Overview
The purpose of this study is to evaluate safety and efficacy of Allogenic Umbilical Cord-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell in Patients with Rotator Cuff Disease
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female 19 years of age and older.
- Patients with unilateral shoulder pain lasting for at least 3months
- Patients who do not respond to conservative treatment.
- Patients who have not responded to sufficient non-surgical treatments, including medication, injection therapy, physical therapy, or exercise therapy, for more than 3 months
- Patients who have a partial-thickness rotator cuff tear confirmed with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasonography (US).
- Patients without any restrictions on clinical trial procedures, including hospitalization.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have received subacromial injection therapy on the affected shoulder within the past 3 months.
- Patients who have undergone rotator cuff surgery on the affected shoulder within the past 6 months
- Patients with a history of receiving stem cell therapy for the shoulder.
- Patients with the following shoulder conditions: complete rotator cuff tear, adhesive capsulitis, or isolated acromioclavicular joint arthropathy.
- Patients showing or suspected of having the following radiological findings: malignancy, severe osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint, or skeletal abnormalities decreasing the subacromial space.
- Patients presenting with symptomatic cervical spine disorders.
- Patients with concurrent bilateral shoulder pain
- Patients with polyarthritis, infectious arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or fibromyalgia.
- Patients with neurological deficit
- Pregnant women or lactating mothers.
- Patients unwilling to use effective contraception during the clinical trial period.
- Patients with current HBV, HCV, or HIV infections, or those with a positive RPR test.
- Patients with severe diseases that may affect the clinical trial, including cardiovascular disease, renal disease, liver disease, endocrine disorders, or malignancies.
- Patients who are unable to understand the questionnaires used for assessing their clinical status, including the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), or those with psychiatric disorders impairing communication.
- Patients who do not wish to participate in the clinical trial or are unable to comply with follow-up schedules.
- Patients who have participated in another clinical trial within the last 3 months.
- Patients deemed unsuitable for participation in this clinical trial at the investigator's discretion