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WithdrawnNCT00908856Updated Feb 4, 2016

Autologous Cell Therapy After Stroke

A Phase 1 interventional study of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transfusion and marrow stromal cells in Stroke, sponsored by University of California, Irvine. Withdrawn at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-02-04.

Sponsored by University of California, Irvine · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was withdrawn
Not funded
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will examine the safety of two different cellular therapies in the treatment of stroke.

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Stroke remains a leading cause of death and disability. A limited number of therapies, such as intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, have been approved to interrupt stroke in the early hours after symptom onset. Many patients are not able to benefit from these therapies, however, and so a need exists for development of new interventions to reduce disability after stroke. This study will be an early step towards this, and will examine the safety of two cell types, mononuclear cells and marrow stromal cells. In each case, the cells will be autologous, specifically being derived from the subject's own bone marrow.

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Conditions studied

  • Stroke

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Keywords

  • stroke cell therapy repair autologous
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In context

Stroke

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Lead sponsor

University of California, Irvine is the lead sponsor of 466 studies on the registry; 96 are open to participants now.

Of its 41 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 30 (73%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Ischemic stroke that is supratentorial in location and \< 72 hours old between stroke onset and bone marrow aspiration
  • No major pre-stroke disability
  • NIH stroke scale score of 7-24
  • Able to undergo bedside bone marrow aspiration
  • Age 18-85 years, inclusive
  • Reasonable likelihood of receiving standard physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation therapy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • No major active hematological, immunological, or oncological diagnoses
  • Pregnancy
  • Lactating mothers
  • At least 24 hours time of any thrombolytic therapy and time of bone marrow aspiration
  • Allergy to penicillin or to fetal bovine serum
  • Active, major co-existent neurological or psychiatric disease
  • Infection with HIV, hepatitis B or C, or syphilis
  • Any diagnosis that makes survival to 90 days post-stroke unlikely
  • Participation in an experimental therapeutic clinical trial in the prior three months
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Placebo

    Drug: placebo

  • Active comparator
    autologous mononuclear cells

    a single intravenous autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transfusion

    Biological: autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transfusion

  • Active comparator
    autologous marrow stromal cells

    a single intravenous autologous marrow stromal cell transfusion

    Biological: marrow stromal cells

Interventions

  • Biologicalautologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transfusion

    a single intravenous transfusion approximately 2 days after bone marrow aspiration, and 4 days after stroke onset; the full amount of autologous mononuclear cells derived from 30 cc of bone marrow

    Also known as: mononuclear cells

  • Biologicalmarrow stromal cells

    a single intravenous transfusion approximately 21 days after bone marrow aspiration, and 23 days after stroke onset; the full amount of marrow stromal cells cultured over 21 days from 30 cc of bone marrow (expected to be approximately 1,000,000 cells/kg body weight)

    Also known as: mesenchymal stromal cells

  • Drugplacebo

    a single intravenous transfusion of saline, approximately 2-21 days after bone marrow aspiration, and 4-23 days after stroke onset; the full amount of mononuclear cells derived from 30 cc of bone marrow

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. death

    Time frame: 90 days after stroke onset

Secondary outcomes

  1. myocardial infarction

    Time frame: 90 days after stroke onset

  2. pulmonary embolism

    Time frame: 90 days after stroke onset

  3. ischemic stroke

    Time frame: 90 days after stroke onset

  4. deep venous thrombosis

    Time frame: 90 days after stroke onset

  5. other arterial or venous thrombosis

    Time frame: 90 days after stroke onset

  6. Infection requiring IV antibiotics

    Time frame: 90 days after stroke onset

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Study locations

1 site
  • UC Irvine Medical Center
    Orange, California 92868, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Lane TA, Garls D, Mackintosh E, Kohli S, Cramer SC. Liquid storage of marrow stromal cells. Transfusion. 2009 Jul;49(7):1471-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02138.x. Epub 2009 Mar 31. PubMed 19389020 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 4, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00908856
Lead sponsor
University of California, Irvine
Collaborators
University of California, San Diego
Responsible party
Steven C. Cramer, MD (Professor, University of California, Irvine) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 27, 2009
Start date
Jan 2016
Primary completion
Dec 2017 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2017 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 4, 2016

Study contacts

Steven C. Cramer, MD, MMSc
principal investigator · University of California, Irvine

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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