Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Autologous Bone Marrow Cell Treatment in Patients With Peripheral Atherosclerosis
Brief Summary: Implantation of bone marrow cells, including endothelial progenitor cells, into ischemic limbs has been shown to improve collateral vessel formation. In the present study the safety and feasibility of autologous blood mononuclear cells implantation will be investigated in patients with severe peripheral atherosclerosis.Twenty cases will be enrolled. Improvement in the ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI:\>0.1), ischemic ulcers and angiography as well as laser doppler flow will be evaluated until six months.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Chronic severe CLI patients fulfilling all the following criteria are considered suitable for inclusion in the study.

  1. At least 6 months since the onset of CLI (Chronic peripheral artery disease or Buerger disease)
  2. Patients with luminal stenosis \> 50% by leg angiography
  3. Age is between 20 and 80.
  4. Patients whose Rutherford's class is II-4, III-5, or III-6（Patients with rest pain or ischemic ulcer/necrosis)
  5. Patients for whom angioplasty and bypass surgery are not indicated because of anatomical or procedural reasons or frequent reocclusion/ restenosis following the traditional revascularization (No option patients)
  6. Patients who can give informed consent themselves in writing.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any one of the following exclusion criteria is sufficient to disqualify a patient from the study.

  1. Left ventricular ejection fraction \< 25%
  2. Patients with a history of severe allergic reactions or side effects to G-CSF preparations or apheresis.
  3. Less than 6 months since last episode of myocardial/cerebral infarction.
  4. Patients with unstable angina, with a treatment rating of 3 in the Braunwald system, but a severity of III and a clinical rating of B or C.
  5. Patients with diabetic proliferating retinopathy (new Fukuda classification BI to BV).
  6. Patients with malignant tumor
  7. Patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis.
  8. Patients with hematological disease (leukemia, myeloproliferative disease, or myelodysplastic syndromes).
  9. Patients currently suffering from or having a history of interstitial pneumonitis.
  10. Patients for whom cranial MRA reveals cerebral aneurysm.
  11. Patients for whom abdominal CT or ultrasonography reveals splenomegaly.
  12. Patients with cirrhosis of the liver.
  13. Patients who cannot discontinue Warfarin.
  14. Leukocytes less than 4,000/µL or exceeding 10,000/µL.
  15. Platelets less than 100,000/µL.
  16. Hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL.
  17. AST (GOT) exceeding 100 IU/L or ALT (GPT) exceeding 100 IU/L.
  18. Patients with severe neural disorder in their legs.
  19. Patients with gait disturbance for reasons other than CLI (such as sciatic neuralgia, or vasculitis), making exercise tolerance evaluation on a treadmill with stress ECG difficult.
  20. Pregnant or nursing patients, those who may be pregnant, or those who plan on becoming pregnant before the end of the study period.
  21. Any other reason that the Clinical Supervisors or Clinical Researchers may have for considering a case unsuitable for the study.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of third or fourth class of peripheral atherosclerosis

Exclusion Criteria:

* Insuline dependent diabetes
* Cancer
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Unilateral or bilateral lower extremity ischemia due to advanced peripheral arterial disease
* Unsuitable for revascularization
* Minor tissue loss (Rutherford Category 5) or ischemic rest pain (Rutherford Category 4)
* Competent to give consent
* No current malignancy or history of previous malignancy within the last five years, with the exception of adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer (evidence of standard preventative cancer screenings required)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Major tissue loss (Rutherford Category 6)
* Diabetics with uncontrolled or untreated proliferative retinopathy
* Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus with HbA1C \> 10%
* Uncompensated congestive heart failure and/or other conditions that preclude general anesthesia
* Myocardial infarction or stroke within last 90 days
* Elevated liver function tests (AST or ALT more than twice the upper limit of normal)
* Renal disease (creatinine \> 2.5 mg/dl) or chronic hemodialysis
* White blood cell count \< 3,000/µL or \> 15,000/µL, platelet count \< 100,000/µL, or hematocrit \< 32%
* Topical growth hormone therapy within last 90 days, or injected growth hormone therapy within last 180 days
* Disease of central nervous system and/or other conditions that impair cognitive function
* Two or more episodes of pulmonary embolus with a documented DVT in index leg or history of DVT in index leg without evidence of clot resolution
* Current infection of index leg
* Pregnant women (negative urine pregnancy test required)
* Lower extremity venous disease with pitting edema in index leg
* Recent history (in the 6 months prior to screening) of bone marrow disease or treatment with any medication or procedure which adversely affects the bone marrow and would prohibit transplantation
* Current osteomyelitis in index leg
* Existing HIV diagnosis
* Organ transplant recipients
* Known terminal disease process with life expectancy less than one year
* Severe concomitant disease(s) or any additional condition(s) which the investigator feels constitute(s) criteria for exclusion of a particular subject
* Major amputation required within 30 days
* Inclusion in any other clinical study that may affect the outcome of this study
* Uncorrected stenosis(es) of greater than 50% in the common and/or external iliac artery and/or common femoral artery of the index leg.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Be ≥ 40 and ≤90 years of age.
2. Patients requiring lower extremity major amputation, as determined by an independent vascular specialist.
3. If ulceration or gangrene present, it is distal to malleoli (to allow adequate length of ATM area of approximately 3cm x 10cm x 3 cm)
4. Amputation can safely be performed up to 30 days after screening, as determined by an independent vascular or orthopedic surgeon.
5. Females of childbearing potential must be willing to use one form of birth control for the duration of the study. Female participants must undergo a blood or urine pregnancy test at screening.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant in the next 12 months, or lactating.
2. CHF hospitalization within the last 1 month prior to enrollment.\*
3. Acute coronary syndrome in the last 1 month prior to enrollment.\*
4. HIV positive, or active, untreated HCV as determined by review of medical records.
5. History of cancer within the last 5 years, except basal cell skin carcinoma
6. Inability to provide written informed consent due to cognitive or language barriers (interpreter permitted).
7. Concurrent enrollment in another clinical investigative trial that may alter the outcomes of enrollment in this trial.
8. Any condition requiring immunosuppressant medications (e.g., for treatment of organ transplants, psoriasis, Crohn's disease, alopecia areata).
9. Presence of any clinical condition that in the opinion of the PI or the sponsor makes the patient not suitable to participate in the trial.

   * As defined by the standard definitions of CHF and ACS by the American Heart Association.

Answer: B