Feasibility Study of Human Umbilical Cord Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Translational Biosciences

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Phase 1

Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments

Biological: Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT02034188

TBS-UCMSC-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Allogeneic human umbilical cord tissue-derived stem cells injected intravenously (IV) once per day for 7 days is a safe and will induce a therapeutic effect in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

Full description

The proposed study will assess primarily safety and secondary efficacy endpoints of allogeneic umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSC) administered to 20 patients with MS.

The primary objective of the trial is freedom from treatment associated adverse events at 4,12 and 52 weeks post treatment. Secondary objective will be efficacy as assessed at baseline, week 12 and 52 and will be quantified based on the following: Neurological assessment of the MS functional composite assessment which comprises of Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), the expanded EDSS (Rating Neurologic Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis, the Scripps neurological rating scale (NRS), paced auditory serial addition test (PASAT), the nine-hole peg test, and 25-foot walking time. Short-form 36 (SF-36) quality of life questionnaire and gadolinium enhanced MRI scans of the brain and cervical spinal cord will also be performed at the indicated time points.

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 55 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients willing to sign informed consent and capable of understanding the features of this clinical trial.
Willing to keep a weekly diary and undergo observation for 12 months
Non-pregnant patients 18-55 years of age with MS according to the revised McDonald criteria and meeting the Poser criteria for clinically defined MS.
EDSS scores of 2·0 to 5·5 points assessed at least 3 months after the last acute attack of MS.
Must have proof of health insurance in country of residence.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with evidence of active proliferative retinopathy.
Patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (glycated hemoglobin: HbA1C > 8.5%).
Patients with renal insufficiency (Creatinine> 2.5) or failure.
Infection as evidenced by white blood cell (WBC) count of >15,000 k/cumm and/or temperature > 38 Celsius.
History of organ transplant.
History of previous or active malignancy, except for localised cutaneous basal or squamous cell carcinoma or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
Exercise limiting angina ( Canadian Cardiovascular Society Class 3
Congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class 3
Unstable angina
Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI) within 1month
Transient ischemic heart attack or stroke within 1 month
Severe valvular heart disease