As no single, current therapy could be used as a single comparator for the treatment of the knee lesions treated in the pivotal study which included focal cartilage lesions on the one hand and moderate knee osteoarthritis on the other, current general practice (e.g., SSOC: Deb and MFx) was used.

Deb (SSOC) is a common orthopedic surgical procedure that removes damaged cartilage and tissue from the knee. MFx (SSOC) is another common orthopedic surgical procedure that treats knee cartilage defects by creating small holes in the bone beneath the damaged cartilage.

Kaplan-Meier survival estimates will be used to estimate time to secondary invasive intervention (open procedure, mini-open procedure, arthroscopic procedure, including implant removal and conversion to knee arthroplasty) including intra-articular injections.

Cumulative incidence rate up to 10 years of secondary invasive interventions (open procedure, mini-open procedure, arthroscopic procedure, including implant removal and conversion to knee arthroplasty) including intra-articular injections.

KOOS evaluates both short and long-term consequences of knee injury and contains 42 items including 5 subscales (pain, other symptoms, QOL, ADL, and sports).

Subscale scores are converted to a 0-100 scale to determine the Overall score, with 0 representing extreme knee problems and 100 representing no knee problems (i.e., a lower score is a worse outcome, and high score is a better outcome).

KOOS evaluates both short and long-term consequences of knee injury and contains 42 items including 5 subscales (pain, other symptoms, QOL, ADL, and sports).

Subscale scores are converted to a 0-100 scale to determine the Overall score, with 0 representing extreme knee problems and 100 representing no knee problems (i.e., a lower score is a worse outcome, and high score is a better outcome).

KOOS evaluates both short and long-term consequences of knee injury and contains 42 items including 5 subscales (pain, other symptoms, QOL, ADL, and sports). Each item has five possible answer options scored from 0 (no problems) to 4 (extreme problems), and each of the five subscales is calculated as the sum of the associated items. Scores are converted to a 0-100 scale, with 0 representing extreme knee problems (i.e., worse outcome) and 100 representing no knee problems (i.e., best outcome).

KOOS evaluates both short and long-term consequences of knee injury and contains 42 items including 5 subscales (pain, other symptoms, QOL, ADL, and sports). Each item has five possible answer options scored from 0 (no problems) to 4 (extreme problems), and each of the five subscales is calculated as the sum of the associated items. Scores are converted to a 0-100 scale, with 0 representing extreme knee problems (i.e., worse outcome) and 100 representing no knee problems (i.e., best outcome).

The Tegner Activity Scale assesses the level of work and sports-based activity prior to injury and level of activity post injury that can be documented on a numerical scale. It is a one- item questionnaire that is scored on an 11-item scale (0 to 10) based on the patient's reported level of activity/work. A level of 0 indicates the worst outcome while a level of 10 represents the best outcome.

The Tegner Activity Scale assesses the level of work and sports-based activity prior to injury and level of activity post injury that can be documented on a numerical scale. It is a one- item questionnaire that is scored on an 11-item scale (0 to 10) based on the patient's reported level of activity/work. A level of 0 indicates the worst outcome while a level of 10 represents the best outcome.

The IKDC Subjective Knee Evaluation Form assesses the subject's opinion of their knee across 3 domains: symptoms (7 items), sports activity (2 items), and knee function (2 items; note: 'function prior to knee injury' is not included in the overall score). Responses vary for each item. The sum of all items is converted to a scale of 0 to 100, where 100 represents no limitation with activities & absence of symptoms (i.e., the best outcome) and 0 represents the worst outcome.

The IKDC Subjective Knee Evaluation Form assesses the subject's opinion of their knee across 3 domains: symptoms (7 items), sports activity (2 items), and knee function (2 items; note: 'function prior to knee injury' is not included in the overall score). Responses vary for each item. The sum of all items is converted to a scale of 0 to 100, where 100 represents no limitation with activities & absence of symptoms (i.e., the best outcome) and 0 represents the worst outcome.