CClinicalTrials.gg
CompletedNCT02490501Updated Sep 22, 2025

Safety and Efficacy of SC0806 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 and a Device) in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Subjects

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of SC0806 and rehabilitation and Rehabilitation only in Spinal Cord Injury, sponsored by BioArctic AB. Completed at 1 site in Sweden. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-22.

Sponsored by BioArctic AB · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
01

Study summary

This is an open, randomized, rehabilitation-controlled study in subjects with complete Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, where the active treatment consists of a surgical implantation of SC0806 (a biodegradable device with heparin-activated FGF1 and nerve implants).

Read the detailed description

The study is a single dose study in up to 3 sequences in subjects with complete Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. In each sequence, 6 subjects will be randomized to a surgical procedure where SC0806 will be implanted into the spinal cord and receive specific walking training, and 3 subjects will be randomized to specific walking training only. Interim analyses of safety parameters will be performed. If a positive effect and no major safety concerns have been demonstrated after completion of all sequences, the control subjects will be given the opportunity to receive treatment with SC0806 after completion of their rehabilitation periods.

02

Conditions studied

  • Spinal Cord Injury
03

In context

Spinal Cord Injuries

1,948 studies on the registry are indexed under Spinal Cord Injuries; 505 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 10 is below the median of 24 across 1,566 interventional studies indexed under Spinal Cord Injuries.

Browse Spinal Cord Injuries studies →

Lead sponsor

BioArctic AB is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

04

Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.
  2. Male or female subjects aged between 18 and 65 years.
  3. BMI ≤35, body weight ≤125 kg and height ≤ 195 cm at Screening.
  4. Complete SCI (ASIA Impairment Scale level A, no voluntary bladder function, negative motor and sensory evoked potentials).
  5. A single spinal cord lesion injury at the neurologic level between T2-T11.
  6. A Baseline MRI that indicates a pathology consistent with a traumatic SCI
  7. Minimum of 4 months and maximum 10 years post injury with no evidence of neurological improvement prior to implantation surgery unless there is a complete anatomical cut-off of the spinal cord.
  8. Females must not be lactating or pregnant at Screening and Baseline (as documented by pregnancy tests).
  9. All females that are postmenopausal (amenorrheic for at least 12 consecutive months, in the appropriate age group, and without other known or suspected cause) or have been sterilized surgically (i.e., bilateral tubal ligation, total hysterectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy, all with surgery at least 1 month before dosing).
  10. Females of childbearing potential must not have had unprotected sexual intercourse within 30 days before study entry and must agree to use a highly effective method of contraception (e.g., total abstinence, an intrauterine device, a double-barrier method [such as condom plus diaphragm with spermicide], a contraceptive implant, an oral contraceptive, or have a vasectomized partner with confirmed azoospermia) throughout the entire study period. If currently abstinent, the subject must agree to use an effective method as described above if she becomes sexually active during the study period. Females who are using hormonal contraceptives must have been on a stable dose of the same hormonal contraceptive product for at least 4 weeks before dosing and must continue to use the same contraceptive during the study.
  11. Written informed consent obtained prior to any study specific procedures.
  12. Eligible for surgery and specific walking training as judged by the investigator.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Other life-threatening injury.
  2. Serious co-existing medical condition or mental disorder.
  3. Results from neurophysiological examination preoperatively are inconsistent with a spinal cord injury of one thoracic segment or less.
  4. Current or prior (within the past 8 weeks or within 5 half-lives of use of such a medication prior to screening) participation in any other investigational medication or device trial.
  5. Known hypersensitivity to FGF1 or heparin.
  6. Subjects unable to tolerate or undergo MRI scanning, including subjects with claustrophobia unless sedation can be used, cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator, ferromagnetic metal implants e.g., in skull, cardiac devices, other than those approved as safe for use in MR scanners.
  7. Ongoing drug or alcohol abuse or dependence.
  8. Positive serology for Hepatitis B or C, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at Screening.
  9. Positive test for Methicillin-resistent Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) at screening.
  10. Any disease, concomitant injury, condition or treatment that interferes with the specific walking training, the performance or interpretation of the neurological examination.
  11. Has a condition or has received medical treatment that, in the judgment of the investigator, precludes successful participation in the study.
  12. Previous radiation treatment (e.g. cancer treatment) in the region of the spinal cord injury.
05

Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    SC0806

    Intervention with SC0806 (implantation of device with FGF1 and peripheral nerves) in addition to rehabilitation

    Procedure: SC0806 and rehabilitation

  • Other
    Controls

    Rehabilitation only

    Other: Rehabilitation only

Interventions

  • ProcedureSC0806 and rehabilitation
  • OtherRehabilitation only
06

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of subjects with an Adverse Event

    Time frame: 0 - 18 months

  2. Proportion of subjects with an improvement, in the Motor Evoked Potential (MEP) scores

    Time frame: 0 - 18 months

07

Study locations

1 site
  • Karolinska University Hospital and RSS
    Stockholm, Sweden
08

References and documents

09

Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 22, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
10

Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02490501
Lead sponsor
BioArctic AB
Collaborators
European Commission
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 3, 2015
Start date
Jun 2015
Primary completion
Oct 2020
Completion
May 2025
Last update
Sep 22, 2025

Study contacts

Hans Basun, MD
study director · BioArctic AB

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Not currently enrolling

This study is completed, as verified in Sep 2025. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.

Follow this study

Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.

Sign in to follow

Discussion

Questions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.

Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.

Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.

Start the discussion