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Allogeneic Disc Cells Improve Pain, Function, and Disc Volume in Lumbar Degeneration

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June 2025

Allogeneic Disc Cells Improve Pain, Function, and Disc Volume in Lumbar Degeneration

Vol: 307| Issue: 6| Number:78| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Allogeneic Disc Progenitor Cells Safely Increase Disc Volume and Improve Pain, Disability, and Quality of Life in Patients With Lumbar Disc Degeneration-Results of an FDA-Approved Biologic Therapy Randomized Clinical Trial.

Int J Spine Surg . 2024 Jul 4;18(3):237-248.

Contributing Authors:
MF Gornet DP Beall TT Davis D Coric M LaBagnara A Krull MJ DePalma PC Hsieh S Mallempati FW Schranck C Kelly KT Foley

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Sixty patients with symptomatic single-level lumbar disc degeneration were randomized to receive high-dose disc progenitor cells (n=20), low-dose cells (n=20), vehicle (n=10), or placebo (n=10). The primary outcome of interest was a ≥30% improvement in visual analog scale (VAS) pain score at 52 weeks. Secondary outcomes included changes in Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), EQ-5D quality of life sco...

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