Safety and Efficacy Study of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Treat Acute Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)

Summary

To establish the safety and efficacy of two dose levels of ex-vivo cultured adult human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) (Prochymal®) in participants experiencing acute GVHD, Grades II-IV, post hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) transplant.

Timeline

Start

2005-04-27

Primary completion

2006-07-28

Completion

2008-07-14

Publications

• Background Bartholomew A, Sturgeon C, Siatskas M, Ferrer K, McIntosh K, Patil S, Hardy W, Devine S, Ucker D, Deans R, Moseley A, Hoffman R. Mesenchymal stem cells suppress lymphocyte proliferation in vitro and prolong skin graft survival in vivo. Exp Hematol. 2002 Jan;30(1):42-8. doi: 10.1016/s0301-472x(01)00769-x.
• Background Deans RJ, Moseley AB. Mesenchymal stem cells: biology and potential clinical uses. Exp Hematol. 2000 Aug;28(8):875-84. doi: 10.1016/s0301-472x(00)00482-3.
• Background Lazarus HM, Koc ON, Devine SM, Curtin P, Maziarz RT, Holland HK, Shpall EJ, McCarthy P, Atkinson K, Cooper BW, Gerson SL, Laughlin MJ, Loberiza FR Jr, Moseley AB, Bacigalupo A. Cotransplantation of HLA-identical sibling culture-expanded mesenchymal stem cells and hematopoietic stem cells in hematologic malignancy patients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2005 May;11(5):389-98. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.02.001.
• Background Le Blanc K, Rasmusson I, Sundberg B, Gotherstrom C, Hassan M, Uzunel M, Ringden O. Treatment of severe acute graft-versus-host disease with third party haploidentical mesenchymal stem cells. Lancet. 2004 May 1;363(9419):1439-41. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16104-7.
• Background Le Blanc K, Pittenger M. Mesenchymal stem cells: progress toward promise. Cytotherapy. 2005;7(1):36-45. doi: 10.1080/14653240510018118.
• Results Kebriaei P, Isola L, Bahceci E, Holland K, Rowley S, McGuirk J, Devetten M, Jansen J, Herzig R, Schuster M, Monroy R, Uberti J. Adult human mesenchymal stem cells added to corticosteroid therapy for the treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Jul;15(7):804-11. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.03.012.

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