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. 2020 Sep 28;44(1):63–73. doi: 10.1016/j.bj.2020.09.003

Table 1.

Registered clinical trials using MSCs for COVID-19.

ID Sample size Intervention Comparison group Primary outcome
NCT04339660 30 1∗106/kg body weight UC-MSCs Placebo (saline)
  • Improvement and recovery time of inflammatory and immune factors

  • Blood oxygen saturation

NCT04252118 20 3 times 3∗107 MSCs Conventional treatment
  • Size of lesion area by CT

  • Side effects in MSCs treated group

NCT04361942 24 1∗106/kg body weight MSCs Placebo
  • Withdrawn of mechanical ventilation

  • Mortality rate

NCT04362189 110 4 times 1 ∗ 108ADSCs + HC + AZ Placebo (saline) + HC + AZ
  • Mortality rate

  • Change in need of mechanical ventilation

NCT04336254 20 3 times 3∗107 DPSCs Placebo
  • Time for clinical improvement

NCT04348435 100 5 times 0.5/1/2∗108 ADSCs Placebo
  • Incidence of hospitalization

  • Incidence of symptoms

NCT04313322 5 3 times 1∗106/kg body weight WJ-MSCs
  • Improvement in clinical symptoms

  • Chest radiographs

  • Virus shedding (RT-PCR results)

NCT04315987 66 3 times 2∗107 NestCell®
  • Change in clinical outcome

NCT04273646 48 4 times 0.5∗106/kg body weight UC-MSCs Placebo
  • Pneumonia severity index

  • Oxygenation index

NCT04346368 20 1∗106/kg body weight BMSCs Placebo
  • Oxygenation index

  • Side effects of BMSCs

NCT04288102 90 3 times 4∗107 MSCs Placebo
  • Size of lesion area

  • Severity of pulmonary fibrosis

NCT04349631 56 ADSCs
  • Incidence of hospitalization

  • Incidence of symptoms

NCT04352803 20 5∗105/kg body weight ADSCs Untreated
  • Incidence of adverse events in treated group

  • Mechanical ventilation needs

  • Length of hospital stay

  • Mortality rate

NCT04355728 24 2 times 1∗108 UC-MSCs Standard care therapy
  • Incidence of adverse events

NCT04366323 26 2 times 8∗107 ADSCs No intervention
  • Adverse event rate

  • Survival rate

NCT04345601 30 1∗108 BMSCs
  • Incidence of adverse events

  • Improvement in oxygen saturation

NCT04366063 60 2 times 1∗108 MSCs
2 times 1∗108 MSCs + 2 times EVs
Conventional therapy
  • Adverse events assessment

  • Blood oxygen saturation

NCT04302519 24 3 times 1∗106/kg body weight DPSCs
  • Disappearance of ground glass opacity in lungs

NCT04331613 9 3/5/10∗106hESCs derived M cells
  • Assessment of adverse events

  • Lung imaging examinations

NCT04366271 106 UC-MSCs Standard care
  • Mortality rate

NCT04367077 400 MultiStem ® (BMSCs) Placebo
  • Ventilator free days

  • Adverse events assessment

NCT04333368 60 3 times 1∗106/kg body weight UC-MSCs Placebo
  • Respiratory efficacy

NCT04348461 100 2 times 1.5∗106/kg body weight ADSCs Conventional treatment
  • Survival rate assessment

  • Adverse events assessment

NCT04341610 40 1∗108 ADSCs Placebo
  • Changes in clinical critical treatment index

NCT04299152 20 Mononuclear cells treated with UC-MSCs Conventional treatment
  • Number of patients who will be unable to complete SCE therapy

NCT04416139 10 1∗106 MSCs/kg body weight No intervention
  • Functional respiratory changes

  • Clinical cardiac and respiratory changes

  • Changes in body temperature

NCT04452097 9 0.5–1.5 ∗ 106/body weight UC-MSCs
  • Incidence of infusion related adverse events

  • Incidence of treatment related adverse events

NCT04437823 20 3 times 5 ∗ 105/body weight UC-MSCs Standard care
  • Safety of MSCs infusion

  • Chest CT scan

NCT04429763 30 1 ∗ 106/body weight UC-MSCs Placebo
  • Clinical deterioration or death

NCT04269525 10 4 times 3.3∗107 UC-MSCs
  • Oxygenation index

NCT04444271 20 2 times 2∗106/kg body weight BMSCs Placebo
  • Clinical improvement in terms of oxygen support

  • Time of negative COVID-19 PCR result

  • Radiological improvement

  • Days required to discharge from hospital

NCT04428801 200 3 times 2∗ 108 ADSCs Placebo
  • Safety of ADSCs infusion

  • COVID-19 incidence rates

NCT04276987 30 5 times 2∗108 ADSCs-EVs
  • Adverse events assessment

  • Clinical improvement