Autologous Adipose-derived Stem Cells (AdMSCs) for COVID-19

NCT ID: NCT04428801

Last Updated: 2023-04-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2026-09-30

Brief Summary

This is a phase 2 multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-control clinical trial with 200 subjects who have never been infected by COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2 virus screen test negative, no blood SARS-Cov-2 IgM and IgG antibodies detected during enrollment) followed by a pilot study of 5 subjects to demonstrate the safety of proposed three-dose regimen of autologous AdMSCs infusions. The 100 study subjects who have previously banked their AdMSCs with Celltex, will receive three doses of autologous AdMSCs (approximately 200 million cells) intravenous infusion every three days. The 100 subjects in the control group who have previously banked their AdMSCs with Celltex will not receive any Celltex's AdMSC therapy but placebo treatments. All subjects are monitored for safety (adverse events/severe adverse events), COVID-19 symptoms, SARS-Cov-2 virus test, blood SARS-Cov-2 IgM and IgG antibodies tests, blood cytokine and inflammatory (CRP, IL_6, IL-10, TNFα) tests and disease severity evaluation for 6 months after the last dose of AdMSC infusion for the study group and 6 months after the enrollment for the control group.

Conditions

COVID-19

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Phase 2 AdMSC group

Each subject receives three doses of 200 million autologous adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells via intravenously infusion every three days

Other Names: Celltex-AdMSCs Celltex-AdMSCs

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

autologous adipose-derived stem cells

Intervention Type: BIOLOGICAL

Culture expanded mesenchymal stem cells isolated from a patient's own abdominal fat tissue

Phase 2 Placebo group

The control group- receive three doses of placebo via intravenously infusion every three days.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

autologous adipose-derived stem cells

Intervention Type: BIOLOGICAL

Culture expanded mesenchymal stem cells isolated from a patient's own abdominal fat tissue

Interventions

autologous adipose-derived stem cells

Culture expanded mesenchymal stem cells isolated from a patient's own abdominal fat tissue

Intervention Type: BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

Celltex-AdMSCs

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age above 18 years.
• Male or female
• Subjects should have banked AdMSCs in Celltex (already passed communicable disease screen tests for HIV, syphilis, Hepatitis B and C during banking stage)
• Must understand and voluntarily sign an Informed Consent for study participation obtained prior to undergoing any study-specific procedures
• Highly susceptible to SARS-Cov-2 infections, such as obesity (BMI ≥ 40), early to middle stage of hypertension (systolic pressure ranging above 140 Hg or a diastolic pressure ranging from 90 mm Hg), diabetic mellitus hemoglobin A1c >8%), chronic heart disease (one or more conditions including previously diagnosed as coronary artery disease, chronic heart arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy…) chronic pulmonary disease (COPD, fibrosis), chronic liver disease (Hepatic impairment, defined as any of ALT, AST, LDH or bilirubin > 2 x the upper limit of normal (ULN) range according to local laboratory standards) and kidney diseases (serum creatinine > 133 mmol/L (1.5 mg/dL). No terminal stages of the above medical conditions.
• No previous COVID-19 history
• SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR or equivalent tests negative in respiratory tract specimen
• Blood test for SARS-Cov-2 IgM and IgG negative

Exclusion Criteria

• Participation in another clinical study (with use of another Investigational Medical Product) within 3 months prior to study treatment start
• Unwillingness or inability to comply with study procedures
• Blood test for SARS-Cov-2 antibodies IgM and IgG positive
• Patients with serious basic diseases that affect survival, including blood diseases, cachexia, active bleeding, severe malnutrition, etc.
• Clinically active malignant disease
• Previous thrombotic disorder
• History of known pulmonary embolism or known secondary anti-phospholipid syndrome
• Known or suspected hypersensitivity to any components used to culture the AdMSCs, e.g. BSA and sulfur-containing products (e.g., DMSO)
• Major trauma or surgery within 14 days of study treatment start
• Mental condition rendering the subject (or the subject's legally acceptable representative[s]) unable to understand the nature, scope and possible consequences of the study
• Alcohol, drug, or medication abuse within one year prior to study treatment start
• Any condition in the Investigator's opinion that is likely to interfere with evaluation of the AdMSC therapy or satisfactory conduct of the study
• Irreversible severe end-organ failures, such as heart failure/attack, stroke, liver and renal failure due to other disease conditions
• Patients or family history with hypercoagulable states, such as protein C/protein S deficiency, factor V Leiden, prothrombin gene mutation, dysfibrinogenemia, etc.
• History of long-term use of immunosuppressive agents
• Organ transplant in the past 6 months
• Pregnant, breastfeeding, or desire to become pregnant or unwilling to practice birth control during participation in the study duration, unless surgically sterilized or postmenopausal during the study
• Patients with severe pulmonary obstructive pneumonia, severe pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, alveolar proteinosis, allergic alveolitis, and other known viral pneumonia or bacterial pneumonia. This includes patients with pulmonary imaging that reveals interstitial lung damage before contracting COVID-19.
• QT interval shows greater than 450 ms in males and 470 ms in females in the medical histories or during screen EKG test.

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

Sponsors

Celltex Therapeutics Corporation

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Derek W Guillory, MD.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Root Causes Medicine

Central Contacts

Jane Young

Role: CONTACT

jyoung@celltexbank.com

7135901000

Other Identifiers

CTX0020-003

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id