Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cell Therapy for Motor Neuron Disease

June 4, 2018 updated by: Stem Cells Arabia

Autologous Purified Bone-Marrow-Derived Stem Cell Therapy for Motor Neuron Disease

Herein, the investigators study the safety and efficacy of transplanting purified autologous bone marrow-derived stem cells transplanted via the intrathecal route by interventional radiology and the intravenous route.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

A motor neuron disease (MND) is any of several neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells that control voluntary muscles of the body. They include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), progressive bulbar palsy (PBP) and pseudobulbar palsy; spinal muscular atrophies are also sometimes included in the group.They are neurodegenerative diseases that cause increasing disability and eventually, death.

In spite of intensive research, motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are still incurable. Some of the key factors in this failure to find a cure have been the lack of human cell-based disease models for molecular analysis and drug screening and the difficulty of obtaining homogeneous populations of specific cell types for clinical applications. Stem cell biology has the potential to transform our understanding of disease processes and to revolutionize our approach to develop novel therapies for MNDs.

In this study, the investigators suggest a protocol for the treatment of MND by transplantation of purified autologous bone marrow-derived stem cells via the intrathecal and intravenous route.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

40

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

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

24 years to 70 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients age 24-20 years old
  • Patients with the diagnosis of definite Motor Neuron Disease

Exclusion Criteria:

  • HIV/HBV/HCV
  • Malignancies
  • Bleeding
  • Pneumonia
  • Renal failure
  • liver dysfunction
  • Severe anemia (hb < 8)
  • Bone Marrow diseases
  • Pregnancy and lactation
  • Acute medical conditions/infections such as respiratory infections
  • ventilatory support

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?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Stem Cells
Intravenous and Intrathecal thecal transplantation via interventional radiology of purified autologous bone-marrow derived specific stem cell populations.
Biological: Stem Cells
Autologous bone marrow-derived stem cell populations injected via the intravenous and intrathecal routes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Changes in Functional Rating Scale - via questionnaire
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in Appel Scale
Time Frame: 4 months
4 months
Change in SF-36 (The Short Form (36) Health Survey is a 36 Item)
Time Frame: 4 months
4 months
Change in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)
Time Frame: 4 months
4 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Stem Cells Arabia

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 Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2016

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

January 1, 2019

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

August 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 25, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 28, 2017

First Posted (ACTUAL)

March 1, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

June 6, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 4, 2018

Last Verified

June 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SCA-MND1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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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