Safety and Preliminary Efficacy Study of Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (MPCs) in Subjects With Lumbar Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT01290367

Last Updated: 2020-06-26

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-08-31

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to compare two doses of immunoselected, culture-expanded, nucleated, allogeneic adult MPCs when combined with hyaluronic acid to two control intradiscal injections in subjects with chronic low back pain due to moderate Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) at one lumbar level from L1 to S1.

All investigational subjects in this study will undergo injection of either 6 million (M) or 18M cells in a hyaluronic acid carrier into the degenerated lumbar disc's nucleus pulposus. All control subjects will undergo an intradiscal control injection with either saline or hyaluronic acid only

Detailed Description

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This is a prospective, multicenter, double blinded, controlled clinical study comparing two doses of immunoselected, culture-expanded, nucleated, allogeneic adult MPCs when combined with hyaluronic acid to two control intradiscal injections in subjects with chronic low back pain (\> 6 months) due to moderate DDD at one lumbar level from L1 to S1 and unresponsive to conservative therapy for at least 3 months (including physical therapy).

After the screening and injection visits, each subject will be evaluated clinically and radiographically at 30 days, and again at 3, 6, 12, 24 and 36 months after injection.

Subjects will be evaluated at the same time points for safety.

Conditions

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Degenerative Disc Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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High Dose MPCs

Injection of High Dose MPCs with Hyaluronic Acid

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Single Dose MPCs Injection

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Injection of Low Dose MPCs with Hyaluronic Acid into the degenerated lumbar disc's nucleus pulposus.

Single Dose MPCs Injection

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Injection of HighDose MPCs with Hyaluronic Acid into the degenerated lumbar disc's nucleus pulposus.

Low Dose MPCs

Injection of Low Dose MPCs with Hyaluronic Acid

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Single Dose MPCs Injection

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Injection of Low Dose MPCs with Hyaluronic Acid into the degenerated lumbar disc's nucleus pulposus.

Single Dose MPCs Injection

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Injection of HighDose MPCs with Hyaluronic Acid into the degenerated lumbar disc's nucleus pulposus.

Saline injection

Injection of saline solution.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Single injection of saline solution

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Intradiscal control injection with saline solution

Hyaluronic acid injection

Injection of hyaluronic acid solution

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Single injection of hyaluronic acid

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Intradiscal control injection with hyaluronic acid

Interventions

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Single Dose MPCs Injection

Injection of Low Dose MPCs with Hyaluronic Acid into the degenerated lumbar disc's nucleus pulposus.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Single injection of saline solution

Intradiscal control injection with saline solution

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Single injection of hyaluronic acid

Intradiscal control injection with hyaluronic acid

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Single Dose MPCs Injection

Injection of HighDose MPCs with Hyaluronic Acid into the degenerated lumbar disc's nucleus pulposus.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

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Direct MPCs Lumbar Disc Injection. Stem Cells Saline injection Sham control Hyaluronic acid injection Vehicle control Stem Cells

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or females at least 18 years of age.
2. Have the ability to understand the requirements of the study, to provide written informed consent, and to comply with the study protocol.
3. Have the ability to understand and provide written authorization for the use and disclosure of personal health information (PHI) \[per Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy ruling in the US\].
4. Have chronic low back pain for at least 6 months.
5. Have documented symptomatic diagnosis of DDD of one level from L1-S1 as determined by a change in disc hydration on MRI compared to normal disc with or without an annular fissure or a contained disc herniation.
6. Have failed 3 months of non-operative low back pain management.
7. Disc height loss of \<30% compared to a normal adjacent disc based upon radiographic evaluation.
8. Pre-treatment baseline low back pain of at least 40 mm on a 100 mm visual analog scale.
9. Low back pain greater than leg pain.
10. Pre-treatment baseline Oswestry Disability Index Questionnaire score of at least 30 on the 100-point questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Female subjects who are pregnant or nursing, or women planning to become pregnant during the first year (12 months) following surgery.
2. Have a current or prior history within the last 3 years of neoplasm (excluding basal cell carcinoma) and/or any active neoplasm within the last 24 months, prior to screening.
3. Patients with compressive pathology due to stenosis or frankly herniated disc or sequestered discs are not candidates.
4. Intact disc bulge/protrusion or focal herniation at the symptomatic level (s) \> 3 mm or presence of disc extrusion or sequestration.
5. Lumbar spondylitis or other undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy.
6. Have undergone a previous surgery at the involved levels.
7. Any lumbar intradiscal injection procedure (e.g., injection of corticosteroids, methylene blue, dextrose, or glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate). Discography may be performed, but must be done at least 2 weeks or more prior to the MPC injection procedure.
8. Have an acute fracture of the spine at the time of enrollment in the study.
9. Have a history of epidural steroid injections within 1 week prior to study treatment.
10. Have a known history of hypersensitivity or anaphylactic reaction to murine or bovine products or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO).
11. Have a positive screen for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies.
12. Have a known history of hypersensitivity or anaphylactic reaction to Hyaluronan.
13. Have a current or prior history within the last 3 years of neoplasm (excluding basal cell carcinoma) and/or any active neoplasm within the last 24 months, prior to screening.
14. Have been a recipient of prior stem cell/progenitor cell therapy or other biological intervention to repair the target intervertebral disc.
15. Are transient or has been treated in the last 6 months before enrollment for alcohol and/or drug abuse in an inpatient substance abuse program.
16. Currently incarcerated (prisoners).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mesoblast, Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Roger Brown

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Mesoblast, Ltd.

Locations

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Arizona Pain Specialists

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Site Status

UC Davis Spine Center

Sacramento, California, United States

Site Status

The Spine Institute

Santa Monica, California, United States

Site Status

IPM Medical Group, Inc.

Walnut Creek, California, United States

Site Status

Denver Spine

Denver, Colorado, United States

Site Status

Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine, P.C.

Loveland, Colorado, United States

Site Status

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Central Texas Spine Institute

Austin, Texas, United States

Site Status

Richmond Bone and Joint Clinic, Memorial Hermann Medical Group

Richmond, Texas, United States

Site Status

Virginia Spine Research Institute, Inc.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Washington Center for Pain Management

Edmonds, Washington, United States

Site Status

The Center for Pain Relief, Inc.

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Site Status

Monash Medical Center

Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Site Status

Countries

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United States Australia

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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MSB-DR001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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