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Study aim
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Efficacy of umbilical cord derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells transplantation on movement improvement in patients with neuromuscular disorders
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Design
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This study is phase 3 of clinical trial. In this study, there are four categories of inherited neuromuscular diseases. Each category includes 30 people of two 15 people of test and control.Blinding has not been done. Random allocation to two groups of test and control is using block randomization with four blocks.
Sample size is 30 people in each category, with 4 categories, total number of patients is 60 people in control group and 60 people in test group.
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Settings and conduct
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The site of transplantation is in Farhikhtegan hospital. For each patient, four injections are given at the first injection, two weeks later, one month later, and again three months intervals. 3 million per kilogram body weight mesenchymal stem cell are transplanted into the patient's weak muscles under sedation conditions and under ultrasound guidance. After the cell injection, the patient is hospitalized and monitored for 24 hours.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:
Patients 4 to 35 yers old affected with genetic neuromusculae disorders.
Exclusion Criteria:
cancer;
chromosomal defects;
Patients with HIV, HCV, HBV, HTLV1,2;
Dissatisfaction for entering the study.
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Intervention groups
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120 patients with four inherited neuromuscular diseases entered in this study. These patients were classified into 4 groups of 30 people. Each group consists of two groups of 15 test and 15 control. In patients of test group, mesenchymal stem cells are injected in weak muscles. There is no intervention in the control group. After 9 months, the clinical sign and symptoms, including the distance of walking for 6 minutes, were compared between the two groups.
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Main outcome variables
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Muscle strength enhancement with umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation