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WithdrawnNCT02237547Updated Aug 10, 2017

Safety and Feasibility Study of Cell Therapy in Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Intravenous and intrathecal human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells and bone marrow mononuclear cells in Spinal Cord Injury, sponsored by Translational Biosciences. Withdrawn at 1 site in Panama. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-08-10.

Sponsored by Translational Biosciences · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was withdrawn
No enrollment.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 50 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Human Umbilical Cord-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (UC-MSC) and Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells (BMMC) from the patient injected into the spinal fluid intrathecally and injected intravenously (IV) is a safe and therapeutic procedure for spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.

Read the detailed description

The proposed study will assess primary safety and secondary efficacy endpoints of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells and allogeneic human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells administered to 20 male and female subjects between ages of 18-50 with spinal cord injury. These cells will be administered intrathecally and intravenously multiple times over the course of one month.

The primary objective is freedom from treatment-associated adverse events at 3 and 12 months post-treatment. Secondary objective will be efficacy at baseline, 3 months and 12 months and will be quantified based on the following: American Spinal Cord Injury Association (ASIA) classification and the Frankel Scale.

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Conditions studied

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Keywords

  • spinal cord injury
  • mesenchymal
  • bone marrow
  • mononuclear cells
  • stem cells
  • umbilical cord
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In context

Spinal Cord Injuries

1,988 studies on the registry are indexed under Spinal Cord Injuries; 516 are open to participants now.

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Lead sponsor

Translational Biosciences is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Men and women between age 18 and 50
  • Paraplegics and quadriplegics with complete or incomplete spinal cord injuries.
  • Willingness to undergo bone marrow derived autologous cell therapy.
  • Ability and willingness to make regular visits to hospital and follow ups during the protocol procedure and comply with all medical instructions
  • Traumatic Injury of spinal cord with complete or partial damage by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and injury level below C4
  • ASIA impairment scale from A - C
  • Must have proof of health insurance in country of residence.
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pre- existing or current systemic disease such as lung, liver (exception: history of uncomplicated hepatitis A), gastrointestinal, cardiac, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
  • History of life threatening allergic- or immune-mediated reaction
  • Hemodynamic instability
  • Peripheral muscular dystrophy
  • Lactating or pregnant woman
  • Women capable of childbearing unwilling to use multiple forms of contraception
  • Alcohol drug abuse /dependence
  • Positive test result for hepatitis A and Hepatitis B OR C
  • Major-traumatic brain injury and psychiatric illness
  • Open injuries
  • Active infectious diseases
  • Life expectancy of less than one year due to terminal condition
  • Neurodegenerative diseases
  • Primary hematologic diseases
  • Any of the following medications that cannot be discontinued one week prior to the first stem cell administration and throughout the course of treatment. (1 week before visit 2 through one week after visit 12)

    • Antibiotics
    • Antifungals
    • Antivirals
    • Blood thinners (to avoid bleeding risk during bone marrow aspiration and IT procedures)
    • High doses of Vitamin D or fish oils (since these might prolong bleeding times)
  • Bone reflecting increased risk for spinal puncture
  • Hepatic dysfunction
  • Other medical complications that contraindicate surgery, including major respiratory complications
  • Participation in another clinical trial
  • Coagulopathies
  • Uncorrected coagulopathy during the baseline period defined as: International Normalized Ratio (INR) > 1.4; Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) > 35 sec; Platelet Count (PLT) \< 100,000.
  • Pre-injury history of seizure disorder and/or neurological impairment where participation in age-appropriate pain rating scales would not be practical or possible
  • Subject does not sign informed consent form
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    IV and IT UC-MSC and BMMC

    Intravenous and intrathecal human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells and bone marrow mononuclear cells

    Biological: Intravenous and intrathecal human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells and bone marrow mononuclear cells

Interventions

  • BiologicalIntravenous and intrathecal human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells and bone marrow mononuclear cells
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of patients with adverse events

    12 and 52 weeks after final treatment

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 52 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of subjects with a change in American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) score from baseline

    12 and 52 weeks after final treatment

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 52 weeks

  2. Number of subjects with a change in Frankel Scale score from baseline

    12 and 52 weeks from final treatment

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 52 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Stem Cell Institute
    Panama City, Panama
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Sep 2014, a primary completion of Jan 2019 and a completion of Oct 2019. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 9, 2014
First posted
Sep 11, 2014
Start
Sep 2014
Primary completionEst.
Jan 2019
CompletionEst.
Oct 2019
Last update
Aug 10, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
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Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 10, 2017, 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
NCT02237547
Lead sponsor
Translational Biosciences
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 11, 2014
Start date
Sep 2014
Primary completion
Jan 2019 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 10, 2017

Study contacts

Nelson Novarro, MD
principal investigator

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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