# Implantation of Engineered Cartilage Grafts for Treatment of Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis Versus Surgical Comparators.

> **NCT06576583** · PHASE2 · RECRUITING · sponsor: **University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland** · enrollment: 150 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis

## Interventions

- **BIOLOGICAL:** Engineered cartilage graft (N-TEC)
- **PROCEDURE:** Autologous Matrix Induced Chondrogenesis (AMIC)
- **PROCEDURE:** Patellofemoral Arthroplasty (PFA)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06576583
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-07-15
- **Primary completion:** 2029-01
- **Final completion:** 2030-01
- **Target enrollment:** 150 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-24

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06576583

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06576583, "Implantation of Engineered Cartilage Grafts for Treatment of Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis Versus Surgical Comparators.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06576583. Licensed CC0.

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