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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01162915
Date of registration: 13/07/2010
Primary sponsor: TCA Cellular Therapy
Public title: Transfer of Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
Scientific title: Phase I, Single Center, Trial to Asses Safety and Tolerability of the Intrathecal Infusion of Ex-vivo Expanded Bone-marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
Date of first enrolment: July 2010
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01162915
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Gabriel P Lasala, MD
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Affiliation:  TCA Cellular Therapy, LLC
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 to 65

- American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale A

- Clinical evidence of lesions located below c-spine 5 (C-5)

- Confirmation by MRI of injury level

- Time between injury and enrollment greater than 2 weeks

- Ability to provide informed consent

- Platelet count greater than 100 Thousand/uL at screening

- INR equal to or less than 1.5

- Hematocrit less than 30% prior to bone marrow aspiration

- Spinal cord injury within 60 months of screening

Exclusion Criteria:

- Anoxic brain injury

- Inability to provide consent

- Sepsis

- Neurological deficits attributed to lesions above C-5

- Cerebro-vascular accidents with intracranial hemorrhage, acute brain injuries,
meningitis, hydrocephalus or other potential diseases where the pressure in the
cerebro spinal fluid is increased

- Multiple sclerosis

- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

- Cerebral Palsy

- Evidence of cancer over the last 3 years prior to enrollment

- Immunosuppressive diseases

- Platelet count lower than 100,000

- White blood count greater than 15,000 unless the patient is on steroids

- Bleeding disorders

- Clinical or laboratory evidence of meningitis

- Skin infection at the infusion site

- Pregnant or planning to become pregnant



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Spinal Cord Injury
Intervention(s)
Biological: autologous mesenchymal stem cells
Primary Outcome(s)
Safety [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2009-SCI-I
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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