Research Article

A Multicentric, Open-Label, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Trial of Two Different Doses of Expanded hBM-MSCs Plus Biomaterial versus Iliac Crest Autograft, for Bone Healing in Nonunions after Long Bone Fractures: Study Protocol

Table 3

ORTHOUNION arms of treatment description.

Study armTreatmentDosageAdministration

G1: ICA (active comparator arm)Iliac crest autograft10 ccLocal administration under surgical procedure of nonunions
G2A: high dose of BM-MSC + B (experimental arm)Expanded bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, plus biomaterial (MBCP+)200 × 106 cells in 10 cc of biomaterial
G2B: low dose of BM-MSC + B (experimental arm)100 × 106 cells in 10 cc of biomaterial