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. 2023 Dec 5;43:59. doi: 10.1186/s41232-023-00311-4

Table 2.

Clinical trials using allogeneic umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells for COVID-19-related ARDS and cerebral palsy

Authors Disease Phase Patients number Age (range) year Cell number Frequency, interval Results Adverse event
COVID-19-related ARDS
 Monsel A., et al. [18] (2022) Moderate to severe COVID-19-related ARDS 2b MSC: 21, placebo: 24 64 (mean) 1 × 106 cells/kg Day 0, day 2 ± 1, day 4 ± 1 No efficacy of PaO2/FiO2-ratio and mortality No SAE
 Dilogo IH., et al. [19] (2021) Critically ill COVID-19-related ARDS 2 MSC: 20, placebo: 20  < 40:4, 40–60: 8, > 60: 8 1 × 106 cells/kg One dose Survival rate in UC-MSCs group was 2.5 times higher (P = .047), that in UC-MSCs group with comorbidities, 4.5 times higher. The length of stay in the intensive care unit and ventilator usage were not statistically significant No AE
 Gorman EA., et al. [20] (2023) Moderate to severe COVID-19-related ARDS 2 MSC: 30, placebo: 29 58.4 (mean) 4 × 108 cells One dose Improvement of pulmonary organ dysfunction: no difference Safe and well tolerated
 Lanzoni G., et al. [21] (2021) Mild to severe COVID-19-related ARDS 1/2 MSC: 12, placebo: 12 58.6 (mean) 100 ± 20 × 106 cells Day 0, day3 Survival rate at day 28: MSC 91, placebo 42%, P = .015), SAE-free survival (P = .008), time to recovery (P = .03) No SAE, no difference in AEs
 Farkhad NF., et al. [22] (2022) Mild to moderate COVID-19-related ARDS 1 MSC:10, control: 10 62.0 (mean) 1 × 106 cells/kg Day 0, day 2, day 4 Improvement of patients’ clinical and paraclinical parameters (leukocytosis, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, liver enzyme abnormalities) no SAE
 Shaz BH., et al. [23] (2023) COVID-19-related ARDS 1 10 39–79 1 × 106 cells/kg, maximum dose 108 cells Once a day for 3 days Survival on day 28, 7 (70%) No SAE
Neonatal encephalopathy
 Cotten CM., et al. [24] (2023) Moderate to severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, treated with hypothermia 1, pilot 6 36–41 weeks 1 or 2 doses of 2 × 106 cells/kg/dose First dose: during hypothermia, second dose: 2 months later All babies survived, with average to low-average developmental assessment standard scores between 12 and 17 postnatal months Well tolerated, low titer anti-HLA antibodies by 1 year of age: 5/6

All MSCs were injected intravenously

Day 0 the first administration day

AE adverse event, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, COVID-19 coronavirus infectious disease emerged in 2019