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Treating Heart Failure With hPSC-CMs

Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
Heart Failure
Interventions
Biological: hPSC-CM Therapy
Registration Number
NCT03763136
Lead Sponsor
Help Therapeutics
Brief Summary

Heart failure has a high morbidity and mortality because the heart is one of the least regenerative organs in the human body. Drug treatments for heart failure manage symptoms but do not restore lost myocytes. Cellular replacement therapy is a potential approach to repair damaged myocardial tissue, restore cardiac function, which has become a new strategy for the treatment of heart failure. The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, feasibility and efficacy of intramyocardial delivery of cardiomyocytes at the time of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with chronic heart failure.

Detailed Description

Patients with heart failure will be treated with allogenic human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes ( hPSC-CM ) from healthy donors. The cells will be injected directly into the myocardium at time of coronary artery bypass grafting. Patients will be assessed at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after cell transplantation for safety, feasibility and efficacy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
hPSC-CM TherapyhPSC-CM TherapyProcedure: Injection of allogenic human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) during coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. 200 million hPSC-CMs in 2.5-5 mL medium suspension will be injected into the myocardium.
ControlhPSC-CM TherapyProcedure: Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery only.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of sustained ventricular arrhythmias1~6 Month Post-operation

defined as the proportion of patients experiencing ventricular arrhythmias lasting more than 30 seconds

Incidence of newly formed tumors1~6 Month Post-operation

by comparing chest, abdominal and pelvic CT scan and PET-CT scan

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Functional status by 6 minute walk testBaseline, 1, 3, 6 and 12 Months Post-operation

Evaluate Functional Capacity via the Six Minute Walk Test

Overall Left Ventricular systolic performance as assessed by PET/ECT ScanBaseline, 6 and 12 Months Post-operation

Myocardium perfusion

Changes in cytokinesBaseline,1, 3, 6 and 12 Months Post-operation

Change in NT-proBNP as assessed via blooddraw

Overall Left Ventricular systolic performance as assessed by MRIBaseline, 1, 3, 6 and 12 Months Post-operation

Size of infracted myocardium, left ventricular side wall thickness at diastolic, interventricular septum thickness, left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular end-systolic volume and end-diastolic volume, stroke volume, cardiac output, myocardium density and left ventricular mass at diastolic will be evaluated and compared to baseline values.

Functional status by New York Heart Association (NYHA) ClassificationBaseline, 1, 3, 6 and 12 Months Post-operation

Evaluate Functional Capacity via New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class Determination

Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ)Baseline, 1, 3, 6 and 12 Months Post-operation

Evaluate Quality Of Life Changes via Minnesota Living with Heart Failure (MLHF). The Maximum possible scores being 105 and the minimum 0. Higher scores indicate a worse or worsening quality of life, while lower scores or decreasing scores indicate a better quality of life.

Incidence of Serious Adverse Events (SAE)Baseline, 1~12 Months Post-operation

SAE justified (all undesirable or unintended diseases or laboratory and imaging disorders and symptoms that occur in subjects after CABG surgery and 12 months postoperative follow-up, or until the subject withdrawals from the study. AE grading will be based on Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) V5.0.)

Overall Left Ventricular systolic performance as assessed by EchocardiogramBaseline, 1, 3, 6 and 12 Months Post-operation

Interventricular septum thickness at diastolic, left ventricular end-systolic diameter and end-diastolic diameter, left ventricular posterior wall thickness at diastolic, left atrial diameter, left ventricular ejection fraction, mitral flow pattern (E/A) will be evaluated and compared to baseline values.

Incidence of Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE)Baseline, 1~12 Months Post-operation

Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE), defined as the composite incidence of (1) death, (2) non-lethal myocardial infraction, and (3) hospitalization for worsening HF

Changes in penal reactive antibodies (PRA)Baseline, 1, 3, 6 and 12 Months Post-operation

Changes in penal reactive antibodies (PRA) as assessed via blooddraw

Changes in donor specific antibodies (DSA)Baseline, 1, 3, 6 and 12 Months Post-operation

Changes in donor specific antibodies (DSA) as assessed via blooddraw

Incidence of severe arrhythmiaFirst month post-operatively

Clinically significant arrhythmias will be recorded by Electrocardiogram monitoring

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

HelpThera

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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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