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Multiple SclerosisPhase 1MAESTRO-4MSNCT06592703

Allogenic Adipose Tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for the Treatment of Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

A Phase 1 study testing Adipose tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in people with Multiple Sclerosis, run by Rennes University Hospital at 2 sites in France.

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Trial summary

In this study, we propose, for the first time, to test the safety and the potential efficacy of repeated allogenic Adipose tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells IT injections in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis patients. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 55 years
Conditions the study is for
Multiple Sclerosis
What is being tested?
Adipose tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
10 participants
Where
2 sitesFrance
Study dates
6 Mar 2025to Dec 2029
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 55 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patient with Primary Progressive MS according to the criteria of Mc Donald 2017 (Thompson et al Lancet neurol, 2017)
  • Age between 18 and 55 years
  • EDSS score: 3 to 6 at inclusion
  • Documented evidence of disability progression independent of relapse activity at any point in time over the 2 years prior to the screening visit
  • Positive CSF with oligoclonal bands
  • For women of childbearing potential (WOCBP), effective contraception as per the CFTG recommendations (version 1.1)
  • Having signed a free, informed and written consent
  • Affiliated to social security scheme

Who cannot join

  • Inflammatory activity during the past year (relapses or new T2 MRI lesions)
  • Disease Modifying Drugs during the past year
  • Treatment with high dose corticosteroids during the 30 days preceding the inclusion
  • Contra indication to lumbar puncture/intrathecal infusion: intracranial hypertension, puncture site infections, severe thrombocytopenia (<50 G/L), anticoagulant or fibrinolytic treatment
  • Participation in another therapeutic trial in the last 6 months
  • Adults under legal protection (safeguard of justice, curatorship, guardianship), persons deprived of their liberty, pregnant or breastfeeding women, minors, persons unable to express their consent

Trial locations and contacts

2 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

France2 sites, 1 recruiting
  • APHP Henri Mondor

    Créteil

    Active, not recruiting
  • CHU Rennes

    Rennes

    Laure MICHEL, Pr

    Laure MICHEL, Pr

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Allogenic Adipose Tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for the Treatment of Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: an Open-label Phase I Clinical Trial.

In this study, we propose, for the first time, to test the safety and the potential efficacy of repeated allogenic Adipose tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells IT injections in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis patients.

Read the detailed description

In this study, the investigators propose, for the first time, to test the safety and the potential efficacy of repeated allogenic Adipose tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (ASCs) IT injections in Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PPMS) patients. In fact, even if autologous Bone Marrow-Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (BM-MSC) and ASCs have already been infused intrathecally in multiple sclerosis, repeated injections of allogenic ASCs have never been tested in this disease. The use of allogenic cells is driven by recent publications reporting decreased suppressive properties of autologous MSC from MS patients.

The hypothesis is that 3 repeated intrathecal (IT) injections of allogenic ASCs every 3 months will be safe and can lower disease progression in PPMS patients.

Preamble of infusing ASCs in the first patient, it's necessary to constitute and characterize the ASC bank. ASC will be obtained from Allogeneic human mesenchymal stromal cells derived from adipose tissue of a living donor.

Once the bank is available, MS patients will be screened and included in Rennes university hospital to received ASC's infusions.

MS patients will be followed for one year after inclusion

Being tested
Adipose tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Medical subject headings
Multiple Sclerosis

What participants receive

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

  • Adipose tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal CellsDrug

    repeated allogenic ASCs IT injections

Study groups in NCT06592703
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
PatientExperimentalrepeated allogenic ASCs IT injections
Receives: Drug: Adipose tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

What is being measured

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

  1. Percentage of patients experiencing at least one adverse effect

    Percentage of patients experiencing at least one adverse effect (AE) due to ASC infusion qualified as CTCAE V5 grade ≥ 3 or qualified as "serious" AE using the MeDRA terminology, and occurring between the first infusion and the end of the follow-up. The severity of the AE and the causality of the ASC infusion will be validated by a DSMB

    Measured: 48 weeks

Secondary outcomes (14)
  1. Description of Adverse events related to experimental product

    Number and description of AE (related to the experimental product) using MedDRA terminology and CTCAE V5 at each time point during the study

    Measured: 48 weeks

  2. Clinical disease evolution at Week24 and Week48 after treatment : Confirmed Disability Progression using Expanded Disability Status Scale score

    Percentage of patients with 3-months Confirmed Disability Progression (CDP) between W0 and W24-W48. Disability progression will be defined as an increase of 1pt Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS).

    The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a method of quantifying disability in multiple sclerosis and monitoring changes in the level of disability over time. It is widely used in clinical trials and in the assessment of people with MS.

    (Disability progression will be defined as an increase of 1.5 pt if baseline EDSS=0, 1pt EDSS (if baseline 1 ≤ EDSS\&amp;lt;6), or an increase of 0.5pt if baseline EDSS is ≥ 6; confirmed at 6 months.) EDSS : Minimum Score 1, Maximum score 10, higher scores mean a worse outcome.

    Measured: 3 months

  3. Clinical disease evolution at Week24 and Week48 after treatment : Expanded Disability Status Scale score

    Mean change in EDSS score between W0 and W24-W48. Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a method of quantifying disability in multiple sclerosis and monitoring changes in the level of disability over time. It is widely used in clinical trials and in the assessment of people with MS.(Disability progression will be defined as an increase of 1.5 pt if baseline EDSS=0, 1pt EDSS (if baseline 1 ≤ EDSS\&amp;lt;6), or an increase of 0.5pt if baseline EDSS is ≥ 6; confirmed at 6 months.) EDSS : Minimum Score 1, Maximum score 10, higher scores mean a worse outcome.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  4. Clinical disease evolution at Week24 and Week48 after treatment : Expanded Disability Status Scale score

    Percentage of patients with No Evidence of Progression (NEP): Evidence of Progression is defined by (1) EDSS progression confirmed at 3 months,

    The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a method of quantifying disability in multiple sclerosis and monitoring changes in the level of disability over time. It is widely used in clinical trials and in the assessment of people with MS.

    EDSS : Minimum Score 1, Maximum score 10, higher scores mean a worse outcome.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  5. Clinical disease evolution at Week24 and Week48 after treatment : no evidence progression using 9HPT test

    Percentage of patients with No Evidence of Progression (NEP): Evidence of Progression is defined by increase of at least 20% in the 9-Hole Peg Test -9HPT.

    9HPT Nine-Hole Peg Test It is a quantitative measure of hand function and is tested with the nine-hole peg test. The patient is instructed to arrange pegs into nine holes in a board by both dominant and non-dominant hands in two consecutive trials for each hand. The amount of time (in seconds) required to place and remove all nine pegs is recorded for each trial.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  6. Clinical disease evolution at Week24 and Week48 after treatment : no evidence progression using T25-FW

    Percentage of patients with No Evidence of Progression (NEP): Evidence of Progression is defined by increase of at least 20% in the Timed-25 Foot Walk -T25W

    T25W Timed 25-foot walk test (T25W) The timed 25-foot walk test (T25W) is a quantitative measure of ambulation. The T25W is a reliable test for patients with more severe gait impairment because it primarily assesses walking speed. The patient is instructed to walk a distance of 25 feet as quickly as possible. Both ends are marked with prominent signs. Note, if the patient requires his/her assistive device while walking. As the patient completes trail 1 he/she is instructed to walk back to the starting point. The time will be recorded in seconds in both trials. Time limit = 180 seconds (3 minutes). Discontinued = Patient is unable to complete a trial in 3 minutes or completes the first trial but cannot complete trial 2 after a 5-minute rest period.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  7. Clinical disease evolution at Week24 and Week48 after treatment : MSFC mean changes

    Mean change in MSFC composite score ((include -T25W, -9HPT- and PASAT-3)

    The Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) was designed by \&amp;#34;The National MS Society\&amp;#39;s Clinical Outcome Assessment Task\&amp;#34; and is a standardized tool used to quantify the degree of disability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)

    Measured: 48 weeks

  8. Quality of life disease evolution at Week24 and Week48 after treatment : Multiple Sclerosis International Quality Of Life (MusiQoL) questionnaire

    Change in the MusiQOL score

    The MusiQoL is a specific questionnaire comprising 31 questions describing nine dimensions of quality of life (Appendix 1):

    activities of daily living (eight items); psychological well-being (four); relationships with friends (four); symptoms (three); relationships with family (three); relationships with the health care system (three); emotional and sexual life (two); coping (two); rejection (two).

    Each item is scored from 1 (never/not at all) to 5 (always/very much). Before calculating the score of the dimensions, the scores of negatively written items are reversed. The score of a dimension is obtained by averaging the scores of its constituent items. The dimension scores are then transformed linearly into scores ranging from 0 to 100 (100 being the maximum quality of life level). A global quality of life score is also available.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  9. Immunophenotyping

    Immunophenotyping in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and in blood assessing immunological and biomarkers modifications (at Week 0, Week 4, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 28, Week 48) immunophenotyping evaluation by : CSF and blood immune cells phenotyping CSF and blood cytokines and chemokines dosage MS biomarkers levels in blood and CSF (including Nfl and GFAP)

    Measured: 48 weeks

  10. Detection of donor specific anti-HLA antibodies in the blood

    Alloimmunization in blood (at Week 0, Week 4, Week 12, Week 16, Week 24, Week 28): Detection of donor specific anti-HLA antibodies in the blood

    Measured: 28 weeks

  11. MRI parameters : gadolinium (Gd) enhancing lesions

    Mean number of Gadolinium-enhancing lesions on spinal cord and cerebral MRI (Between W0 and W24-W48 and between W24- W48)

    Measured: 48 weeks

  12. MRI parameters : new T2 lesions

    Mean number of new T2 lesions on spinal cord and cerebral MRI (Between W0 and W24-W48 and between W24- W48)

    Measured: 48 weeks

  13. MRI parameters : change in brain volume

    Mean change in brain volume on cerebral MRI (Between W0 and W24-W48 and between W24- W48)

    Measured: 48 weeks

  14. MRI parameters : change in spinal cord volume

    Mean change in spinal cord volume on spinal cord MRI (Between W0 and W24-W48 and between W24- W48)

    Measured: 48 weeks

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Sep 2024
  2. Study start6 Mar 2025
  3. Primary completionDec 2029 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2029 (estimated)

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
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
10 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06592703
Sponsor's protocol ID
35RC21_9806_MAESTRO-4MS
Acronym
MAESTRO-4MS
Status last verified
Dec 2025
First submitted
6 Sep 2024
Last updated
5 Jan 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Adipose tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in people with Multiple Sclerosis, run by Rennes University Hospital at 2 sites in France.

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 8 inclusion and 6 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Jan 2026. 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 France. 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 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.

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

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Laure MICHEL, Pr (0299284321 ext. +33, laure.michel@chu-rennes.fr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Percentage of patients experiencing at least one adverse effect (time frame: 48 weeks). 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 5 Jan 2026.

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