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MSC Intratissular Injection in Crohn Disease Patients

Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
Efficacy and Safety
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT03901235
Lead Sponsor
University of Liege
Brief Summary

The main objective is to assess the efficacy of local injection of MSC on the healing of refractory intestinal and perianal lesions in crohn disease. The second co-primary endpoint is safety.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients ≥ 18 years of age
  • Signing the informed consent
  • Diagnosis of Crohn Disease for more than 6 months
  • Presence of at least one Crohn Disease lesion refractory to conventional therapies (azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine or methotrexate) and to biologic treatments (anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor therapies, vedolizumab, or ustekinumab).
  • Refractory lesion defined by (1) a stricture with a length of 2 to 5cm of the colon or the ileum accessible by ileocolonoscopy (i.e. a lesion identified during a colonoscopy with a lumen narrowing non passable by the colonoscope), (2) unhealed deep ulcer of the colon or the ileum accessible to ileocolonoscopy, or (3) actively draining perianal fistula(s).
  • Twenty patients with stricture(s), 20 patients with unhealed deep ulcer(s), and 20 patients with an actively draining perianal fistula(s) will be included
Exclusion Criteria
  • Indication for immediate luminal surgery
  • Intestinal obstruction
  • Intra-abdominal fistulas or abscess
  • Intestinal/colonic stricture or deep unhealed ulcer not accessible to ileocolonoscopy
  • Undrained peri-anal abscess
  • Pregnant women or planning pregnancy within one year
  • Positive stool culture/toxin for clostridium difficile pathogen or other pathogens
  • Renal failure (anuria, serious fluid overload, Glomerular Filtration Rate < 30 ml/min, dialysis) or hepatic failure (Fulminant liver failure, cirrhosis of the liver with evidence of portal hypertension, alcoholic hepatitis, esophageal varices, a history of bleeding esophageal varices, hepatic encephalopathy, uncorrectable hepatic synthetic dysfunction evinced by prolongation of the prothrombin time, ascites related to portal hypertension, bacterial or fungal liver abscess, biliary obstruction, chronic viral hepatitis with total serum bilirubin >3 mg/dL)
  • documented human immunodeficiency virus infection; active hepatitis B, C, or tuberculosis
  • an opportunistic infection within 6 months before screening or a serious infection in the previous 3 months
  • malignancy within the past 5 years; or a history of lymphoproliferative disease

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Mesenchymal Stromal CellsMesenchymal Stromal Cells-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of patients with deep ulcer healingWeek 12

Complete deep ulcer healing is defined by the disappearance of the ulcer; partial healing is defined by a decrease in the depth or the diameter of the ulcer.

Proportion of patients with complex perianal fistula healingWeek 12

Complete complex perianal fistula healing is defined by the complete closure of the external fistula opening, no drainage upon gentle pressure, no abscess. And by looking at the size of the fistulous track, presence of collection, and gadolinium enhancement by MRI

Proportion of patients with stricture healingWeek 12

Complete stricture healing is defined by the ability to pass the ileocolonoscope through the stricture; partial healing is defined by the increase in the diameter of the stricture.

Safety assessed by the incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events during the study periodfrom week 0 to week 48

Assessment of the incidence of adverse and serious adverse events over the 48 weeks study period. Toxicity grade of adverse events is determined using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (version 4.0). Relationship to the therapeutic procedure will systematically be assessed.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evolution of clinical disease activity indexweek 0, 12 and 48

Assess disease activity in Crohn's disease over 7 days using the Crohn's disease activity index

Evolution of the " Group of Therapeutic Study of Inflammatory Disorders of the Digestive Tube" obstructive score for Crohn Disease stricturesweeks 0, 12 and 48

Grade : from 0 to higher value 6

Evolution of Short health scale (quality of life)week 0, 12 and 48

min : 0 - max : 10 (worse)

Evolution of the Lemann Index (measuring cumulated intestinal damage in Crohn's disease)week 0, 12 and 48

which incorporates clinical, surgical, endoscopic, and imaging findings from all segments of the digestive tract into one composite score

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Liège

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Liège, Belgium

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