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Lung DiseasePhase 1/2ADcSVF-COPDNCT02946658

Use of Autologous, Adult Adipose-Derived Stem/Stromal Cells In Chronic Lung Disorders

A Phase 1/2 study testing lipoaspiration, ADcSVF and Normal Saline IV in people with Lung Disease, run by Healeon Medical Inc at 2 sites in 2 countries.

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Trial summary

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung-related disorder that is characterized by long-term, often progressive state of poor airflow. Primary symptoms include low oxygen tension, shortness of breath, productive cough, and broncho-pulmonary inflammation and interference with oxygen-carbon dioxide… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 80 years
Conditions the study is for
Lung Disease
What is being tested?
lipoaspiration, ADcSVF and Normal Saline IV
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
100 participants
Where
2 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
Oct 2016to 14 Aug 2027
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 80 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Prior Diagnosis of moderate to severe COPD
  • GOLD II a, III, IV

Who cannot join

  • Pregnant or Lactating Females
  • Life expectancy of < 3 months due to concomitant illnesses
  • Exposure to any investigational drug or procedure with 1 month prior to study entry or enrollment in concurrent study which may interfere with interpretation of study results
  • Illness which, in investigators judgement, may interfere with the patient' ability to comply with protocol, compromise patient safety, ability to provide informed consent to study, or interfere with interpretation of study outcomes
  • Subjects on chronic immunosuppressive or chemotherapeutic medications
  • Known drug or alcohol dependence or other factors which may interfere with study conduct or interpretation of result or in the opinion of investigator are not suitable to participate.
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  • Subjects with documented Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Inherited lung and liver disorder)
  • Unwilling or not competent to understand and execute an informed consent agreement
  • Patients positive for Hepatitis (Hepatitis A history excepted)

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 2 countries.

2 sites in 2 countries

United States1 site
  • Regenevita LLC

    Stevensville, Montana, 59870

Other trials in United States

Honduras1 site
  • Global Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (GARM)

    Roatán, HN

Other trials in Honduras

About this study

Official title: Use of Autologous, Adult Adipose-Derived Stem/Stromal Cells (AD-cSVF) in Chronic Lung Disorders

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a lung-related disorder that is characterized by long-term, often progressive state of poor airflow. Primary symptoms include low oxygen tension, shortness of breath, productive cough, and broncho-pulmonary inflammation and interference with oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange.

Air pollution and tobacco smoking are felt to be the most common cause of these issues. Diagnostic testing is based on poor airflow measured by lung function studies and whose symptoms do not improve much with antiasthma bronchodilators.

Study is an interventional study to document the safety and efficacy of use of AD-cSVF in chronic broncho-pulmonary disease groups.

Read the detailed description

COPD is often treated by limiting exposure to poor air quality, but there is no cure at this time. Attempted therapy include smoking cessation, vaccinations, respiratory rehabilitation, and attempts of use of bronchodilators and steroids. Many resort to supplemental oxygen therapy, lung transplantation, and antibiotic supportive therapy during exacerbations.

As of 2013, COPD involve approximately 5% pf the global populations (approximately 330 million). Most commonly it occurs approximately equally between men/women and result in about 3 million deaths per year. Estimates of economic costs are estimated to be more than 2.1 trillion dollars in 2010.

This study includes microcannula harvesting of subdermal adipose tissues, incubation, digestion and isolation of AD-cSVF. This stromal cellular pellet (without actual extracellular matrix or stromal elements) is then suspended in 500 cc sterile Normal Saline (NS) and deployed via peripheral intravenous route. Evaluations of safety issues are measured at intervals (both severe and non-severe categories) and by repeated pulmonary function studies.

Conditions
Lung Disease
Being tested
lipoaspiration, ADcSVF, Normal Saline IV
Keywords
COPD, Emphysema
Medical subject headings
Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Emphysema

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • lipoaspirationProcedure or surgery

    Closed syringe harvesting subdermal fat

  • ADcSVFProcedure or surgery

    Isolation of AD-cSVF

  • Normal Saline IVProcedure or surgery

    Normal Saline IV containing AD-cSVF

Study groups in NCT02946658
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Lipoaspiration Arm 1ExperimentalAcquisition of Adipose-Derived tissue Stromal Vascular Fraction (AD-tSVF) via closed syringe harvest subdermal fat
Receives: Procedure: lipoaspiration
AD-cSVF Arm 2ExperimentalIsolation of cellular stem/stromal cells from subdermal adipose-derived cellular stromal vascular fraction (AD-cSVF)
Receives: Procedure: ADcSVF
Normal Saline IV Arm 3ExperimentalNormal Saline IV with AD-cSVF cells
Receives: Procedure: Normal Saline IV

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Safety - Pulmonary Function

    Pulmonary Function to be Addressed as occurrence or frequency of adverse event during study

    Measured: 12 months Evaluate Function and Adverse Events

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Change from Baseline Respiratory Rate

    Measured rate clinically at rest

    Measured: 1 month, 6 month, 1 year

  2. GOLD Classification

    Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) is a COPD staging system based on degree of airflow limitations (obstruction) and measured by pulmonary function studies

    Measured: 1 year

  3. Change from baseline 6 Minute Walk Test

    Exercise capacity measured by distance a patient can walk in 6 minute timeframe

    Measured: 12 Months

  4. Change from Baseline Lung X-Ray

    standard flat film x-ray

    Measured: 6 months, 12 months

  5. Change from Baseline SGOT Blood Testing

    Measure Blood Serum Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase (SGOT) Measure Blood Elevation with liver damage

    Measured: 1 Month

  6. Change from Baseline SGPT Blood Testing

    Measure Blood Serum Glutamate Pyruvate Transaminase (SGPT) elevation with liver damage

    Measured: 1 Month

  7. Pulmonary Function Testing

    Measure Baseline Pulmonary Function (FEV/FEVi Measure)

    Measured: Baseline, 6 Months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Oct 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2016
  3. Primary completion14 Aug 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion14 Aug 2027 (estimated)

Why it stopped: COVID-19 stopped patient ability to complete access for outcome analysis

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
100 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02946658
Sponsor's protocol ID
RGV-GARM 2
Acronym
ADcSVF-COPD
Status last verified
Sep 2025
First submitted
3 Oct 2016
Last updated
12 Sep 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Decramer M, Janssens W, Miravitlles M. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Lancet. 2012 Apr 7;379(9823):1341-51. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60968-9. Epub 2012 Feb 6.

    PubMed 22314182
  • Rabe KF, Hurd S, Anzueto A, Barnes PJ, Buist SA, Calverley P, Fukuchi Y, Jenkins C, Rodriguez-Roisin R, van Weel C, Zielinski J; Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Sep 15;176(6):532-55. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200703-456SO. Epub 2007 May 16.

    PubMed 17507545
  • Mathers CD, Loncar D. Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS Med. 2006 Nov;3(11):e442. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030442.

    PubMed 17132052
  • Mahler DA. Mechanisms and measurement of dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2006 May;3(3):234-8. doi: 10.1513/pats.200509-103SF.

    PubMed 16636091
  • Holland AE, Hill CJ, Jones AY, McDonald CF. Breathing exercises for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Oct 17;10(10):CD008250. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008250.pub2.

    PubMed 23076942
  • Kennedy SM, Chambers R, Du W, Dimich-Ward H. Environmental and occupational exposures: do they affect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease differently in women and men? Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2007 Dec;4(8):692-4. doi: 10.1513/pats.200707-094SD.

    PubMed 18073405
  • Devereux G. ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Definition, epidemiology, and risk factors. BMJ. 2006 May 13;332(7550):1142-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7550.1142. No abstract available.

    PubMed 16690673
  • Foreman MG, Campos M, Celedon JC. Genes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Med Clin North Am. 2012 Jul;96(4):699-711. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2012.02.006. Epub 2012 Mar 6.

    PubMed 22793939
  • Brode SK, Ling SC, Chapman KR. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: a commonly overlooked cause of lung disease. CMAJ. 2012 Sep 4;184(12):1365-71. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.111749. Epub 2012 Jul 3. No abstract available.

    PubMed 22761482
  • O'Donnell DE. Hyperinflation, dyspnea, and exercise intolerance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2006 Apr;3(2):180-4. doi: 10.1513/pats.200508-093DO.

    PubMed 16565429
  • Mackay AJ, Hurst JR. COPD exacerbations: causes, prevention, and treatment. Med Clin North Am. 2012 Jul;96(4):789-809. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2012.02.008. Epub 2012 Mar 16.

    PubMed 22793945
  • Puhan MA, Gimeno-Santos E, Scharplatz M, Troosters T, Walters EH, Steurer J. Pulmonary rehabilitation following exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Oct 5;(10):CD005305. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005305.pub3.

    PubMed 21975749
  • Saxena A, Watkin SW. Bilateral malignant testicular carcinoid. Br J Urol. 1990 Mar;65(3):302-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1990.tb14738.x. No abstract available.

    PubMed 2337756
  • Kew KM, Seniukovich A. Inhaled steroids and risk of pneumonia for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 10;2014(3):CD010115. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010115.pub2.

    PubMed 24615270
  • COPD Working Group. Long-term oxygen therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): an evidence-based analysis. Ont Health Technol Assess Ser. 2012;12(7):1-64. Epub 2012 Mar 1.

    PubMed 23074435

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing lipoaspiration, ADcSVF and Normal Saline IV in people with Lung Disease, run by Healeon Medical Inc at 2 sites in 2 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: paused, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Sep 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 2 sites in United States, Honduras. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Safety - Pulmonary Function (time frame: 12 months Evaluate Function and Adverse Events). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02946658, which also lists 22 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Sep 2025.

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