Human Umbilical Cord-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Decompensated Cirrhosis (MSC-DLC-2)

NCT ID: NCT05224960

Last Updated: 2024-10-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

140 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-06-27

Study Completion Date

2027-06-20

Brief Summary

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Decompensated cirrhosis has a high overall mortality rate. There is a large unmet need for safe and alternative therapeutic potions. This clinical trial is to inspect the efficiency and safety of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) therapy for decompensated cirrhosis.

Detailed Description

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Decompensated cirrhosis has a high overall mortality rate. Liver transplantation is still the most effective treatment for decompensated cirrhosis. However, the shortage of matched liver sources, high costs, and rejection after liver transplantation restrict the development of liver transplantation.

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are a kind of pluripotent stem cells belonging to mesoderm, which mainly exist in connective tissue and organ interstitium. At present, MSC can be isolated and prepared from bone marrow, fat, synovium, bone, muscle, lung, liver, pancreas and amniotic fluid and umbilical cord blood . Due to its wide range of sources and self-proliferation and differentiation ability, MSCs have therapeutic potential for many diseases, including acute and chronic liver diseases.

In recent years, our team has carried out a series of clinical trials using umbilical cord-derived MSCs to treat patients with end-stage liver disease, decompensated cirrhosis, primary biliary cholangitis, and status after liver transplantation and found that MSCs therapy can significantly improve patient liver function, reduce post-transplantation rejection, reduce complications, improve quality of life, and improve survival. Other investigators have also found in clinical trials with MSCs from different sources that treatment with MSCs can improve MELD scores or liver function levels to varying degrees. However, some studies have found no significant difference between the treatment group and the control group, and MSCs may differentiate into hepatic stellate cells and have the risk of promoting liver fibrosis, it is believed that MSCs do not favor the improvement of liver function in these studies. Therefore, the therapeutic effects of MSCs need to be further validated by larger multicenter randomized controlled clinical trials.

The investigators will do a prospective, double-blind, muliticenter, randomised trial to assess treatment with three intravenous doses of MSCs compared with placebo. 140 decompensated cirrhosis patients will be recruited in China. 70 patients will receive i.v. transfusion 3 times of MSCs and the standard of care as the treated group. In addition, the 70 patients will receive placebo and standard of care as control group.

Conditions

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Decompensated Cirrhosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Human Umbilical Cord-Mesenchymal Stem Cells (UC-MSCs)

UC-MSCs plus standard of care (SOC).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

UC-MSCs

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

3 doses of UC-MSCs intravenously at day 1, day 8, day 15.

Placebo

Placebo plus SOC.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo(solution without UC-MSCs)

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

3 doses of placebo intravenously at day 1, day 8, day 15.

Interventions

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UC-MSCs

3 doses of UC-MSCs intravenously at day 1, day 8, day 15.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Placebo(solution without UC-MSCs)

3 doses of placebo intravenously at day 1, day 8, day 15.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Willing to provide written informed consent;
2. Aged 18 to 75 years (including 18 and 75 years), male or female;
3. Patients diagnosed with decompensated liver cirrhosis based on clinical findings, laboratory tests, imaging findings and/or representative pathological findings (decompensated liver cirrhosis is defined as the occurrence of at least one serious complication, including esophageal and gastric varices bleeding, hepatic encephalopathy, ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and other serious complications);
4. The Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score 15 to 30 points.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Appearance of active variceal bleeding, overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE), refractory ascites or hepatorenal syndrome within 1 month prior to screening visit.
2. Uncontrolled severe infection within 2 weeks of screening.
3. Patients with hepatitis B virus-related decompensated liver cirrhosis may discontinue antiviral therapy during the study, or those who with antiviral therapy for HBV for less than 12 months, or hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA ≥ detection limit at the time of screening.
4. Patients with hepatitis C virus-related decompensated liver cirrhosis may discontinue antiviral therapy during the study, or those who with antiviral therapy for HCV for less than 12 months, or hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA ≥ detection limit at the time of screening (except HCV RNA\< detection limit without any antiviral treatment).
5. Patients under treatment with corticosteroids for autoimmune hepatitis for less than 6 months.
6. Trans-jugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) insertion within 6 months prior to study inclusion.
7. Active drinkers with alcohol-related decompensated cirrhosis are unwilling to stop alcohol abuse after inclusion.
8. Significant renal insufficiency (serum creatinine ≥ 1.2 times upper normal limit); Severe electrolyte abnormality (serum sodium level \< 125 mmol/L); Severe leukopenia (white blood cell count \< 1 × 10E9/L).
9. Patients with biliary obstruction, or portal vein spongiosis.
10. Patients with surgical history such as splenic cut-off flow.
11. Patients with malignant tumors within 5 years, except those with basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and/or carcinoma in situ who had received curative treatment and curative resection.
12. Patients with a prior history of major organ transplantation or complicated with significant disease of heart, lung, kidney, blood, endocrine and other systems.
13. Drug abuse, drug dependence and patients who receive methadone treatment or with psychosis.
14. Against the human immunodeficiency virus antibody (Anti - HIV) or syphilis antibody test results were positive.
15. Pregnancy, lactation or with recent fertility plan during the test and 6 months after the test.
16. Highly allergic, or have a history of severe allergies, known severe allergies to the investigational drug or any of the excipients.
17. History of pulmonary embolism.
18. Patients who had previously received stem cell therapy or were intolerant to cell therapy.
19. The proposed line of liver transplants within three months.
20. Participants in other clinical trials within the last 3 months.
21. Any other clinical condition which the investigator considers would make the patient unsuitable for the trial.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chinese PLA General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

LanZhou University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Jin Yin-tan Hospital

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hainan Hospital of Chinese PLA General Hospital

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vcanbio Cell and Gene Engineering Corp., Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Xinjiang Kashi Area Number 1 Hospital

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Beijing 302 Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fu-Sheng Wang

Head of Treatment and Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Principle Investigator, Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fu-Sheng Wang, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Beijing 302 Hospital

Locations

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The First Hospital of Lanzhou University

Lanzhou, Gansu, China

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Hainan hospital of Chinese PLA General Hospital

Sanya, Hainan, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Jin Yin-tan Hospital

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Xinjiang Kashi Area Number 1 Hospital

Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Beijing 302 Hospital

Beijing, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Lei Shi, MD,PhD

Role: CONTACT

86-10-66949623

Fu-Sheng Wang, MD,PhD

Role: CONTACT

86-10-66933332

Facility Contacts

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Xun Li

Role: primary

Qi Zhang

Role: primary

Ya-Li Zhao

Role: primary

Chaolin Huang

Role: primary

Wei-Fen Xie, MD, PhD

Role: primary

Fei Xiao

Role: primary

Lei Shi, MD, PhD

Role: primary

86-10-66949623

Other Identifiers

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MSC-DLC-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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