Investigator Initiated Trial to Evaluate Cartilage Regeneration by Arthroscopy After JOINTSTEM Administration

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Patients who have pregnancy plans within this trial period or childbearing age patients who do not agree to maintain contraception status through appropriate contraception methods
• •* Appropriate contraception method: Use of condom, contraceptive sponges, foam, diaphragm, intrauterine device etc.
• •* Periodic abstinence(e.g. methods of predicting ovulation) and moderation are not considered as appropriate contraception method.
• •* Not allowed to use hormonal contraceptives
• •* Childbearing age female patients, exclude menopausal female (amenorrhea for more than 24 months after the last menstruation) or female who has no possibility of pregnency by surgical sterilization operation, can participate in this study only determined negative in pregnancy test
• •2. Pregnant women or lactating mothers
• •3. Patients with Body Mass Index (BMI) \> 35
• •4. Patients with positive human immunodeficiency (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), syphilis at screening indicative of current of pass infection
• •5. Patients with other disease including
• •* Septic arthritis, Rheumatoid or Inflammatory joint disease, Gout, Reccurent pseudogout, Paget disease, Articular fractures, Ochronosis, Acromegaly, Hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease,Osteochondromatosis, Hereditary disorder, Genetic disorder of collagen
• •6. Patients who are diagnosed with malignant tumor in the past or present
• •7. Patients who have clinically significant diseases including
• •* Cardiac disorder (Myocardial infarction, Coronary artery bypass graft, Arrhythmia and other severe Cardiac disorder etc.)
• •* Resistant hypertension (systolic blood pressure \> 160mmHg or diastolic pressure \> 100mmHg at Screening)
• •* Kidney disease (Chronic renal failure, Glomerulonephritis etc.)
• •* Liver disease (Hepatocirrhosis, Fatty liver, acute or chronic liver disease etc.)
• •* Endocrinopathy (Thyroiditis, Diabetes insipidus, Cushing disease etc.)
• •8. Patients who have significant lab abnormalities
• •9. Patients who have severe pain in other areas that can affect the judgement of knee joint symptom
• •10. Patients who underwent any arthroscopic surgery on the injection site within 6 months of the screening visit date, or scheduled to perform any surgery during the clinical trial period
• •11. Patients who received any drug by intra-articular injection(hyaluronic acid or steroid etc.) for treatment within 6 months prior to Screening
• •12. Patients who experienced as stem cell therapy or blood product injection(PRP, Prolo therapy etc.)
• •13. Patients who received treatment within 14 days prior to Screening including(But, patients who had wash-out-period can participate in this study)
• •* Take medicines including composition of Glucosamine, Chondretin sulphate and Diacerhein etc.
• •* Take phytotherapeutic agent or Chinese medicine for osteoarthritis
• •* Take antiinflammatory analgesic drug, NSAIDs (prescription/nonprescription pharmaceuticals) etc. (Patients who have 3 days of wash-out-period after they took acetaminophen can participate in the study)
• •* Take oral steroids
• •14. Patients with penicillin hypersensitivity reactions
• •15. Patients with skin diseases or infections in the area of the injection site
• •16. Patients who have abnormal flail over grade 2 flail knee test of anterior to posterior and varus/valgus lesion at physical examination
• •17. Patients who have difficulty in taking MRI because of metal materials (cardiac pacemaker or clip of cerebral artery etc.) in their body or claustrophobia -but, patients with metal materials that are not affected by magnetic field can participate in this study
• •18. Patients who have difficulty in liposuction or local anesthesia
• •19. Patients who have alcohol, drug abuse history
• •20. Patients who have severe neurologic and psychiatric disorders that affect clinical trials
• •21. Patients who had participated in other clinical trials within 12 weeks prior to this study
• •22. Patients who the principal investigator considers inappropriate for the clinical trial due to any other reasons than those listed above