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Table 1 Summary of studies’ characteristics

From: Efficacy and safety of stem cell therapy for the early-stage osteonecrosis of femoral head: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Author

Patient, n

Age, intervention

Age, control

Disease stage

Source of SCs

Isolation of SCs

Preparation of SCs

Expansion of SCs

Intervention, hips

Control, hips

Cell counts

Outcome measure

Follow-up, year

Chang et al. [19]

8

35.7 (19–43)

II/IIIA

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

BMSCs+decalcified bone matrix

DMEM/F12 with 10% autoserum

CD+BMSCs, 8

CD, 8

2 × 106

Collapse of femoral head

2

Gangji et al. [20]

60

50.8 ± 13.2

51.1 ± 10.6

I/II

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

Isolate MSC from BM aspirate

Differentiate and expand osteoblastic cells ex vivo

CD+marrow-derived osteoblastic cells, 30

CD+BMAC, 30

20 × 106

THR

3

Gangji et al. [31]

19

42.2 ± 2.6

45.7 ± 2.8

I/II

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

No

No

CD+BMSCs, 13

CD, 11

92.6 ± 22.4 × 107

Collapse of femoral head, THR, survival of hips

5

Hauzeur [24]

38

48.0 ± 2.8

49.7 ± 3.2

III

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

No

No

CD+BMSCs, 23

CD+saline injection, 23

19.45 ± 3.51 × 106

Collapse of femoral head, THR, survival of hips

2

Hauzeur (2019)

53

50 ± 12

51 ± 10

I/II

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

No

No

CD+BMSCs, 26

CD+osteoblastic cell, 27

9.2 ± 9.5 × 106

Collapse of femoral head, THR

3

Hernigou et al. [23]

125

36 (18–54)

I/II

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

No

No

CD+BMSCs, 125

CD, 125

9.0 ± 2.5 × 104

Collapse of femoral head, THR

25

Ma et al. [27]

39

35.60 ± 8.05

34.78 ± 11.48

I/II/III

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

Bone marrow buffy coat seeded on the cylindrical bone before implantation

No

CD+autologous bone graft+bone marrow buffy coat, 25

CD+autologous bone graft, 24

3 × 109

Collapse of femoral head, THR

2

Mao [34]

55

34.60 (11.50)

36.12 (11.34)

I/II/IIIA

Autologous peripheral blood

Centrifugation

G-CSF at a dosage of 10 μg/kg for 4 days

No

Porous tantalum rod implantation+targeted intra-arterial infusion of PBSCs, 48

Porous tantalum rod implantation, 41

2.47 ± 0.5 × 108

Collapse of femoral head, THR, survival of hips

3

Pepke et al. [25]

24

44.3 ± 3.4

44.5 ± 3.3

II

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

No

No

CD+BMAC, 11

CD, 14

Not mentioned

Survival of hips

2

Rastogi et al. [28]

40

34.67 ± 7.02

33.0 ± 7.71

I/II/III

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

No

No

CD+marrow-derived mononuclear cells, 30

CD+unprocessed bone marrow, 30

1.1 × 108

Collapse of femoral head, THR

2

Ramesh et al. [29]

40

Not mention

I/II

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

No

No

CD+marrow-derived mononuclear cells, 26

CD, 25

5 × 108

Survival of hips

2

Tabatabaee et al. [26]

18

31 ± 11.4

26.8 ± 5.8

I/II/III

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

No

No

CD+BMAC, 14

CD, 14

5 ± 2 × 108

THR

2

Zhao [30]

100

32.7 ± 10.5

33.8 ± 7.70

I/II

Autologous BM

Centrifugation

No

Proliferation in vitro for two weeks

CD+BMMSC, 53

CD, 44

2 × 106

THR

5

  1. BM bone marrow, BMMSC bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, PBSCs peripheral blood stem cells, THR total hip replacement