Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Infants

Official title

The Safety and Feasibility of UMC119-01 Cell Therapy in Infants at High Risk for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Overview

The clinical study with UMC119-01 is designed to investigate the safety in patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia ("BPD"). This will be a dose escalation, open-label, single-center study in infants at high risk for BPD.

Detailed description

UMC119-01 is ex vivo cultured human umbilical cord tissue-derived mensenchymal stem cells product which is intended for prevention of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Interventions

• Biological Human Umbilical Cord Derived-Mesenchymal Stem Cells
  Cohort 1 : 3 million cells/kg ; Cohort 2 : 10 million cells/kg ; Cohort 3 : 30 million cells/kg

Primary outcome measures

• The incidence and frequency of adverse events related to administration of UMC119-01. [Time frame: 3 months from the day of administration]

Secondary outcome measures (7)

• The percentage of subjects who died from any cause during the study. [Time frame: 3 months from the day of administration]
• Changes of the oxygen saturation. [Time frame: 3 months from the day of administration]
• Changes of chest x-ray findings in participants before and after administration. [Time frame: 3 months from the day of administration]
• Changes of inflammatory markers (pg/ml) before and after administration. [Time frame: 3 days and 7 days after administration]
• Comparison of the incidence and severity of preterm children's complications in participants before and after administration. [Time frame: 3 months from the day of administration]
• The number of days of intubation, or where ventilator or oxygen therapy. [Time frame: 3 months from the day of administration]
• Incidence of moderate/severe BPD or death at 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA). [Time frame: 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA)]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

Neonatal infants who fulfil all of the following criteria will be enrolled:

• Subjects of postnatal age between 3 to 30 days.
• Are male and female infants born at GA between 23 weeks to 29 weeks. The postmenstrual age of subject received UMC119-01 should be no more than PMA36 weeks.
• Subjects with birth weight between 501g to 1249 g.
• Have endotracheal tube in place as part of SoC for preterm infants with BPD at screening and on treatment visit (Day 0), and that they will have not been intubated for the purposes of this study.
• A subject who is intubated and receiving mechanical ventilation with a fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) of 0.25 or greater at Screening.
• A subject who has had either a deterioration or no change in the setting of mechanical ventilation within the 24 hours before trial enrollment.
• Written informed consent has been provided by the subject's parents, legal guardians, or a legal representative, who agree to comply with all of the study procedures, including those in the long-term safety surveillance period.

Exclusion criteria

Neonatal infants who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded:

• Have a major congenital abnormality, including neurological (including anencephaly and similar malformations), hepatic, renal, cardiovascular abnormality (except for patent ductus arteriosus, PDA).
• Have a known genetic syndrome.
• Have a condition that makes them ineligible for participation in this study, as determined by the investigator.
• Have C-reactive protein (CRP) >30 mg/L; or any infections including pneumonia, sepsis, or shock.
• Have pre-existing severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) (grade ≥3).
• Have active pulmonary hemorrhage or air leak syndrome.
• Have abnormal hepatic (AST, ALT >150 U/L or direct bilirubin >2 mg/dL or total bilirubin >15 mg/dL) or renal function (serum creatinine >1 mg/dL or oliguria).
• Are known to be infected with HIV or CMV.
• Are expected to have surgery within 24 hours prior to and/or after UMC119 01 instillation.
• Are expected to receive any other intratracheal treatments, including surfactant within 72 hours prior to and/or after UMC119 01 instillation.
• Are currently participating in any other interventional clinical trial.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation

N/A

Model

Single group

Masking

Open label

Primary purpose

Prevention

Study locations

Taiwan · 1 center

• National Chen-Kung University Hospital — Tainan

Identifiers

NCT: NCT03631420 · UMC119-01-001

Primary sources (government registries)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (US NIH)

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