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. 2015 Sep 30;2015(9):CD006536. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006536.pub4

EUCTR 2006‐001772‐20‐ES.

Trial name or title Effect of intracoronary injection of autologous stem cells on left ventricular ejection fraction and volumes one year after an acute myocardial infarction
Methods Type of study: parallel RCT
 Source of funding: Clinica Rotger
Country of origin: Spain
 Number of centres: not reported
Intended recruitment: 60
Participants Population: patients with AMI
 Age, mean (SD) each arm: not reported (8 to 75 years)
 Sex, % male in each arm: not reported
Number of diseased vessels: not reported
 Number of stunned hyperkinetic, etc segments: > 2 segments
 Time from symptom onset to initial treatment: not reported
 Statistically significant baseline imbalances between the groups? not reported
Interventions Intervention arm: BMSC
 Type of stem cells: bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMNC)
 Summary of how stem cells were isolated and type and route of delivery: bone marrow aspirate and gradient centrifugation. Following the method set up by Schachinger 2006.
 Dose of stem cells: not reported
 Timing of stem cell procedure: not reported
Comparator arm: placebo (saline)
Outcomes Primary outcomes: changes in LVEF, LVEDV, LVESV, perfusion, scar size
 Secondary outcomes: changes in LVEF at 6 months (by echocardiography and LV angiography), major adverse clinical cardiac events
 Outcome assessment points: baseline and 12 months
 Method(s): not reported
Starting date Not reported
Contact information Not reported
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