CardiAMP™ Cell Therapy for Heart Failure Trial

NCT ID: NCT02438306

Last Updated: 2025-09-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

125 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-31

Study Completion Date

2025-06-30

Brief Summary

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This is a prospective, multi-center, randomized, controlled, patient- and evaluator-blinded study comparing treatment with the CardiAMP cell therapy to a sham control treatment. A roll-in phase with a maximum of 10 subjects may occur.

Detailed Description

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Heart failure is a clinical condition in which the output of blood from the heart is insufficient to meet the metabolic demands of the body. In 2015, the American Heart Association, or AHA, report on heart disease statistics estimated that there are 5.7 million Americans over the age of 20 that have heart failure. Heart failure is increasingly prevalent due to the aging population and the increase in major cardiovascular risk factors, including obesity and diabetes.

The AHA also estimates that one in five adults will develop heart failure after the age of 40. During heart failure progression, the heart steadily loses its ability to respond to increased metabolic demand, and mild exercise soon exceeds the heart's ability to maintain adequate output. Towards the end stage of the disease, the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs at rest. At this stage, fluids accumulate in the extremities or in the lungs making the patient bedridden and unable to perform the activities of daily living. The long-term prognosis associated with heart failure is approximately 50% mortality at five years following the initial diagnosis.

CardiAMP cell therapy is a comprehensive therapeutic treatment that comprises (i) a point of care cell processing platform and (ii) a biotherapeutic delivery system. CardiAMP cell therapy is the first comprehensive therapeutic treatment utilizing a patient's own cells for the treatment of ischemic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. In the screening process, the physician extracts a small sample of the patient's bone marrow in an outpatient procedure performed under local anesthesia. The clinic sends the sample to a central diagnostic lab, which tests the sample. For the study treatment, a clinician collects and then prepares the patient's own bone marrow mononuclear cells, or autologous cells, using the CardiAMP point of care cell processing platform, which a cardiologist then delivers into the heart using the Helix biotherapeutic delivery system.

BioCardia intends to submit data obtained from this clinical trial in a Pre-Market Approval Application to the United States Food and Drug Administration

Conditions

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Heart Failure, Systolic

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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CardiAMP cell therapy

Placement of an introducer guidewire, performance of a left ventriculogram, and treatment with autologous cell therapy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Autologous cell therapy

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Autologous cell therapy delivered into the heart muscle using the CardiAMP Cell Therapy System. The CardiAMP Cell Therapy System consists of the CardiAMP Cell Separator, a cardiac delivery catheter, and flexible tip guide catheter.

Sham Comparator

Placement of an introducer guidewire and performance of a left ventriculogram with no autologous cell therapy treatment.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham

Intervention Type OTHER

An introducer guidewire is placed into the heart and left ventriculography is performed just like it is in the Experimental Arm but no autologous cell therapy is delivered.

Interventions

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Autologous cell therapy

Autologous cell therapy delivered into the heart muscle using the CardiAMP Cell Therapy System. The CardiAMP Cell Therapy System consists of the CardiAMP Cell Separator, a cardiac delivery catheter, and flexible tip guide catheter.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Sham

An introducer guidewire is placed into the heart and left ventriculography is performed just like it is in the Experimental Arm but no autologous cell therapy is delivered.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II or III
* A diagnosis of chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction secondary to myocardial infarction (MI) as defined by selected criteria.
* On stable evidence-based medical and device therapy for ischemic etiology heart failure, per the ACC/AHA Heart Failure guidelines, for at least three (3) months prior to randomization.
* Left ventricular ejection fraction between 20% and 40%.
* Qualification of a pre-procedure screening of the patient's bone-marrow characteristics

Exclusion Criteria

• Other cardiac or vascular system or other health-related criteria which may be seen in a patient's history and physical examination.
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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BioCardia, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carl Pepine, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Florida

Amish Raval, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Duncan Stewart, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation

Locations

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Mayo Clinic

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Site Status

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Stanford Medical Center, Stanford Health Care

Palo Alto, California, United States

Site Status

California Pacific Medical Center

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

University of Colorado, Denver

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Site Status

Morton Plant Mease Health Care

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Site Status

University of Florida - College of Medicine/ div of Cardiovascular Medicine

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Site Status

Iowa Heart

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Site Status

John Hopkins University School of Medicine - Dept of Cardiology

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Suburban Hospital

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Michigan Cardiovascular Institute

Saginaw, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Michigan Heart - St.Joseph Mercy Health System (Trinity Health)

Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Atlantic Health System

Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

New York University School of Medicine

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Oklahoma Heart

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Site Status

Stern Cardiovascular Foundation

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status

St. Paul's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status

London Health Sciences Center

London, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Ottawa Heart Institute

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Unity Health Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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United States Canada

References

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Raval AN, Johnston PV, Duckers HJ, Cook TD, Traverse JH, Altman PA, Dhingra R, Hematti P, Borrello I, Anderson RD, Pepine CJ. Point of care, bone marrow mononuclear cell therapy in ischemic heart failure patients personalized for cell potency: 12-month feasibility results from CardiAMP heart failure roll-in cohort. Int J Cardiol. 2021 Mar 1;326:131-138. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.10.043. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33091520 (View on PubMed)

Raval AN, Cook TD, Duckers HJ, Johnston PV, Traverse JH, Abraham WT, Altman PA, Pepine CJ. The CardiAMP Heart Failure trial: A randomized controlled pivotal trial of high-dose autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells using the CardiAMP cell therapy system in patients with post-myocardial infarction heart failure: Trial rationale and study design. Am Heart J. 2018 Jul;201:141-148. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.03.016. Epub 2018 Apr 3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29803986 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.biocardia.com

Website for the study sponsor

Other Identifiers

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BC-14-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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