Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis With Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Phase I/II Study
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Intervention
- Mesenchymal stem cells
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
- Enrollment
- 1
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Safety of MSCs infusion, number, timeframe of occurrence and severity of Adverse Events
- Status
- Terminated
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS), which ultimately leads to myelin damage and axonal loss. The disease is complex and multifactorial, but the key pathogenic event appears to be an uncontrolled response of components of the immune system (T and B lymphocytes) to myelin proteins. No definitive treatment is available for MS, however immunomodulatory and immunosuppressant drugs act as disease-modifying agents (DMDs).
Unfortunately, the current treatments demonstrate partial efficacy in targeting the deleterious immune reactions. According to the present knowledge of the pathophysiology of MS, an ideal therapeutic strategy would be to modulate or suppress the aggressive immune process, to protect axons and neurons from degeneration, and to enhance repair and facilitate remyelination.
A specific form of stem cells, called adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), has shown remarkable ability to modulate the immune response. This study will evaluate the safety of injecting MSCs in people with MS.
Detailed Description
MSCs have the remarkable ability to modulate the immune response mainly by inhibiting proliferation of T cells and to protect injured tissues through paracrine mechanisms. There is an urgent need to evaluate the real efficacy of MSC transplantation, and its possible position in the current therapeutic armamentarium. An international panel of MS neurology and stem cell experts, as well as immunologists formed an "International Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplantation" (MSCT) Study Group with the aim to derive a consensus on what cells should be used for transplantation and develop a treatment protocol and an experimental program that will eventually attest to the efficacy of MSC transplantation and understand the mechanism that underlie the benefit. 12 patients with MS will be treated with IV injections of autologous isolated and expanded mesenchymal stem cells. Clinical and objective evaluations will be performed at baseline and during 12 months follow-up.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age 18 to 50 years
- •Disease duration 2 to 10 years (included)
- •Diagnosis of MS
- •Relapsing remitting MS (RRMS) not responding to at least a year of attempted therapy with one or more of the approved therapies (beta-interferon, glatiramer acetate, natalizumab, mitoxantrone, fingolimod) as evidenced by one or more of the following:
- •more or egal 1 clinically documented relapse in past 12 months
- •more or egal 2 clinically documented relapses in last 24 months
- •more or egal 1 GEL at MRI performed within the last 12 months
- •Secondary progressive MS (SPMS) not responding to at least a year of attempted therapy with one or more of the approved therapies (beta-interferon, glatiramer acetate, natalizumab, mitoxantrone, fingolimod) as evidenced by both::
- •With more or egal 1 clinically documented relapse in the last twelve months
- •Without on-going relapses, but with more or egal 1 GEL at MRI performed within the last 12 months.
Exclusion Criteria
- •RRMS not fulfilling inclusion criteria
- •SPMS not fulfilling inclusion criteria
- •PPMS not fulfilling inclusion criteria
- •Inferior to 3 months since treatment with any immunosuppressive therapy including natalizumab and fingolimod
- •Inferior or egal to 1 month since last treatment with interferon-beta or glatiramer acetate
- •Corticosteroid treatment Inferior or egal to 30 days
- •Relapse inferior or egal to 60 days
- •Any active or chronic infection including infection with HIV1-2 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2) or HTLV I-II (Human T-lymphotropic virus I-II) or Syphilis or chronic Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C inferior to 1 month
- •Previous history of a malignancy other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin or carcinoma in situ that has been in remission for more than one year
- •Severely limited life expectancy by another co-morbid illness
Arms & Interventions
Mesenchymal stem cells
At week 0 a single infusion of either ex-vivo expanded autologous MSC or suspension media will be administered intravenously at a dose of 1-2 x 1000000 MSC/Kg body weight. At week 24, another infusion will be performed for cross-over re-treatment: at week 24 treatments will be reversed compared to week 0
Intervention: Mesenchymal stem cells
Suspension media
At week 0 a single infusion of either ex-vivo expanded autologous MSC or suspension media will be administered intravenously at a dose of 1-2 x 1000000 MSC/Kg body weight. At week 24, another infusion will be performed for cross-over re-treatment: at week 24 treatments will be reversed compared to week 0
Intervention: Suspension media
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Safety of MSCs infusion, number, timeframe of occurrence and severity of Adverse Events
Time Frame: 24 weeks from the first infusion
Safety assessed by number, timeframe of occurrence and severity of Adverse Events
efficacy: number of contrast-enhancing lesions (GEL) at MRI scan
Time Frame: 24 weeks from the first infusion
total number of contrast-enhancing lesions (GEL) at MRI scan
Secondary Outcomes
- Efficacy assessed by combined unique MRI activity, volume of GEL and volume of BH(48 weeks from the first infusion)
- Efficacy: Number of relapses(24 weeks from the first infusion)
- Efficacy: Time to sustained progression of disability(24 weeks from the first infusion)
- Efficacy of the experimental treatment in term of combined MRI activity(48 weeks from the first infusion)
- Efficacy assessed by combined unique MRI activity, volume of GEL, and volume of BH(24 weeks from the first infusion)