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Status unknownNCT03227198IMMNC-HFUpdated Oct 27, 2020

IMMNC-HF: IntraMyocardial Injection of Bone Marrow MonoNuclear Cells in Heart Failure (HF) Patients

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Intramyocardial injection of stem cell and Placebo in Heart Failure, sponsored by SCARM Institute, Tabriz, Iran. Status unknown at 1 site in Iran, Islamic Republic of. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-10-27.

Sponsored by SCARM Institute, Tabriz, Iran · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2020), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
5
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 10 studies in Heart Failure with a site in Iran, Islamic Republic of — 1 open to participants now, 1 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Heart Failure · Iran, Islamic Republic of.

Planned enrollment
10th of 10
5 · median 60
Started
2020
the only one that year
Phase 1/2
Only one
of the 10
Registered
5th of 10
by date
Lead sponsor
1 of 10
SCARM Institute, Tabriz, Iran

Among the 10 studies in Heart Failure with a site in Iran, Islamic Republic of, this one is the 10th largest by planned enrollment, is the only one that started in 2020, is the only one in phase 1/2, and was the 5th registered.

Heart Failure

6,332 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Failure; 1,392 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

1 of the 10 studies in Heart Failure with a site in Iran, Islamic Republic of is open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 966 Heart Failure studies recruiting now, 689 (71%) set no upper age limit and 89 (9%) stop at 75 or younger; 63 take children under 18; 96 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 65 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This is a prospective, randomised double blind, controlled, parallel-group phase I and II study. Its aim is to assess the Evaluation of the intramyocardial injection of autologous bone marrow derived mononuclear stem cells is safe and effective in hear failure patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction(\<=30%) when compared to a control group of patients undergoing best medical care.

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Conditions studied

  • Heart Failure

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Men and women of any ethnic origin 18 ≤ aged≤ 65 years
  2. EF≤40 (by Echocardiography) and regional wall motion abnormality
  3. Not responding to standard therapies
  4. the (NYHA) class ≥ III
  5. Myocardial infarction due to coronary artery atherosclerotic disease
  6. An area of regional dysfunction, i.e., hypokinetic, akinetic, or dyskinetic (echocardiography or MRI)
  7. Normal liver and renal function
  8. No or controlled diabetes
  9. Able to give voluntary written consent and understand the study information provided to him

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Participation in another clinical trial within 30 days prior randomisation
  2. Previously received stem/progenitor cell therapy
  3. Pregnant women
  4. Mental condition rendering the patient unable to understand the nature, scope and possible consequences of the study or to follow the protocol
  5. Cardiogenic shock requiring mechanical support
  6. Congenital / valvular heart disease
  7. Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) transplant
  8. count \<100.000/µl, or \<8.5 g/dl
  9. Impaired renal function, i.e. creatinine >2.5 mg/dl
  10. Fever or diarrhea within 4 weeks prior screening
  11. History of bleeding disorder within 3 months prior screening
  12. Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic >180 mmHg and diastolic >120 mmHg) or Sustained ventricular arrhythmia
  13. of less than two years from any non-cardiac cause or uncontrolled neoplastic disease
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
5 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intramyocardial injection of stem cell

    Intramyocardial injection of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells in patients with Heart Failure

    Biological: Intramyocardial injection of stem cell

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Placebo intramyocardial injection in patients with Heart Failure

    Biological: Placebo

Interventions

  • BiologicalIntramyocardial injection of stem cell

    Autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells are obtained from 100-150ml of bone marrow aspirated under local anaesthesia from the iliac crest. Intramyocardial injection of the cells is performed in patients with Heart failure in open heart surgery (CABG)

  • BiologicalPlacebo

    Injection of Placebo in patients with Heart failure in open heart surgery (CABG)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Death

    The rate of patients mortality after transplantation

    Time frame: 12 months

  2. Hospitalization

    the rate of hospitalization after transplantation

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Ejection fraction changes

    Elevation of ejection fraction in patients after transplantation

    Time frame: 12 months

  2. 6-minute walk test (6MWT)

    Evaluation the improvement of 6MWT test after transplantation

    Time frame: 12 months

  3. Pro b-type natriuretic peptide (Pro-BNP) changes

    Elevation the reduction of Pro-BNP in patients after transplantation

    Time frame: 12 months

  4. NYHA functional class

    Evaluation the improvement of NYHA functional class in patients

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Stem Cell And Regenerative Medicine institute (SCARM)
    Tabriz, Iran, Islamic Republic of
    • Peyman Keyhanvar, MD, Ph.D · Contact0914 114 6863
    • Yousef Faridvand, Ph.D · Principal investigator
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Oct 2020; primary completion for Aug 2021, 9 months later.

Of 43 phase 1/2 interventional studies under Heart Failure, half reached primary completion within 39 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 27 and three quarters within 48. This study's planned 9 months is below that.

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

Registered
Jul 21, 2017
First posted
Jul 24, 2017
StartEst.
Oct 14, 2020
Primary completionEst.
Aug 10, 2021
CompletionEst.
Oct 12, 2021
Last update
Oct 27, 2020
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
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 Oct 27, 2020, 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
NCT03227198
Lead sponsor
SCARM Institute, Tabriz, Iran
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 24, 2017
Start date
Oct 14, 2020 (estimated)
Primary completion
Aug 10, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 12, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 27, 2020

Study contacts

Nasser Safaie, CTS
Contact
drsafaie@yahoo.com
0413 33349525
Peyman Keyhanvar, MD, Ph.D
Contact
drkeyhanvar@gmail.com
0413 33349525
Nasser Safaie, CTS
study director · Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Mohammad Nouri, Ph.D
study chair · Head of SCARM institute
Peyman Keyhanvar, MD, Ph.D
principal investigator · Deputy for translational medicine of SCARM institute
Raheleh Farahzadi, Ph.D
principal investigator · Cardiovascular research center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Yousef Faridvand, Ph.D
principal investigator · SCARM institute
Elgar Anamzadeh, MD, Cardiologist
principal investigator · Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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