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Characterize and Evaluate Functional After TransplantationNCT03336996

Assessement the Reconstruction of Motor Circuits in Nerve Fiber Injuries After the Treatment of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells With Blood Oxygen Level-dependent Drived Diffusion Tensor Imaging

A study testing stem cell transplantation and BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning in people with Characterize and Evaluate Functional After Transplantation and Determine the Therapeutic Efficiency, run by General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University at 2 sites in China.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Nowadays, the stem cell therapy is a promising method in treatment of the traumatic nerve fiber injuries. And the clinical use of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells has been approved by FDA. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 65 years
What is being tested?
stem cell transplantation and BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
40 participants
Where
2 sitesChina
Study dates
Mar 2018to Mar 2021
Phase
Interventional
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 20 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • All tested patients must be Sobriety and coordination the examination.
  • All tested patients with motor nerve fiber damaged must tally with the diagnosis standard which after the head CT, fMRI confirmation and obvious clinical symptoms.
  • Patient's age and gender: 20-65years,the gender is not limit;
  • All patient's must has one side neurological deficits.
  • The patient must receive surgery and stem cell transplantation.

Who cannot join

  • Progressive dysfunction;
  • Other internal organs strict illness sickness, like serious heart disease, diabetes, liver, kidney vigorous sickness and so on;
  • The patient with tumor in every system on there body;
  • Having the primary or the sequential epilepsy medical history, within one year had the epileptic paroxysm;
  • Can not accept MRI inspection, for some metal implant in there body(such as inner support in heart or brain blood vessel)

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country.

China2 sites
  • General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University

    Yinchuan, Ningxia, 750004

    Xia Hechun, M.D., 8613995109559, xhechun@aliyun.com

  • General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University

    Yinchuan, Ningxia, 750004

    Xia Hechun, M.D., 8613995109559, xHechun@nyfy.com.cn

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About this study

Nowadays, the stem cell therapy is a promising method in treatment of the traumatic nerve fiber injuries. And the clinical use of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells has been approved by FDA. However, the results are inconsistent from both human study and animal research, it often difficult to visualize the reconstruction of the motor circuits. A separate application of DTI could not precisely reveal white matter integrity. Combining blood oxygen level-dependent(BOLD)-functional magnetic resonance imaging(fMRI) with diffusion tensor-based tractography (DTT), to detect neural activities in the brain involved in the motor function restore and then using the two seeds method to reconstruct the nerve fibers between these connecting regions. The main aim of this study: i. To characterize and evaluate functional and anatomical changes of nerve fiber injuries after umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells transplantation with BOLD drived-diffusion tensor imaging(DTI). ii. To determine the therapeutic efficiency of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and also the utility of the integration of BOLD-fMRI and DTI. iii. To correlate the imaging results with the electrophysiology outcomes.

Read the detailed description

The stem cell therapy is a promising method in treatment of the traumatic nerve fiber injuries. And the clinical use of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells has been approved by FDA. However, the results are inconsistent from both human study and animal research, it often difficult to visualize the reconstruction of the motor circuits. A separate application of DTI could not precisely reveal white matter integrity. Combining BOLD-fMRI with diffusion tensor-based tractography (DTT), to detect neural activities in the brain involved in the motor function restore and then using the two seeds method to reconstruct the nerve fibers between these connecting regions. The main aim of this study: i. To characterize and evaluate functional and anatomical changes of nerve fiber injuries after umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells transplantation with BOLD drived-DTI. ii. To determine the therapeutic efficiency of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and also the utility of the integration of BOLD-fMRI and DTI. iii. To correlate the imaging results with the electrophysiology outcomes.

Being tested
stem cell transplantation, BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning
Keywords
Motor nerve injury, umbilical cord interstitial stem cell, bold-DTI, reconstruction of motor circuits

What participants receive

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

  • stem cell transplantationBiological

    the motor nerve fiber damaged patient receive a treatment course stem cell transplantation after the hematoma removal.

  • BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanningProcedure or surgery

    All patients should be receive cranial BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning scanning separately before the transplant and after the transplant 0, 1, 3, 6 and 12 months.

Study groups in NCT03336996
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
evaluationExperimentalTo characterize and evaluate functional and anatomical changes of nerve fiber injuries after umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells transplantation with BOLD drived-DTI
Receives: Procedure: BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning
BOLD-fMRI and DTIExperimentalTo determine the therapeutic efficiency of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and also the utility of the integration of BOLD-fMRI and DTI.
Receives: Biological: stem cell transplantation
correlate the imaging resultsExperimentalTo correlate the imaging results with the electrophysiology outcomes
Receives: Procedure: BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning

What is being measured

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

  1. BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning

    All patients should be receive cranial BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning scanning after the transplant 6 months, and the result tells us that there is obvious reconstruction of motor circuits in nerve fiber on the damaged region;

    Measured: After the transplant 6 months

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. FIM

    All patients should receive the function independence evaluation (FIM) after the transplant 6 months , and the grading has the distinct improvement;

    Measured: after the transplant 6 months

  2. NIHSS

    All patients should receive the American State-run Health Research institute apoplexy meter (NIHSS) evaluation after the transplant 6 months , and the grading has the distinct improvement;

    Measured: after the transplant 6 months

  3. Motor evoked potential

    All patients should be receive motor evoked potential after the transplant 6 months, and the function of movement and sensation get obvious improvement;

    Measured: after the transplant 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 posted8 Nov 2017
  2. Study startMar 2018 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionMar 2020 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMar 2021 (estimated)

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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 N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03336996
Sponsor's protocol ID
Xhechun4
Status last verified
Oct 2017
First submitted
26 Oct 2017
Last updated
8 Nov 2017
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing stem cell transplantation and BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning in people with Characterize and Evaluate Functional After Transplantation and Determine the Therapeutic Efficiency, run by General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University at 2 sites in China.

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 5 inclusion and 5 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Nov 2017. 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 China. 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.

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?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

BOLD-fMRI drived DTI scanning (time frame: After the transplant 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 8 Nov 2017.

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