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TerminatedNCT05016804Updated Oct 20, 2026

Safety of Cultured Allogeneic Adult Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell IV Infusion for Systemic Sclerosis

A Phase 1 interventional study of AlloRx in Systemic Sclerosis, sponsored by The Foundation for Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine. Terminated at 2 sites in 2 countries. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-20.

Sponsored by The Foundation for Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Inadequate treatment response observed in preliminary data did not justify enrolling further study participants
Updated Oct 20, 2026Now TerminatedPrimary completion moved+4 moreGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20
Allocation
Not applicable
Sex
All
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Study summary

This trial will study the safety and efficacy of intravenous infusion of cultured allogeneic adult umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of Systemic Sclerosis

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Studies have shown that stem cell treatment is safe and efficacious for the treatment of Systemic Sclerosis. Patients with Systemic Sclerosis will receive a single intravenous infusion of cultured allogeneic adult umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells. The total dose will be 100 million cells. Patients will be evaluated within one month pre treatment and at 1, 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 months post treatment for safety and efficacy.

For patients with more severe disease requiring chemotherapeutic drugs such as methotrexate, an autologous T Cell vaccine will be utilized created from the patient's own T cells obtained by apheresis.

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Conditions studied

  • Systemic Sclerosis

Keywords

  • Systemic Sclerosis
  • Scleroderma
  • stem cell treatment
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In context

Scleroderma, Systemic

610 studies on the registry are indexed under Scleroderma, Systemic; 218 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 20 is below the median of 37 across 446 interventional studies indexed under Scleroderma, Systemic.

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Lead sponsor

The Foundation for Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine is the lead sponsor of 33 studies on the registry; 20 are open to participants now.

Of its 6 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of Systemic Sclerosis
  • Understanding and willingness to sign a written document

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active infection
  • Active cancer
  • Chronic multisystem organ failure
  • Pregnancy
  • Abnormalities on pre-treatment laboratory evaluation
  • Medical condition that would (based on the opinion of the investigator) compromise patient's safety.
  • Continued drug abuse
  • Pre-menopausal women not using
  • Previous organ transplant
  • to sulfur
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

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Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment Group

    Single intravenous infusion of 100 million cells

    Biological: AlloRx

Interventions

  • BiologicalAlloRx

    cultured allogeneic adult umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety (adverse events)

    Clinical monitoring of possible adverse events or complications

    Time frame: Four year follow-up

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy: skin score

    It will be completed for each follow up point.

    Time frame: Four year follow-up

  2. Efficacy: Forced vital capacity (FVC)

    It will be completed for each follow up point.

    Time frame: Four year follow-up

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Medical Surgical Associates Center
    St John's, Antigua and Barbuda
  • Center for Investigation in Tissue Engineering and Cellular Therapy
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
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References and documents

Publications

  • Kaldas M, Khanna PP, Furst DE, Clements PJ, Kee Wong W, Seibold JR, Postlethwaite AE, Khanna D; investigators of the human recombinant relaxin and oral bovine collagen clinical trials. Sensitivity to change of the modified Rodnan skin score in diffuse systemic sclerosis--assessment of individual body sites in two large randomized controlled trials. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009 Sep;48(9):1143-6. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep202. Epub 2009 Jul 14. PubMed 19605370 ↗
  • Granel B, Daumas A, Jouve E, Harle JR, Nguyen PS, Chabannon C, Colavolpe N, Reynier JC, Truillet R, Mallet S, Baiada A, Casanova D, Giraudo L, Arnaud L, Veran J, Sabatier F, Magalon G. Safety, tolerability and potential efficacy of injection of autologous adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction in the fingers of patients with systemic sclerosis: an open-label phase I trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Dec;74(12):2175-82. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205681. Epub 2014 Aug 11. PubMed 25114060 ↗
  • Del Papa N, Di Luca G, Andracco R, Zaccara E, Maglione W, Pignataro F, Minniti A, Vitali C. Regional grafting of autologous adipose tissue is effective in inducing prompt healing of indolent digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis: results of a monocentric randomized controlled study. Arthritis Res Ther. 2019 Jan 7;21(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13075-018-1792-8. PubMed 30616671 ↗
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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedDate before it movedWhere the date was before it moved

Ran from Jul 2022 to primary completion in Nov 2025, 40 months.

Since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026, the dates moved once, on Oct 20, 2026: primary completion Nov 2026 → Nov 2025 and completion Nov 2026 → Nov 2025.

Earlier changes are on the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Registered
Aug 17, 2021
First posted
Aug 23, 2021
StartActual
Jul 4, 2022
Primary completionActual
Nov 30, 2025was Nov 2026
CompletionActual
Nov 30, 2025was Nov 2026
Last update
Oct 20, 2026
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.
Status
Recruiting→Terminated Inadequate treatment response observed in preliminary data did not justify enrolling further study participants
changed Oct 20, 2026
Sites
1 site added, 1 site removed
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  • Medical Surgical Associates Center · St John's, Antigua and Barbuda
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  • Medical Surgical Associates Center · St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Oct 20, 2026
Primary completion
Nov 2026→Nov 30, 2025 (actual)
Oct 20, 2026
Study completion
Nov 2026→Nov 30, 2025 (actual)
Oct 20, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Oct 20, 2026
    Recruiting→Terminated
    Why stopped Inadequate treatment response observed in preliminary data did not justify enrolling further study participants
    1 site added, 1 site removed
    Show site
    • Medical Surgical Associates Center · St John's, Antigua and Barbuda
    Show 1 removed
    • Medical Surgical Associates Center · St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
    Primary completion Nov 2026→Nov 30, 2025 (now actual)
    Study completion Nov 2026→Nov 30, 2025 (now actual)
    + 3 other changes: verification date, contact details and index terms

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05016804
Lead sponsor
The Foundation for Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 23, 2021
Start date
Jul 4, 2022
Primary completion
Nov 30, 2025
Completion
Nov 30, 2025
Last update
Oct 20, 2026

Study contacts

Chadwick Prodromos, MD
principal investigator · The Foundation for Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine

Oversight

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