatment of instrumented spinal fusion and patient's bone iliac crest
12 months Recruiting

NCT00549913 Posterolateral lumbar fusion Interventional
phases 1-2
42 Immunoselected, culture-expanded, nucleated, allogeneic mesenchymal progenitor cells Not reported (i) Experimental group 1:
lowest dose of NeoFuse
(ii) Experimental group 2:
middle dose of NeoFuse
(iii) Experimental group 3: highest dose of NeoFuse (MPCs)
(iv) Control group: autologous bone graft
24 and 36 months Completed

NCT01513694 Intervertebral disc disease Interventional
phases 1-2
15 Cell suspension of MSCs from bone marrow aspirate expanded in vitro in a specific medium enriched with platelet lysate without addition of animal products Not reported (i) Autologous mesenchymal stem cells arranged in a phosphate ceramic Not reported Unknown

NCT01603836 Spondyloarthrosis, spondylosis Interventional 80 Spongious allograft chips mixed with bone marrow concentrate 74 × 104/L at average (range, 1.06–1.98 × 104/L) (i) Group 1: spongious allograft chips alone
(ii) Group 2: spongious allograft chips mixed with bone marrow concentrate
24 months Completed