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Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2011 Feb 16;11(4):447–461. doi: 10.1517/14712598.2011.552883

Table 2.

Ongoing and pending trials of cell therapy for stroke

Clinical
Trials ID
[Reference
]
Sponsor /
Location
Cell Number /
Type / Route
Age Infarct
Severity/Type
Treatmen
t Window
n Phase Primary
outcome
Rando
mized?
Blinding Start
Date
End
Date
NCT00473
057 [109]
Federal
University of Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil
500 million /
Autologous
BMMC / IA
versus IV
18 –
75
NIHSS 4 – 20 3 – 90
days
15 I Neurologi
c deficits
No Open
Label
Decemb
er 2005
June
2011
NCT00535
197 [110]
Imperial College
London, UK
na/ Autologous
CD34+ cells
from bone
marrow / IA
30 –
80
Total anterior
circulation
syndrome
<7 days 10 I/II Toxicity No Open
Label
Septem
ber
2007
June
2010
NCT00593
242 [111]
Duke University,
NC, USA
5 million
cells/kg /
Autologous cord
blood / IV
<14d
ays
Neonatal
hypoxic /
ischemic injury
<14 days 12 I Adverse
events
No Open
Label
January
2008
Januar
y 2011
NCT01028
794 [112]
National
Cardiovascular
Center, Osaka,
Japan
25 or 50 cc bone
marrow /
autologous
BMMCs / IV
20 –
75
NIHSS >9 7 – 10
days
12 I/IIA NIHSS No Open label May
2008
March
2012
NCT00761
982 [113]
Hospital
Universitario
Central de
Asturias, Spain
na / Autologous
CD34+ cells
from bone
marrow / IA
18 –
80
NIHSS >7;
MCA
5 – 9 days 20 I/II Adverse
events
No Single-
blind
(assessor)
Septem
ber
2008
March
2010
NCT00859
014 [114]
The University of
Texas Health
Science Center,
Houston, USA
na/ Autologous
BMMCs / IV
18 –
80
R: NIHSS 6 –
15; L NIHSS 6
– 18
24 – 72
hours
10 I Safety,
feasibility
No Open label January
2009
Januar
y 2014
NCT00950
521 [115]
China Medical
University
Hospital,
Taichung,
Taiwan
2 – 8 million /
Autologous
CD34+ cells
from peripheral
blood / IC
35 –
70
NIHSS 9 – 20 6 – 60
months
30 II NIHSS Yes Open label June
2009
Decem
ber
2010
NCT01019
733 [116]
Hospital
Universitario,
Nuevo Leon,
Mexico
8 – 10cc bone
marrow / CD34+
cells post G-CSF
/ IT
1
mont
h –18
years
Cerebral palsy 1 month –
18 years
10 I Battelle
Devel.
Inventory
No Open label July
2009
August
2010
NCT01091
701 [117]
Stempeutics
Research Pvt Ltd,
Malaysia
2 million
cells/kg / adult
allogenic MSCs
IV
20 –
80
mRS <5 with
motor
weakness
<10 days 78 I/II Adverse
events,
NIHSS
Yes Double
blind
May
2010
Decem
ber
2011
NCT01151
124 [118]
ReNeuron, Ltd,
Glasgow, UK
2, 5, 10, 20
million /
CTX0E03 neural
stem cells / IC
60 –
85
NHSS>5;
Subcortical
white matter or
basal ganglia;
6 – 24
months
12 I Adverse
effects,
MRI,
NIIHSS,
antibodies
No Open label June
2010
na
NCT00875
654 [119]
University
Hospital,
Grenoble, France
na / Autologous
MSCs / IV
18 –
65
NIHSS>2 <14 days 30 II Feasibility,
tolerance
Yes Open label Septem
ber
2010
Decem
ber
2013
NCT00908
856 [120]
University of
California, Irvine,
CA, USA
30 cc bone
marrow /
autologous
BMMCs / IV
18 –
85
NIHSS 7 – 24;
supratentorial
2 – 21
days
33 II Mortality Yes Double
blind
January
2011
Decem
ber
2012
na SanBio Inc.,
Mountain View,
CA, USA
2.5, 5.0, 10
million / SB623
cells –
modified*
BMMCs / IC
18 –
75
mRS 3 – 4;
ESS 40 – 50;
Subcortical
MCA or
striatum +/−
cortex
6 – 12
months
18 I/II Adverse
effects,
acute and
long-term
safety
No Open label January
2011
na

BMMC: bone marrow mononuclear cells, ESS: European Stroke Scale, IA: intra-arterial, IC: intracerebral, IV: intravenous, MCA: middle cerebral artery, MSC: mesenchymal stem cells, na: not available, NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.

*

Transient Notch 1 transfection.