The “ORTHOpaedic randomized clinical trial with expanded bone marrow MSC and bioceramics versus autograft in long bone nonUNIONs” (ORTHOUNION) is a 5 years project funded with 6M EUR by the EU H2020 programme, in the topic SCI-PM-11-2016-17: Clinical research on regenerative medicine.
Eleven partners and 3 linked third parties from France, Germany, Italy and Spain integrate the Consortium, under the coordination of the Autonomous University of Madrid.
A clinical network has been established to accomplish the clinical trial, with 20 major Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology from University Hospitals across Europe, and with 5 Cell Production GMP certified facilities.
