Safety and Efficacy of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma Infusion for Age-Related Cognitive Decline

Summary

This study is designed to investigate the safety of Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma infusions in elderly adults regardless of gender, with age-related cognitive decline. Human clinical data of the use of young plasma appear to show beneficial cognitive effects.

Timeline

Start

2021-03-01

Primary completion

2021-12-01

Completion

2022-06-14

Publications

• Background Horowitz AM, Villeda SA. Therapeutic potential of systemic brain rejuvenation strategies for neurodegenerative disease. F1000Res. 2017 Aug 1;6:1291. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.11437.1. eCollection 2017.
• Background Villeda SA, Luo J, Mosher KI, Zou B, Britschgi M, Bieri G, Stan TM, Fainberg N, Ding Z, Eggel A, Lucin KM, Czirr E, Park JS, Couillard-Despres S, Aigner L, Li G, Peskind ER, Kaye JA, Quinn JF, Galasko DR, Xie XS, Rando TA, Wyss-Coray T. The ageing systemic milieu negatively regulates neurogenesis and cognitive function. Nature. 2011 Aug 31;477(7362):90-4. doi: 10.1038/nature10357.
• Background Kang S, Moser VA, Svendsen CN, Goodridge HS. Rejuvenating the blood and bone marrow to slow aging-associated cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease. Commun Biol. 2020 Feb 13;3(1):69. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-0797-4.
• Background Villeda SA, Plambeck KE, Middeldorp J, Castellano JM, Mosher KI, Luo J, Smith LK, Bieri G, Lin K, Berdnik D, Wabl R, Udeochu J, Wheatley EG, Zou B, Simmons DA, Xie XS, Longo FM, Wyss-Coray T. Young blood reverses age-related impairments in cognitive function and synaptic plasticity in mice. Nat Med. 2014 Jun;20(6):659-63. doi: 10.1038/nm.3569. Epub 2014 May 4.

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