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Therapy with stem cells for Patients with severe COVID-19 infectio

Phase 1
Conditions
Patients with severe COVID-19 infection
MedDRA version: 23.1Level: LLTClassification code 10084401Term: COVID-19 respiratory infectionSystem Organ Class: 100000004862
Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Virus Diseases [C02]
Registration Number
EUCTR2020-002102-58-BE
Lead Sponsor
CHU de Liège
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Authorised-recruitment may be ongoing or finished
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria

1. COVID-19 patients:
• Male or female patients aged at least 18 years and up to 70 years;

• Diagnosed with microbiologically or radiologically confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia as defined by:
- Extensive interstitial pneumonia on CT scan, consistent with viral pneumonia, within 10 days prior to randomization
AND
- Either positive result of COVID-19 PCR test within 14 days prior to inclusion
OR positive result of SARS-CoV2 PCR or serology within 14 days after inclusion

• Requiring oxygen administration (SpO2 = 93% on room air):
- Group A: in standard or intensive care unit requiring supplemental oxygen
- Group B: in intensive care unit under mechanical ventilation administered through a tracheal tube, either:
for less than or equal to 7 days
OR
for 7 to 14 days, with persisting high inflammation (ferritin > 2,000 µg/L; ferritin > 1,000 µg/L and rising; lymphocytes < 800 with CRP > 70 mg/L and rising or ferritin > 700 µg/L and rising or LDH > 300 UI/L or D-Dimers > 1000 ng/ml), not explained by superinfection. Rising = compared to previous 24H.

• Written consent of the patient, or
– if impossible (clinical condition precluding capacity to consent) - of his/her legal representative, or
- if impossible - of an impartial witness such as a physician from a non-participating department or member of the Ethics Committee.
Any consent obtained this way shall be documented and confirmed by way of normal consent procedures at the earliest opportunity when the patient has recovered.

2. MSC donors:
• Unrelated to the patient
• Male or female
• Age > 18 yrs
• No HLA matching required
• Fulfills generally accepted criteria for allogeneic HSC donation
• Informed consent given by donor

Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 16
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 4

Exclusion Criteria

1. COVID-19 patients:
• Ongoing pregnancy. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP, defined as a premenopausal female capable of becoming pregnant) should use an appropriate method of contraception (oral, injectable, or mechanical contraception; women whose partners have been vasectomized or have received or are utilizing mechanical contraceptive devices).
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
• Limitations to intensity of care
• Life expectancy < 24 hours
• Known allergy to IMP component
• Pre-existing bone marrow transplant or immunosuppressive therapy
• Active secondary infection
• Any malignancy (except non-melanoma skin carcinoma) within 2 years before inclusion
• Pre-existing thrombo-embolic pathology
• Signs of an active drug or alcohol dependence, serious current illness, mental illness or any factors which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may interfere with subject’s ability to understand and comply with study requirements
• Patients with any serious medical condition or abnormality of clinical laboratory tests that, in the Investigator’s judgment, precludes the patient’s safe participation in and completion of the study.
• Participation in another clinical trial (use of anti-viral/supportive drugs for COVID-19 infection on a compassionate use basis is not an exclusion criterion).

2. MSC donors:
• Any condition not fulfilling inclusion criteria
• Known allergy to lidocaine
• Any risk factor for transmissible infectious diseases, in particular HIV

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study Design
Not specified
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