Use of cSVF Via IV Deployment for Residual Lung Damage After Symptomatic COVID-19 Infection (GARM-COVID19)

Black Tie Medical

Status and phase

Invitation-only

Early Phase 1

Conditions

Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Viral Pneumonia

COPD

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Interstitial Lung Disease

Coronavirus Infection

Treatments

Procedure: Microcannula Harvest Adipose Derived tissue stromal vascular fraction (tSVF)

Drug: Sterile Normal Saline for Intravenous Use

Device: Centricyte 1000

Drug: Liberase Enzyme (Roche)

Procedure: IV Deployment Of cSVF In Sterile Normal Saline IV Solution

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Other

Identifiers

NCT04326036

GARM COVID19

Details and patient eligibility

About

COVID-19 Viral Global Pandemic resulting in post-infection pulmonary damage, including Fibrotic Lung Disease due to inflammatory and reactive protein secretions damaging pulmonary alveolar structure and functionality. A short review includes:

Early December, 2019 - A pneumonia of unknown cause was detected in Wuhan, China, and was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office.
January 30th, 2020 - The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
February 7th, 2020 - 34-year-old Ophthalmologist who first identified a SARS-like coronavirus) dies from the same virus.
February 11th, 2020 - WHO announces a name for the new coronavirus disease: COVID-19.
February 19th, 2020 - The U.S. has its first outbreak in a Seattle nursing home which were complicated with loss of lives..
March 11th, 2020 - WHO declares the virus a pandemic and in less than three months, from the time when this virus was first detected, the virus has spread across the entire planet with cases identified in every country including Greenland.
March 21st, 2020 - Emerging Infectious Disease estimates the risk for death in Wuhan reached values as high as 12% in the epicenter of the epidemic and ≈1% in other, more mildly affected areas. The elevated death risk estimates are probably associated with a breakdown of the healthcare system, indicating that enhanced public health interventions, including social distancing and movement restrictions, should be implemented to bring the COVID-19 epidemic under control." March 21st 2020 -Much of the United States is currently under some form of self- or mandatory quarantine as testing abilities ramp up..

March 24th, 2020 - Hot spots are evolving and identified, particularly in the areas of New York-New Jersey, Washington, and California.

Immediate attention is turned to testing, diagnosis, epidemiological containment, clinical trials for drug testing started, and work on a long-term vaccine started.

The recovering patients are presenting with mild to severe lung impairment as a result of the viral attack on the alveolar and lung tissues. Clinically significant impairment of pulmonary function appears to be a permanent finding as a direct result of the interstitial lung damage and inflammatory changes that accompanied.

This Phase 0, first-in-kind for humans, is use of autologous, cellular stromal vascular fraction (cSVF) deployed intravenously to examine the anti-inflammatory and structural potential to improve the residual, permanent damaged alveolar tissues of the lungs.

Full description

Early December, 2019 - A pneumonia of unknown cause was detected in Wuhan, China, and was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office.
January 30th, 2020 - The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
February 7th, 2020 - 34-year-old Ophthalmologist who first identified a SARS-like coronavirus) dies from the same virus.
February 11th, 2020 - WHO announces a name for the new coronavirus disease: COVID-19.
February 19th, 2020 - The U.S. has its first outbreak in a Seattle nursing home which were complicated with loss of lives..
March 11th, 2020 - WHO declares the virus a pandemic and in less than three months, from the time when this virus was first detected, the virus has spread across the entire planet with cases identified in every country including Greenland.
March 11th, 2020 - As of this date, Over 60% of all COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. can be traced to that single nursing home in Seattle.
March 11th, 2020 - Dr. Fauci from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) states, "If you count all the estimated cases of people who may have it but haven't been diagnosed yet, the mortality rate is probably closer to 1%," he said, "which means it's 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu."
March 21st, 2020 - The U.S. has 24,105 active cases, 301 deaths, and 171 patients declared recovered, a number which has since massively increased within the United States and Globally.
March 21st, 2020 - Emerging Infectious Disease estimates the risk for death in Wuhan reached values as high as 12% in the epicenter of the epidemic and ≈1% in other, more mildly affected areas. The elevated death risk estimates are probably associated with a breakdown of the healthcare system, indicating that enhanced public health interventions, including social distancing and movement restrictions, should be implemented to bring the COVID-19 epidemic under control." March 21st 2020 -Much of the United States is currently under some form of self- or mandatory quarantine as testing abilities ramp up..

March 24th, 2020 - Hot spots are evolving and identified, particularly in the areas of New York-New Jersey, Washington, and California

Immediate attention is turned to testing, diagnosis, epidemiological containment, clinical trials for drug testing started, and work on a long-term vaccine started.

This Phase 0, first-in-kind for humans, is use of autologous, cSVF deployed intravenously to examine the anti-inflammatory and structural potential to improve the residual damaged tissues.

Previous utilization of cSVF remains in Clinical Trials at this moment for uses in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrotic Lung disorders, showing encouraging safety profile and clinical efficacy. It is the intention of this study, driven by the ongoing pandemic as a direct causative etiology for permanent lung damage within the oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange resulting the the direct alveolar disruption and scarring reaction.

The inflammatory mediation, autoimmune modulatory capabilities, and revascularization potentials of the cSVF is becoming well recognized and documented in peer-reviewed literature and in scientific studies.

Due to the urgency presented from the ongoing CoronaVirus pandemic, many patients that survive experience demonstrate direct pulmonary damage residua. There is available a relative new technology offered by Fluidda Inc in European Union (EU) known as "Functional Respiratory Imaging (FRI) and examines pulmonary function and vascular capabilities in damaged lung tissues. This study examines the lung baseline (post-infection), and at 3 and 6 month intervals post-cSVF treatment to examine the functional airway configuration and efficiency at those intervals.

Sporadic reports of use of stem cells or stem/stromal cells have revealed some positive clinical outcomes, although not within a traditional randomized trial format at this point in time. This study proposed in the specific situation of permanent residual dysfunction created by the SARS-Co2 (Coronavirus) infection is felt to warrant a pilot study using the cSVF that is in current Clinical Trials, which, at this point presents a very good safety profile with the absence of adverse event (AE) or severe adverse events (SAE) as yet reported by the trials.

Enrollment

10 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Must have confirmed and documented Coronaviral (COVID-19) infection history with involvement of lung tissues
Must be clear of any viral shed residual confirmed by negative viral testing protocol accepted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and/or the FDA
Must have discharge confirmation from infectious disease managing Provider declaring freedom of viral load or active infection
Must have a written Medical History of Physical and discharge summary (if hospitalized) from appropriate Center or Licensed Medical Provider
Must agree to provide a HRCT LUNG study done at baseline (before), 3 months and 6 months
Must be able to provide full Informed Consent (ICF)

Exclusion criteria

Active or positive testing of COVID-19 With Clinical Report and Discharge Summary from Hospital or Treatment Facility
Lung disorder without prior confirmation by approved test protocol of history of COVID-19
Patient health or condition deemed dangerous or inappropriate for transport, exceeding acceptable stress for transport or care needed to achieve access to the clinical facility, at the discretion of the Providers
Expected lifespan of < 6 months
Serious of life threatening co-morbidities, that in the opinion of the investigators, may compromise the safety or compliance with the study guidelines and tracking

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

10 participants in 5 patient groups

Lipoaspiration

Experimental group

Description:

Closed sterile, disposable microcannula of small volume adipose tissue, including the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) (cells and stromal tissue

Treatment:

Procedure: Microcannula Harvest Adipose Derived tissue stromal vascular fraction (tSVF)

Isolation & Concentration of cSVF

Experimental group

Description:

Isolation \& Concentration of cellular stromal vascular fraction (cSVF) using Healeon Centricyte 1000 Centrifuge, incubator and shaker plate with sterile Liberase enzyme (Roche Medical) per manufacturer protocols

Treatment:

Drug: Liberase Enzyme (Roche)

Device: Centricyte 1000

Delivery cSVF via Intravenous

Experimental group

Description:

cSVF from Arm 2 is suspended in a 250 cc of sterile Normal Saline IV solution and deployed though 150 micron in-line filtration and intravenous route over 30-60 minute timeframe

Treatment:

Procedure: IV Deployment Of cSVF In Sterile Normal Saline IV Solution

Drug: Sterile Normal Saline for Intravenous Use

Liberase TM

Other group

Description:

Use of sterile Liberase TM enzyme to allow cSVF separation and isolation

Treatment:

Drug: Liberase Enzyme (Roche)

Device: Centricyte 1000

Sterile Normal Saline

Other group