Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Phase I, Multi-Center, Open Label, Safety and Tolerability Study of Single and Repeated Administrations of Escalating Dose(s) of NV1FGF Administered by Intra-Muscular Injection in Patients With Severe Peripheral Artery Occlusive Disease
Brief Summary: The primary objective is to evaluate safety and tolerability of single and repeated administrations of escalating doses of NV1FGF administered intramuscularly in patients with severe Peripheral Artery Occlusive Disease (PAOD), (Rutherford's Grade II, category 4 or Grade III, category 5 and 6).

Secondary objectives are:

* To determine the biological activity of NV1FGF on collateral artery development.
* To evaluate the activity of NV1FGF on hemodynamic and clinical parameters.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Outpatients with severe Peripheral Artery Occlusive Disease defined as Rutherford's Grade III, category 5 or 6, or Fontaine's stage IV.
* Trophic lesions with no signs of healing (no reduction in ulcer size or depth) for at least 2 weeks prior to first study treatment administration (Day 1).
* Patients with objective evidence of peripheral vascular disease (resting ankle pressure \< 70 mmHg and/or toe pressure \< 50 mmHg, and/or resting ankle-brachial index (ABI) \< 0.4 and/or resting toe-brachial index (TBI) \< 0.3 and/or metatarsal pulse volume recording (PVR) flat or barely pulsatile) in the diseased limb on two consecutive examinations performed at least 1 week apart.
* Demonstration or documentation (historical data not older than 6 months prior to first study treatment administration) of total occlusion of the affected limb of one or more of the iliac, superficial femoral, popliteal and/or one or more infrapopliteal arteries as assessed by angiography.
* Life expectancy \> 6 months from the first study treatment administration.
* Poor/not candidates for revascularization (patients suitable for revascularization but with a high risk of failure/ amputation/ or patients not suitable for revascularization).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Previous or current history of malignant disease. Patients who had successful tumor resection or radio-chemotherapy more than 5 years prior to inclusion in the study and no recurrence will be allowed for inclusion.
* Suspicion of malignant disease (abnormal X ray,positive. stool hemoccult, positive Prostate Specific Antigen , abnormal mammography, papanicolaou smear of Class IV or Class V characterization.
* Lower extremity surgery : bypass/angioplasty of the leg to be treated within 2 months prior to the first administration of study treatment (Day 1).
* Active proliferative retinopathy.
* Buerger's disease
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients 18 years of age or greater with atherosclerotic vascular disease that is viewed as not readily amenable to reconstructive surgery and Rutherford Category 4 ischemia (ischemic rest pain) and Rutherford Category 5 ischemia (ulceration or tissue necrosis) and by the judgment of their referring physician are not reasonable candidates for revascularization options of either percutaneous balloon angioplasty or a surgical revascularization.
* Objective evidence of severe peripheral arterial disease will include an ankle brachial index (ABI) of less than 0.5, or, in the case of patients who have vessels calcified and thereby "non-compressible" vessels metatarsal pulse volume recording (PVR) that is flat or barely pulsatile in the diseased limb on two consecutive examinations performed at least one week apart.
* Patients competent to give informed consent.
* No active malignant disease that could involve the bone marrow, or history of treatment of malignant disease that could have damaged the bone marrow.
* Before being accepted for the study the patient must be screened for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, including Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease, Treponema pallidum, and have a negative standard infectious disease panel including a CMV PCR test.
* Patients who are hemodynamically stable.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (HbA1C \> 8%)
* Patients with renal insufficiency (creatinine \> 2.5).
* Patients with evidence of infectious disease as determined by e. above or other medical findings.
* Pregnant women (women capable of childbearing must have a negative pregnancy test).
* Patients with cognitive impairments.
* Other comorbid disease that would be expected to result in less than one year life expectancy
* Past malignancy or history of chemotherapy or radiation affecting the bone marrow.
* History of inflammatory or progressively fibrotic conditions: .e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosis, vasculitic disorders, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, retroperitoneal fibrosis
* Infection as evidenced by WBC count of \>15,000 and/or temperature \>38 degrees C. Large area of cellulitis in the afflicted limb that in the opinion of the investigators would require the institution of antibiotics OR evidence of osteomyelitis corroborated by radiographic or scintigraphic examination
* Cardiovascular conditions:

  * Exercise limiting angina ( Canadian Cardiovascular Society Class 3 (Appendix 7);
  * Congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class 3 (Appendix 5);
  * Unstable angina;
  * Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI) within 1month;
  * Transient ischemic attack or stroke within 1 month;
  * Severe valvular disease
* Patients with any history of organ transplants;
C: Inclusion criteria:

* Severe PAOD defined as Rutherford's Grade II, category 4 or Grade III, category 5 and 6
* Pain at rest for at least 2 weeks duration and/or trophic lesions for at least the previous 14 days with no signs of healing (no reduction in ulcer size or depth)
* Objective evidence of peripheral vascular disease (resting Ankle Brachial Index \< 0.4 and/or resting Toe Brachial Index \< 0.3 and/or metatarsal Peripheral Vascular Resistance flat or barely pulsatile in the diseased limb on 2 consecutive examinations performed at least 2 weeks apart)
* Angiographic demonstration of total occlusion of the affected limb of one or more of the iliac, superficial femoral, popliteal and/or one or more infrapopliteal arteries
* Poor candidate for surgical intervention or revascularization procedures (no tibial artery incontinuity as defined from mid-leg distance from the foot and no autologous tissue available)

Exclusion criteria :

* Previous or current history of malignant disease. Patients who had successful tumor resection more than 10 years prior to inclusion into the study and had no recurrence and patients who had curatively resected basal/squamous cancer of the skin were allowed for inclusion
* Abnormal chest X-ray with suspected malignant tumor presence
* Positive stool hemoccult (expect if due to hemorrhoids)
* Positive Prostate Specific Antigen for men with suspected malignant tumor presence
* Abnormal mammography for women with suspected malignant tumor presence
* Papanicolaou smear (for women) of Class IV or Class V characterization
* Proliferative retinopathy

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* 160 males or post-menopausal females between 21 and 80 years of age. Female subjects must be (a) post-menopausal, (b) surgically sterile or (c) use adequate birth control and have a negative pregnancy test within 3 days prior to administration of study drug and should not be breastfeeding.
* Documented PAD (By Ankle-Brachial Indices or Angiographically)
* Clinically stable (at least 2 months) history of intermittent claudication with no change in symptom severity in the 2 months prior to screening.
* On stable statin therapy for previous 3 months.
* Peak Walking Time (PWT) between 1 and 12 minutes on a standardized Gardner treadmill protocol.
* A Doppler-derived ankle-brachial index (ABI) of \< 0.85 in the symptomatic limb after 10 minutes of rest at screening. For subjects with an ABI of \>1.3 (non-compressible arteries) a Toe-Brachial Index (TBI) of \< 0.70 must be obtained for subject qualification, or if ABI is \> 0.85 to 1.0 , and a reduction of 20% in ABI measured within 1 minute of treadmill testing.
* On appropriate and stable medical therapy for atherosclerosis for at least 2 months.
* Able to give informed consent.
* Diabetics with a dilated eye exam excluding proliferative retinopathy in the previous 12 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Recent or current active infections (treated with antibiotics).
* Recent (3 months) change in statin therapy
* Critical limb ischemia either chronic (category 3 and 4 of SVS classification) or acute ischemia manifested by rest pain, ulceration, or gangrene.
* Lower extremity vascular surgery, angioplasty or lumbar sympathectomy within 3 months of enrollment.
* Participation in a structured exercise treatment protocol within 3 months of enrollment.
* Prior myeloid cancer.
* Unstable angina, myocardial infarction, TIA, stroke or revascularization in the preceding 4 months.
* Severe heart failure (Class III or IV), heart muscle disease or atrial fibrillation.
* Limitation on exercise for symptoms other than intermittent claudication such as arthritis or dyspnea.
* Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (defined as HbA1c \> 10.0).
* Chronic renal disease (creatinine of \>2.5 mg/dl) or hepatic disease (\> 3 X elevations in AST and ALT).
* Ophthalmologic conditions associated with a neo-vascular response.
* Alcohol or drug abuse, or any other disease process that, in the opinion of the PI, will interfere with the ability of the patient to participate in the study.

Answer: C