Musculoskeletal, pain and recovery
Joint, tendon, bone and persistent-pain searches generate some of the largest commercial stem-cell markets. Registry activity is uneven: a busy knee research field cannot be used as evidence for a disc, tendon or whole-body pain offer.
What the registry pattern says
Knee Osteoarthritis has the largest MSC registry footprint in this group (124 query results; 9 recruiting in the stored snapshot). Knee Osteoarthritis has the largest exosome footprint (4). These are query-result counts, not deduplicated patients or proof of benefit.
Compare each anatomical target separately. An intra-articular product, an IV infusion and a rehabilitation programme do not become equivalent because all three are marketed as regenerative.
Condition × therapy-class snapshot
| Condition | MSC | MSC recruiting | HSCT-family | Exosomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Pain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CRPS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fibromyalgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hip Osteoarthritis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Knee Osteoarthritis | 124 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| Osteoporosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tendon Sports Injury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 stored snapshot. Category totals add query results and may contain overlapping studies; use condition pages for interpretation.
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