Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Estimated Enrollment
Same as current

Summary

Conditions
  • Muscle Atrophy or Weakness
  • Rotator Cuff Tears
  • Safety Issues
  • Tendon Rupture - Shoulder
Type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Design
Allocation: N/AIntervention Model: Single Group AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 45 years and 70 years
Gender
Both males and females

Description

Full-thickness rotator cuff tears present a clinical challenge, often with occurrence of re-tears after surgical repair and a slow rate of complete functional recovery, which limits daily functional tasks and has negative impacts on qualify-of-life. The frequency of failed healing and re-tear follow...

Full-thickness rotator cuff tears present a clinical challenge, often with occurrence of re-tears after surgical repair and a slow rate of complete functional recovery, which limits daily functional tasks and has negative impacts on qualify-of-life. The frequency of failed healing and re-tear following repair is more pronounced in patients over age 60 due to age-related, intrinsic degenerative changes involving the muscle, tendon, and enthesis. Healing of the enthesis, the site of tendon attachment to the bone, can be compromised due to microvascular and vascular niche deficiencies resulting from various causes including aging, prior injuries, and/or tissue degeneration. There is currently no approved adjunct biologic therapy to improve surgical repairs of full rotator cuff tear, enhance post-operative recovery, and decrease the risk of re-tear. This trial will investigate the safety and feasibility of local implantation of E-CEL UVEC cells along with standard-of-care arthroscopic surgical repair of full rotator cuff tears. E-CEL UVEC cells are proprietary allogeneic human umbilical vein endothelial cells produced under cGMP and cGTP regulations.

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT04057833
Collaborators
Angiocrine Bioscience
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Scott Rodeo, MD Hospital for Special Surgery, New York