Validation of a Process for the Manufacture of Stem Cells Isolated From the Nasal Cavity for Innovative Cell Therapy of Traumatized Peripheral Nerves

NCT ID: NCT04020367

Last Updated: 2019-07-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 25 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-12-10
• Study Completion Date: 2021-08-10

Brief Summary

Despite progress in the time taken to take charge and in the quality of the surgical technique, the repair of damaged peripheral nerves has not improved in the last twenty years. Faced with these limitations of surgical treatment, multidisciplinary teams from Marseille and Rouen have come together to propose an innovative approach to cell therapy that can limit inflammation and improve axonal growth.

Cell transplantation now appears as an alternative to treat nerve damage. Scientific advances have shown in animal models as well as in humans that mesenchymal stem cells are good cellular candidates for supporting nerve regeneration after transplantation. On the other hand, their collection requires an invasive sample most often of bone marrow. A new stem cell candidate capable of stimulating nerve regeneration has recently been identified in the olfactory mucosa located in the nasal cavity. These cells are part of the "ecto-mesenchymal" stem cell family. They have biological characteristics very similar to those of mesenchymal stem cells of the bone marrow.

They exhibit high mitogenic activity and have a high potential for differentiation towards neural lineages. Given their properties and ease of access within the nasal cavity, ecto-mesenchymal stem cells offer new perspectives for cell therapy targeting nerve damage.

In this context, nasal ecto-mesenchymal stem cells represent an interesting reconstruction alternative, particularly in the indication of peripheral nerve lesions. They are directly and easily accessible to any individual. We therefore propose in this study to validate a method of manufacturing isolated stem cells from a biopsy of a few cubic millimeters of the nasal cavity of adults, taken during a surgical procedure, with a view to proposing shortly an innovative cell therapy. From each nasal biopsy taken, the cells will be amplified in vitro under pharmaceutical grade conditions and then controlled, validated and characterized in particular for their ability to differentiate into neural cells and for their lack of genetic instability. The cells will also be cryo-preserved and then thawed under pharmaceutical grade conditions in order to validate the maintenance of their quality after cryopreservation allowing to propose a delayed implantation according to the clinical context. This study requires the taking of 25 biopsies of nasal mucosa taken from adults to document the reproducibility of the manufacturing process and possible inter-donor variations. This validation data is an essential step before considering a clinical trial of Innovative Cell Therapy Drugs.

Conditions

Septoplasty; Turbinoplasty

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

patients with biopsy

Group Type: OTHER

biopsy of mucosa's olfactory

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

intervention under general or local anesthesia

Interventions

biopsy of mucosa's olfactory

intervention under general or local anesthesia

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Major adults men or women
• Affiliated to a social security scheme.
• Absence of contraindication to general and / or local anesthesia
• Relevant to an operative indication of functional surgery of the nose (septoplasty and / or turbinoplasty)

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with proven organic pathologies of the nervous system
• Pregnant and / or lactating women
• Persons deprived of their liberty
• Major under guardianship
• persons unable to read the information document.
• Patients with chronic inflammatory and / or infectious rhinosinusitis
• Patient under antithrombotic therapy
• Patient with hypersensitivity to local amide-bound anesthetics (such as lidocaine) or to any of the components, including methyl parahydroxybenzoate contained in the vehicle.
• Patient with porphyria.
• Patient with epilepsy not controlled by treatment.
• Patient with a history of surgery on the ethmoid and / or the average turbinate bilaterally.
• Patient with a history of cervico-cephalic radiotherapy

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Jean-Olivier ARNAUD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

AP-HM

Locations

Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie - Conception - AP-HM

Marseille, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Patrick DESSI

Role: CONTACT

patrick.dessi@ap-hm.fr

33(0)4 91 43 55 20

Facility Contacts

Patrick DESSI

Role: primary

patrick.dessi@ap-hm.fr

33(0)4 91 43 55 20

Other Identifiers

2018-40

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id