
Allegro shares promising preclinical results for osteoarthritis treatment
Ella Day | March 26, 2025 | News story | Clinical Trial Services, Research and Development | Allegro, Orthopaedics, biomedical, clinical studies, osteoarthritis
Allegro has announced that hydrocelin, its injectable microparticle hydrogel, showed no signs of toxicity in two preclinical studies.
Allegro is a biomedical company that develops nanotechnology-based treatments for degenerative joint disease.
The preclinical studies were conducted in rats for periods of four and 13 weeks, respectively. Hydrocelin was injected into four separate locations, and a negative control group received saline solution. There was no evidence of systemic toxicity in either study.
Lucas Decuypere, Allegro’s chief executive officer, stated: “It is gratifying to be able to announce another set of positive results as we near a first-in-human testing for hydrocelin.
“Allegro is working tirelessly to give mobility back to the millions of people around the world whose life is severely impacted by osteoarthritis, a disease for which there is not currently a disease-modifying treatment. We believe the unique properties of hydrocelin, if confirmed in clinical studies, could be a huge step in achieving that goal.”
The positive safety results confirmed what the company had established in previously published preclinical studies. Allegro is planning a multi-centre clinical study later in 2025, preparing hydrocelin for osteoarthritis patients. Also, it intends on a commercial launch in 2027.
Ella Day
26/3/25
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