Umbilical Cord Blood Therapy for Children With Cerebral Palsy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy
• Interventions: Procedure: Umbilical Cord Blood Administration; Other: Active Rehabilitation

• Registration Number: NCT01639404
• Lead Sponsor: MinYoung Kim, M.D.

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of umbilical cord blood therapy for children with cerebral palsy.

Detailed Description

Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement and posture resulted from a non-progressive lesion or injury of the immature brain. It is a leading cause of childhood onset disability.

Many experimental animal studies have revealed that umbilical cord blood is useful to repair neurological injury in brain.

On the basis of many experimental studies, umbilical cord blood is suggested as a potential therapy for cerebral palsy.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-07
• Study First Submitted: 2012-07-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-07-10
• Study First Posted: 2012-07-12
• Primary Completion: 2013-03
• Study Completion: 2013-03
• Status Verified: 2013-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-08-08
• Last Update Posted: 2013-08-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 17

Inclusion Criteria

• Cerebral Palsy with abnormal muscle tone
• Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS): I, II, III, IV, V
• Willing to comply with all study procedure

Exclusion Criteria

• Medical illnesses including pneumonia or renal function at enrollment
• Presence of known genetic disease
• Presence of drug hypersensitivity which is related to this study remedy
• Poor cooperation of guardian,including inactive attitude for rehabilitation and visits for follow-up
• Decision by the principal investigator when there are unexpected events that may affect the outcomes

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Umbilical Cord Blood and Rehabilitation	Umbilical Cord Blood Administration	Allogeneic Umbilical Cord Blood Administration and Active Rehabilitation
Umbilical Cord Blood and Rehabilitation	Active Rehabilitation	Allogeneic Umbilical Cord Blood Administration and Active Rehabilitation

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in Motor Performance	Baseline - 1 month - 3 months	GMPM (Gross Motor Performance Measure) as a standardized measurement tool for assessing quality of movement regarding 3 properties of 5 ones; alignment, coordination, dissociated movement, stability, and weight shift (range: 0\~100, Higher value means better motor quality). GMPM scores at each assessment time points will be reported.
Changes in Standardized Gross Motor Function	Baseline - 1 month - 3 months	GMFM (Gross Motor Function Measure) as a standardized measurement tool for assessing Gross Motor Function consisting of sub-scales; lying \& rolling, sitting, crawling \& kneeling, standing, walking, running \& jumping (range: 0\~100 , Higher value means better gross motor function). GMFM scores at each assessment time points will be reported.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in Cognitive Neurodevelopmental Outcome	Baseline - 1 month - 3 months	Korean version of Bayley Scale of Infant Development-II (K-BSID-II) Mental Scales (higher value means better mental function: 0 - worst, 178 - best). K-BSID-II Mental Scale raw scores at each assessment time points will be reported.
Changes in Motor Neurodevelopmental Outcome	Baseline - 1 month - 3 months	Korean version of Bayley Scale of Infant Development-II (K-BSID-II) Motor Scales (higher value means better motor function: 0 - worst, 112 - best). K-BSID-II Motor Scale raw scores at each assessment time points will be reported.
Changes in Functional Independence in Daily Activities	Baseline - 1 month - 3 months	WeeFIM (Functional Independence Measure for Children) measures functional independence in daily activities. WeeFIM contains 18 items and each item is ranked from complete dependence (scored as 1) to complete independence (scored as 7). The range is from 18 to 126 and higher scores mean more independent performance in daily activities. Total WeeFIM scores measured at each assessment time points will be reported.
Changes in Visual Perception Test	Baseline - 1 month - 3 months	Visual perception function will be evaluated with one of three measures: DTVP (Developmental Test of Visual Perception), MVPT (Motor-free Visual Perception Test), and VMI (Visual-Motor Integration, Visual Perception and Motor Coordination). All can be scored as percentile rank from 0 to 100. Higher values mean better visual perception ability.
Changes in Muscle Strength	Baseline - 1 month - 3 months	Summation of MMT (manual muscle strength test score): summated scores of the manual muscle strength test (zero=0, trace=1, poor=2, fair=3, good=4, normal=5) for flexors, extensors, abductors, and adductors of bilateral shoulder and hip joints; flexors and extensors of bilateral elbow, wrist, and knee; dorsiflexors and plantar flexors of the ankles (range: 0 \~ 160) Higher scores mean better muscle strength. Categories of outcome table will be summation of MMT scores measured at each assessment time point.
Changes in Functional Performance in Daily Activities	Baseline - 1 month - 3 months	Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) for assessing functional performance in daily activities in children (All values are adjusted and higher value means better functional performance, 0 - worst, 100 - best). We will report 2 scales and 3 domains of each scale: a Functional Skill Scale (FSS) and a Caregiver Assistance Scale (CAS) which are divided respectively into 3 domains: self care, mobility, and social function. Categories of outcome table will be each domain scores measured at each assessment time point.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University; 🇰🇷 Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of