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Study aim
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Evaluating of safety and efficacy of placental mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes in alleviating symptoms in severe refractory inflammatory bowel disease patients
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Design
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Clinical trial without control group, without randomization, open label, sample size: 12, considering attrition: 15, phase I and II
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Settings and conduct
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Patients with severe refractory inflammatory bowel disease who refer to Tajrish Martyrs Hospital, on the first day, receive 3 vials of placental mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosome (equivalent to 1011 particles or 250-300 micrograms of exosomes) with an interval of 8 hours. Then a maintenance dose vial of exosome is injected daily on days 2, 3, 10 and 21. Then, from the first dose of exosome until 3 months after the injection of the last dose, clinical symptoms and laboratory tests will assessed.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Ulcerative colitis and/or Crohn's disease for at least 6 months with refractory, or intolerance, or contraindication to use with monoclonal antibodies/Highly active Crohn's disease with a Crohn's disease index greater than 450 and/or a simple endoscopic score ≥ 8 (or ≥ 6 for isolated intestinal disease)
Exclusion criteria: Using common immunomodulators in the past 4 weeks
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group: Injection of placental mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes: 3 of exosomes (equivalent to 1011 particles or 250-300 micrograms of exosome) on day 1, with an interval of 8 hours, then one vial of exosome maintenance dose daily on days 2, 3, 10 and 21 slowly ( 5 to 10 minutes) into the central vein
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Main outcome variables
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The percentage of patients who show adverse effects during or after exosome injection.
Response to treatment (based on clinical and laboratory tests).