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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2007;50(1):18–30. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2007.03.001

Table 2.

Summary of Major Cell-Based / Cytokine Clinical Trials

Study Method of delivery Patients treated/ control Placebo/ control Cell type Cell number or Dose Time of cell delivery (days post-MI) Results Reference
Strauer Intracoronary 10/10 30 (CPC) control BM-MNC
9 × 106 to 2.8 × 107
CPC
7 Improved contractility and reduced infarct size Strauer et al 2002 110
TOPCARE-AMI Intracoronary 29 (BM-MNC) N/A 1.3 × 107
BM-MNC
2.4 × 108
3 to 7 Improved EF and reduced infarct size Assmus et al 2002 111
Britten et al 2003 112
Schachinger et al 2004 113
BOOST Intracoronary 30/30 control BM-MNC
24 × 109
6 Improved EF at 6 months
No difference at 18 months
Wollert et al 2004 100
Meyer et al 2006 101
Janssens Intracoronary 33/34 placebo BM-MNC
3.0 × 108 cells
1 No effect Janssens et al 2006 114
Chen Intracoronary 34/35 placebo MSC
48 × 1010 to 60 × 1010
18 Improved and perfusion at 3 months Chen et al 2004 115
REPAIR-AMI Intracoronary 102/102 placebo BM-MNC
2.4 × 108
4 Improved EF and reduced infarct size at 4 months Schachinger et al 2006 103
ASTAMI Intracoronary 100 control BM-MNC
8.7 × 107
5 to 8 No difference at 6 months Lunde et al 2006 102
FIRSTLINE-AMI Mobilization 25/25 control G-CSF
10μg/Kg BW
0 to 6
1QD
Improved EF and remodeling at 4 months Ince et al. 2005 104
STEMMI Mobilization 39/39 placebo G-CSF
10μg/Kg BW
0 to 6
1QD
No difference at 6 months Ripa et al 2006 106
REVIVAL II Mobilization 56/58 placebo G-CSF
10μg/Kg BW
0 to 5
1QD
No difference at 6 months Zohlnhoefer et al 2006 105

BM-MNC: unfractionated bone marrow mononuclear cells; CPC: Circulating progenitor cells; MSC: mesenchymal stem cells; 1QD: one subcutaneous G-CSF injection per day; EF: left ventricular ejection fraction.