What this phase means
Phase 3: this treatment already looked useful in smaller studies. Now it is tested in a large group, often against standard care or a dummy treatment, to see if it should be approved.
Phase labels are FDA/ICH categories applied to the registry Phase field. They are not a finding that this study succeeded.
What the registry says happens
If you join, the listed intervention(s) are CARTISTEM® + Debridement, or Debridement. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This study will test whether CARTISTEM is safe and works better than debridement (a surgery that cleans out damaged tissue) for people with knee cartilage damage and osteoarthritis.
They plan to enroll about 300 people at 37 sites. Taking part typically means an infusion or injection of a biologic, a procedure as part of the study plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
Randomized, Prospective, Double Blind, Multi-Center, Phase 3 Pivotal Clinical Trial to Compare Efficacy and Safety of CARTISTEM® and Surgical Comparator in Subjects With Knee Cartilage Lesions and Osteoarthritis
Interventions: CARTISTEM® + Debridement, Debridement
Primary outcome (registry wording): Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Pain Score