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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Heart Fail. 2021 Apr 13;23(4):661–674. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2178

Table 3.

Primary endpoints by domain at baseline and follow-up

MSCs + CPCs MSCs CPCS Placebo
LVEF (%)
 Baseline [33] 29.21 (6.69) [26] 29.26 (5.91 ) [28] 26.31 (4.89) [27] 29.66 (6.18)
 6 months [28] 29.29 (5.79) [24] 29.43 (7.00) [25] 27.21 (6.01) [26] 29.18 (4.72)
 12 months [29] 29.91 (6.74) [20] 31.12 (7.06) [23] 26.96 (5.12) [21] 29.35 (5.88)
Global circumferential strain (%)
 Baseline [26] −8.71 (2.50) [17] −8.63 (3.23) [22] −8.30 (2.88) [16] −9.03 (3.73)
 6 months [26] −9.06 (3.34) [17] −8.15 (2.57) [22] −7.74 (2.96) [16] −9.13 (2.29)
 12 months [26] −8.47 (2.78) [17] −9.14 (3.12) [22] −7.85 (2.54) [16] −8.08 (3.46)
Longitudinal strain (%)
 Baseline [26] −10.18 (2.85) [18] −10.00 (2.42) [22] −9.47 (2.51) [17] −9.58 (2.93)
 6 months [26] −10.68 (3.16) [18] −10.51 (2.82) [22] −10.22 (2.69) [17] −10.49 (2.97)
 12 months [26] −10.13 (2.78) [18] −10.77 (3.27) [22] −9.92 (2.68) [17] −10.32 (3.16)
LVEDVI (mL/m2)
 Baseline [33] 129.16 (32.44) [26] 127.72 (34.36) [28] 133.97 (27.75) [27] 124.97 (29.83)
 6 months [28] 127.11 (30.36) [24] 128.92 (33.69) [25] 132.19 (22.20) [26] 129.74 (29.76)
 12 months [29] 128.34 (33.74) [20] 122.28 (34.15) [23] 136.38 (26.22) [21] 131.70 (28.26)
LVESVI (mL/m2)
 Baseline [33] 92.61 (29.71) [26] 91.73 (30.89) [28] 99.29 (24.30) [27] 89.03 (27.25)
 6 months [28] 90.72 (26.45) [24] 92.59 (31.04) [25] 96.67 (20.35) [26] 92.59 (25.57)
 12 months [29] 90.95 (29.45) [20] 85.52 (30.57) [23] 100.30 (24.39) [21] 93.48 (23.74)
Sphericity (mL)
 Baseline [33] 0.56 (0.10) [26] 0.56 (0.09) [28] 0.57 (0.10) [27] 0.55 (0.18)
 6 months [26] 0.58 (0.10) [24] 0.55 (0.08) [25] 0.58 (0.09) [26] 0.57 (0.14)
 12 months [28] 0.58 (0.12) [20] 0.54 (0.09) [23] 0.59 (0.10) [21] 0.55 (0.09)
Scar size (%)
 Baseline [28] 18.05 (7.01) [23] 19.91 (5.86) [27] 19.42 (4.73) [27] 20.31 (5.50)
 6 months [23] 8.72 (6.62) [21] 19.36 (6.55) [23] 17.83 (4.94) [22] 20.94 (5.01)
 12 months [23] 18.34 (6.27) [17] 19.59 (5.79) [20] 1.03 (6.17) [18] 20.87 (5.42)
Scar tissue mass (g)
 Baseline [28] 30.54 (11.47) [23] 30.42 (11.87) [27] 32.81 (9.56) [27] 33.20 (11.02)
 6 months [23] 31.78 (13.02) [21] 29.60 (11.90) [23] 30.04 (9.42) [22] 34.64 (10.34)
 12 months [23] 32.09 (12.58) [17] 29.69 (10.84) [20] 32.29 (12.54) [18] 33.61 (9.91)
Peak VO2 (mL/kg/min)
 Baseline [33] 16.37 (5.05) [29] 17.39 (5.18) [31] 15.62 (4.32) [32] 15.60 (4.68)
 6 months [28] 15.74 (4.56) [23] 16.84 (4.33) [25] 16.57 (5.76) [26] 16.55 (4.89)
 12 months [27] 15.78 (5.13) [21] 18.02 (4.47) [22] 16.28 (6.08) [21] 16.54 (4.79)
6-min walk test (m)
 Baseline [33] 366.11 (79.07) [29] 369.34 (88.64) [31] 378.81 (87.61) [32] 367.50 (85.60)
 6 months [29] 390.31 (90.46) [24] 390.75 (102.81) [25] 379.88 (93.55) [27] 376.78 (94.32)
 12 months [28] 397.07 (87.66) [20] 400.38 (98.55) [23] 391.65 (102.56) [21] 384.88 (101.69)
MLHFQ
 Baseline [33] 43.72 (24.18) [29] 46.59 (24.10) [31] 29.47 (22.67) [32] 39.00 (25.06)
 6 months [30] 25.54 (19.09) [24] 29.93 (18.37) [25] 21.69 (18.47) [28] 34.25 (23.23)
 12 months [29] 25.35 (15.77) [22] 30.02 (19.67) [25] 25.68 (19.02) [25] 36.55 (21.13)
NT-proBNP (pg/mL)
 Baseline [32] 1386.49 (4534.52) [28] 665.65 (869.71 ) [31] 801.78 (808.39) [32] 856.72 (1364.72)
 6 months [30] 720.71 (851.24) [24] 568.20 (592.43) [25] 1084.04 (1070.04) [27] 1388.43 (2356.32)
 12 months [29] 699.94 (755.80) [21] 580.81 (756.89) [23] 915.15 (757.94) [23] 1072.32 (2161.64)

Values are presented as [n] mean (standard deviation).

CPC, c-kit positive cardiac cell; LVEDVI, left ventricular end-diastolic volume index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVESVI, left ventricular end-systolic volume index; MLHFQ, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; MSC, mesenchymal stromal cell; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; VO2, oxygen consumption.