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. 2021 Mar 1;12:155. doi: 10.1186/s13287-021-02216-w

Table 2.

Clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment using human placenta MSCs

Clinical trial ID Title Cell type Status Phase Outcome measures Locations
NCT04390139 Efficacy and safety evaluation of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of patients with respiratory distress due to COVID-19 WJ-MSCs Recruiting 1; 2

-All-cause mortality at day 28.

-Safety of WJ-MSC.

-Need for treatment with rescue medication.

-Ventilator free days.

-Duration of hospitalization.

-Evolution of markers of immune response.

-And 9 more.

Spain
NCT04456361 Use of mesenchymal stem cells in acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by COVID-19 WJ-MSCs Active, not recruiting 1

-Oxygen saturation.

-Oxygen pressure in inspiration.

-Ground-glass opacity.

-Pneumonia infiltration.

-And 4 more.

Mexico
NCT04313322 Treatment of COVID-19 patients using Wharton’s jelly-mesenchymal stem cells WJ-MSCs Recruiting 1

-Clinical outcome.

-CT Scan.

-RT-PCR results.

Jordan
NCT04461925 Treatment of coronavirus COVID-19 pneumonia pathogen SARS-CoV-2) with cryopreserved allogeneic P-MMSCs and UC-MMSCs P-MMSCs Recruiting 1; 2

-Changes in length of hospital stay.

-Changes in mortality rate.

-Evaluation of pneumonia improvement.

-Peripheral blood count recovery time.

-And 3 more.

Ukraine
NCT04565665 Cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of COVID-19 related acute respiratory distress syndrome CB-MSCs Recruiting 1

-Incidence of composite serious adverse events.

-Overall survival rate.

-Determine the treatment effect on clinical parameters, oxygenation and respiratory parameters.

-And 10 more.

USA
NCT04494386 Umbilical cord lining stem cells (ULSC) in patients with COVID-19 ARDS ULSCs Recruiting 1; 2

-Incidence of dose limiting toxicity.

-Changes in levels of blood glucose (mg/dL) from baseline.

-Changes in levels of sodium and potassium (mEq/L) from baseline.

-And 9 more.

USA
NCT04573270 Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of COVID-19 UC-MSCs Completed 1

-Survival rates.

-Contraction rates

USA
NCT04288102 Treatment with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells for severe corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) UC-MSCs Completed 2

-Change in lesion, ground-glass, or consolidation lesion proportion of full lung volume from baseline to day 10, 28, and 90.

-Time to clinical improvement.

-And 5 more.

China
NCT04355728 Use of UC-MSCs for COVID-19 patients UC-MSCs Completed 1; 2

-Incidence of pre-specified infusion associated adverse events.

-Incidence of severe adverse events.

-Survival rate after 90 days post first infusion. -Ventilator-free days.

-Change in oxygenation index.

-And 11 more.

USA
NCT04252118 Mesenchymal stem cell treatment for pneumonia patients infected with COVID-19 UC-MSCs Recruiting 1

-Size of lesion area by

Chest radiograph or CT.

-Time of nucleic acid turning negative.

-CD4+ and CD8+ T cell count.

-And 6 more

China
NCT04416139 Mesenchymal stem cell for acute respiratory distress syndrome due for COVID-19 UC-MSCs Recruiting 2

-Changes in body temperature.

-General biochemical changes in Leukocytes.

-Functional respiratory change: PaO2/FiO2 ratio.

-And 23 more.

Mexico
NCT04437823 Efficacy of intravenous infusions of stem cells in the treatment of COVID-19 patients UC-MSCs Recruiting 2

-Safety and efficacy assessment of infusion associated adverse events.

-Chest radiograph or CT scan.

-COVID-19 QRT-PCR.

-And 3 more.

Pakistan
NCT04333368 Cell therapy using umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in SARS-CoV-2-related ARDS UC-MSCs Recruiting 1; 2

-Lung injury score.

-Oxygenation index.

-In-hospital mortality.

-Mortality.

-Ventilator-free days.

-Cumulative use and duration of sedatives.

-And 9 more.

France
NCT04366063 Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for SARS-CoV-2- related acute respiratory distress syndrome UC-MSCs Recruiting 2; 3

-Adverse events assessment.

-Blood oxygen saturation.

-Clinical symptoms.

-Respiratory efficacy.

-Biomarker concentrations.

-Intensive care unit-free days.

Republic of Islamic
NCT04339660 Clinical research of human mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of COVID-19 Pneumonia UC-MSCs Recruiting 1; 2

-The immune function.

-Blood oxygen saturation.

-Duration of respiratory symptoms.

-COVID-19 nucleic acid negative time.

-And 4 more.

China
NCT03042143 Repair of acute respiratory distress syndrome by stromal cell administration (REALIST) (COVID-19) UC-MSCs Recruiting 1; 2

-Respiratory compliance.

-Oxygenation index.

-Driving pressure.

-Extubation and reintubation.

-Ventilation free days at day 28.

-And 6 more.

UK
NCT04399889 hCT-MSCs for COVID19 ARDS UC-MSCs Recruiting 1; 2

-Survival after 28 days after the first dose of MSCs.

-The number of ventilator free days.

-And 8 more.

USA
NCT04269525 Umbilical cord (UC)-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) Treatment for the 2019-novel coronavirus (nCOV) pneumonia UC-MSCs Recruiting 2

-Oxygenation index.

-28 days mortality.

-Hospital stays. 2019-nCoV antibody test.

-2019-nCoV nucleic acid test.

-Improvement of lung imaging examinations.

-And 13 more.

China
NCT04366271 Clinical trial of allogeneic mesenchymal cells from umbilical cord tissue in patients with COVID-19 (MESCEL-COVID19) UC-MSCs Recruiting 2

-Mortality from any cause at 28 days.

-Patients alive and without mechanical ventilation on day 14.

-Patients cured at 15 days.

-And 8 more.

Spain
NCT04371601 Safety and effectiveness of mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of pneumonia of coronavirus disease 2019 UC-MSCs Active, not recruiting 1

-Changes of oxygenation index.

-Detection of TNF-α, IL-10 levels.

-Immune cell detection.

-And 2 more.

China
ChiCTR2000031430 Clinical study of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) induced pulmonary fibrosis UC-MSCs Recruiting 2

-Coagulation.

-High resolution CT for chest.

-Blood gas analysis.

-Blood routine.

-Cytokine analysis.

-And 16 more.

China

MSCs mesenchymal stromal cells, WJ-MSCs Wharton’s Jelly mesenchymal stem cells, P-MMSCs placenta-derived multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells, CB-MSCs cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells, ULSCs umbilical cord lining stem cells, UC-MSCs umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells