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. 2020 Sep 3;21(17):6435. doi: 10.3390/ijms21176435

Table 1.

Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based therapy clinical trials for ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome).

NCT No. Title Status Company Name Disease/Conditions Route of Administration Intervention/Mechanism Target Results Phase
NCT01775774 Human MSCs for acute respiratory distress syndrome Completed University of California ARDS Intravenous Participants received 1 × 106, 5 × 106 and 10 × 106 cells/kg body weight of allogenic BM-HMSCs A single dose of MSCs demonstrated to be safe and was tolerated well 1
NCT02611609 A phase 1 and 2 study to assess multistem therapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome Completed Athersys, Inc ARDS Intravenous MultiStem® N/A 1 and 2
NCT03608592 Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) therapy in ARDS Recruiting Lv Haijin, Sun Yat-sen University ARDS Intravenous 60 × 106 UC-MCSs intravenously administered in 2 h N/A N/A
NCT01902082 Adipose-derived Mesenchymal stem cells in acute respiratory distress syndrome Unknown Shaoxing Second Hospital ARDS Intravenous Participants will receive 1 × 106 Adipose-derived MSCs on day 2. N/A 1
NCT02804945 Mesenchymal Stem cells (MSCs) for the treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in patients with Malignancies Completed Anderson Cancer Center ARDS Intravenous infusion “MSCs by vein” Participants received 3 × 106 intravenously administered on day 1 N/A 1
NCT03042143 Repair of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Stromal cell Administration (COVID-19) (Realist) Recruiting Belfast Health and Social Care Trust COVID/ARDS Intravenous Participants will receive max. tolerated dose of human umbilical cord derived CD362 enriched MSCs given in 30–90 min. N/A 1 and 2
NCT04347967 Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Not recruiting yet Meridigen Biotech Co. Ltd. ARDS Intravenous Infusion Participants will receive low, medium, and high doses of UMC119-06 given to 3 different set of people N/A 1
NCT03818854 Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (STAT) Recruiting University of California ARDS Intravenous Participants will receive 10 × 106 cells given over 60–80 min N/A 2
NCT04377334 Mesenchymal Stem cells (MSCs) in inflammation-Resolution Programs of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Not Recruiting Yet University Hospital Tuebingen ARDS/COVID Intravenous Participants will receive allogenic bone marrow derived HMSCs N/A 2
NCT02444455 Human Umbilical-Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Acute Lung Injury (UCMSC-ALI) Unknown Affiliated Hospital to Acadmey of Military Medical Sciences ARDS/ALI Intravenous Participants will/would receive 5 × 105 cells kg/body weight of human UC-MCSs on day 2, 7 and 14 N/A 1 and 2
NCT02215811 Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Distress syndrome with allogenic bone marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stromal cells Unknown Karolinska University ARDS N/A Participants will/would receive biological MSCs N/A 1
NCT02112500 Mesenchymal stem cell in patients with acute severe respiratory failure (STELLAR) Unknown Asan Medical Center Respiratory Distress Syndrome Intravenous Participants will/would receive biological MSCs N/A 2
2019-002688-89 Phase 1/2 clinical study to assess the feasibility, safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of the administration of HCR040, a drug whose active substance is HC016, allogeneic adipose-derived adult mesenchymal stem cells expanded and pulsed with H2O2, in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. (included patients COVID-19) Ongoing Histocell S.L ARDS Intravenous Participants will receive HCR040 (allogenic adipose derived adult mesenchymal stem cells pulsed with H2O2) No results available 1 and 2
2020-001505-22 Double-blind, randomized, parallel, placebo-controlled pilot clinical trial, nested in a prospective cohort observational study, for the evaluation of the efficacy and safety of two doses of WJ-MSC in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to infection by COVID-19 Ongoing Banc de Sang I Teixits ARDS Intravenous Participants will receive 2 doses of WJ-MSCs N/A 1
NCT04447833 Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy for The Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS-MSC-205) Recruiting Uppsala University ARDS Intravenous 1st 3 participants will receive 1 × 106 and next 6 participants will receive 2 × 106 of allogenic BM-MSCs N/A 1
NCT04456361 Use of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by COVID-19 Active, not recruiting Instituto de Medicina Regenerativa ARDS, Human COVID-19 Intravenous Participants will receive 1 × 108 dose of Wharton jelly MSCs N/A 1
NCT03807804 Efficacy and Safety Study of HLCM051 (MultiStem® for Pneumonic Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ONE-BRIDGE) Recruiting Healios K.K. Respiratory Distress Syndrome Intravenous One dose of HCLM0S1 consisting of 9.0 × 108 of cells N/A 2
NCT04371393 MSCs in COVID-19 ARDS Recruiting Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ARDS, COVID-19 Intravenous One dose of 2 × 106 MSCs cells/kg body weight N/A 3
NCT02095444 Using Human Menstrual Blood Cells to Treat Acute Lung Injury Caused by H7N9 Bird Flu Virus Infection Unknown S-Evans Biosciences Co., Ltd. ALI/ARDS and multiple organ failure Intravenous Participants will receive 1 dose of 1 × 107 menstrual blood stem cells/kg body weight twice a week for 2 weeks N/A 1 and 2
NCT04345601 Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Induced Acute Respiratory Failure (COVID-19 Disease) Not recruiting yet Baylor College of Medicine ARDS/ COVID-19 Intravenous Participants will receive 1 × 108 MSCs. N/A Early phase 1
NCT04452097 Use of hUC-MSC Product (BX-U001) for the Treatment of COVID-19 With ARDS Not recruiting yet Baylx Inc. ARDS/COVID-19 Intravenous Participants will receive 1 dose of 0.5 × 106, 1.0 × 106 or 1.5 × 106 cells/kg of body weight N/A 1
NCT04400032 Cellular Immuno-therapy for COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome—Vanguard (CIRCA-19) Not recruiting yet Ottawa Hospital Research institute COVID-19, ARDS Intravenous 75 × 106, 150 × 106 and 270 × 106 BM-MSCs given to 2 sets of groups N/A 1
NCT04331613 Safety and Efficacy of CAStem for Severe COVID-19 Associated With/Without ARDS Recruiting Chinese Academy of Sciences COVID-19, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Pneumonia and Acute Lung Injury Intravenous 3 cohorts with 3 patients will receive 3 × 106, 5 × 106 and 10 × 106 N/A 1 and 2
NCT04390152 Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Wharton’s jelly derived Mesenchymal stem cells in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19 Not recruiting yet BioXcelleraltor COVID-19, ARDS Intravenous Participants will receive 2 doses of 50 × 106 WJ MSC and hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir or azithromycin and ventilation support N/A 1 and 2
NCT04345601 Mesenchymal Stromal cells for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Induced Acute Respiratory Failure (COVID-19 Disease) Not recruiting yet Baylor College of Medicine COVID-19, ARDS Intravenous Participants will be given 1 × 108 MSCs N/A 1
NCT04390139 Efficacy and safety of Evaluation of Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of patients with Respiratory Distress Due to COVID-19 (COVIDMES Recruiting Banc de Sang i Teixits COVID-19, ARDS Intravenous Participants will receive 1 × 106 cells/kg body weight W-J MSCs on day 1 and day 3 N/A 1 and 2
NCT04399889 Human Cord Tissue- MSCs for COVID-19 Not recruiting yet Joanne Kurtzberg, MD COVID-19, ARDS Intravenous Participants will receive hCT-MSCs N/A 1 and 2
NCT04355728 Use of UC-MSCs for COVID-19 Patients Recruiting Camillo Ricordi, University of Miami COVID-19. ARDS, Acute Lung Injury Intravenous Participants will receive 1 × 108 UC-MSCs and standard treatment N/A 1 and 2
NCT04377334 Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) in inflammation-resolution programs of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Not recruiting yet University Hospital Tuebingen COVID-19, ARDS Intravenous Participants will receive allogenic bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stem cells N/A 2
NCT04348461 Battle Against COVID-19 Using Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Not recruiting yet Instituto de Investigacóin Sanitaria de la Fundación Jieménez Díaz COVID-19, Respiratory Distress Syndrome Intravenous Participants to receive 2 doses of 1.5 × 106 ad-MSCs cells/kg body weight N/A 2
NCT04367077 MultiStem Administration for COVID-19 Induced ARDS (MACoVIA) (MACoVIA) Recruiting Athersys COVID-19, ARDS Intravenous Participants to receive doses of MultiStem N/A 2 and 3

N/A = Not yet available.