# Radiofrequency-Based Debridement vs. Mechanical Debridement for the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Lesions

> **NCT03678948** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Christopher Kaeding** · enrollment: 6 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Articular Cartilage Disorder of Knee

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Radiofrequency-Based Debridement
- **DEVICE:** Mechanical Debridement

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03678948
- **Lead sponsor:** Christopher Kaeding
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2018-11-08
- **Primary completion:** 2021-02-08
- **Final completion:** 2021-02-08
- **Target enrollment:** 6 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Sponsor discontinuing research
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-30

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03678948

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03678948, "Radiofrequency-Based Debridement vs. Mechanical Debridement for the Treatment of Articular Cartilage Lesions". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03678948. Licensed CC0.

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