Safety & Effectiveness of Autologous Regenerative Cell Therapy on Pain & Inflammation of Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder
VivaTech International, Inc. · NCT02844738
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Key facts
- Compensation
- Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
- Who can join
- Ages 18–90 · All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Study type
- Interventional · Phase 2
- Target enrollment
- 4000
- US sites recruiting
- 1
- Study start
- July 2015
- Record last updated
- October 14, 2025
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What the study is about
This is a prospective open-label clinical study of 50 patients to determine safety and treatment potential of autologous cell therapy for pain and inflammation associated with Osteoarthritis of the shoulder. Follow-up will consist of a larger sample including 4,000 patients.
Being studied: [StroMed + platelet rich plasma (PRP)]
Conditions: Osteoarthritis
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
- Patients with indication of Osteoarthritis. Can be from degeneration or chronic injury.
- Patients range from 18-90 years of age.
- Patients must be able to comply with treatment plan, laboratory tests and periodic interviews.
- Patients with adequate renal function, Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dl.
- Patients with adequate cardiac and respiratory function.
- Patients with adequate blood coagulation activity, PT(INR) \< 1.5, APTT
- Patients must have adequate immune system function, with no known immunodeficiency disease.
- Greater than 6 months shoulder pain with the index side (left or right shoulder).
Exclusion Criteria
- Neoplastic cancer within 5 years prior to screening, except for cutaneous basal cell or squamous cell cancer resolved by excision
- Presence of clinically significant acute or unstable cardiovascular, cerebrovascular (stroke)..
- Diagnosis of a transient ischemic attack in the 6 months prior to screening.
- Patients infected with hepatitis B, C or HIV.
- Patients with Body Mass Index (BMI) > 40kg/m2
- Presence of active infection.
- Any other illness, psychiatric disorder, alcohol or chemical dependence that in the opinion of the investigator would render a patient unsuitable to participate in the study.
- Conditions/therapies/factors which could confound or interfere with the evaluation of pain/mobility including, but not limited to:
- Treatments with strong opioid drugs in the previous 4 weeks for other pain rather than shoulder osteoarthritis
- Corticosteroid injection at treatment site within 1 month
- Consistent use of NSAIDs within 48 hours of procedure.
Recruiting US locations
VivaTech International, Inc.
Grove City, PA 16127
Site contact: Scott M Herkes, MBA · 855-984-8287 · scott.herkes@gmail.com
Study contacts (from the official record)
- Scott M Herkes, MBA · 855-984-8287 · scott.herkes@gmail.com
- Michael P Hutchinson, DVM · 412-503-3788 · drmike@vivatechusa.com
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