Expanded Access for Single Patient Treatment of Autologous Human Schwann Cells (ahSC) for Peripheral Nerve Repair

March 4, 2019 updated by: W. Dalton Dietrich
The primary purpose of this research study is to determine the safety of injecting ones own Schwann cells as a supplement along with nerve autograft (eg sural nerve) a few weeks after a severe injury to the sciatic nerve has occurred.

Study Overview

Status

No longer available

Detailed Description

The secondary purpose of this research project is to evaluate whether transplanted Schwann cells can enhance recovery of sensory and motor function. Emergency expanded access for a single patient was granted, as the patient was an ideal candidate for sural nerve repair augmented by autologous Schwann cells which could be harvested either from a relatively small segment of sensory nerve or as in this case from local debridement of injured nerve at the epicenter of the nerve injury. The cells were expanded using cell culture techniques and placed along with the sural nerve grafts wrapped by an FDA approved collagen matrix (Duragen). This study is being conducted at the Jackson Memorial and the University of Miami health systems. As a research subject the patient will be in this study for a total of 5 years from the date receiving Schwann cell transplant augmentation of sural nerve autografts.

Study Type

Expanded Access

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Florida
      • Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
        • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

- single patient with severe sciatic nerve injury enrolled under emergency request

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Allan Levi, MD, PhD, University of Miami

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 21, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 24, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

June 25, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 5, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 4, 2019

Last Verified

March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 20130722

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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