Clinical trial NCT01363401: Safety and Efficacy Study of Autologous Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cell Treatment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Official title: An Open-label, Phase I/II Trial for Safety and Efficacy Study of Autologous Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cell Treatment in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
ALS
Keywords: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ALS
Motor neuron disease
MND
HYNR-CS inj
Autologous bone marrow derived stem cell
Intrathecal injection
Lead sponsor: Corestemchemon, Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2011-06-01
Enrollment: 72
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of autologous bone marrow-derived stem cells("HYNR-CS inj"), through intrathecal delivery for the treatment in patients with ALS.

This study consists of 2 steps. First step is a safety study of the intrathecal(IT) injection of "HYNR-CS inj" in 8 patients with ALS. In this phase 1 study, AE, laboratory test, physical examination, vital signs, Electrocardiogram, and Chest X-Ray examination were evaluated in terms of safety.

Second step is to compare the efficacy and safety between test group and control group of total 64 patients with ALS.

Detailed description: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor neuron loss. Despite of many trials for disease-modifying, no treatment has so far changed natural course of disease.

We have performed the pre-clinical and clinical studies using autologous bone marrow-derived stem cells in ALS. We could get the evidence that autologous bone marrow-derived stem cells have dose-dependent effects on SOD1 mice via intrathecal injection. In our results of clinical trial, intrathecal injection of autologous bone marrow-derived stem cells could slow down disease progression and might be used as a disease modifying strategy in patients with ALS.

This study was designed as a single center, randomized, open-label, parallel-group, 2-stage study, and targeted at patients diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(Lou Gehrig's disease). The study consisted of Stage-1 study for safety evaluation and Stage-2 study for efficacy and safety evaluation of the study drug, and at Stage 1, 7 subjects eligible for the inclusion/exclusion criteria received safety evaluation for 28 days of study drug administration in twice under the protocol, and then followed Stage 2. To decide whether the study can be proceeded in 2 stages, ADR(CTCAE Version 3.0, ≥grade 3) should not appear in initial 7 subjects.

Data obtained from subjects of this study were analyzed into three: Safety Analysis, ITT(Intent-To-Treat) Analysis, and PP(Per Protocol) Analysis. However, in case of phase 1, only safety analysis was conducted, and in case of phase 2, all of safety, ITT, and PP analyses were conducted.

For ITT Analysis, all the subjects whose data on primary efficacy endpoint could be obtained following the administration of investigational drug were analyzed in analysis among subjects who were administered the investigational drug once at least. Also, Modified ITT Analysis, including 7 subjects at Stage 1, was carried out.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients between 25 and 75 years old
* Patients who have both signs of lower motor neuron(LMN) and upper motor neuron(UMN) degeneration by clinical, electrophysiological or neuropathologic examination
* Patients diagnosed as 'Probable' or 'Definite' ALS according to the World Federation of Neurology El Escorial criteria
* Patients who have taken Rilutek at stable background dose from 3 months ago at least before screening entry
* Patients whose duration of disease is within 5 years from the first diagnosis
* Patients with ALSFRS-R score within 31 to 46 at screening
* Patients who can visit to a hospital by walk personally or by protector's help
* Patients who provide the written consent by oneself or his/her legal representative

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who doesn't appropriate to the diagnostic criteria of ALS
* Patients who are diagnosed as primary lateral sclerosis(PLS) or progressive muscular atrophy(PMA)
* Patients suspected of adverse effect after stem cell injection(patients suspected of malignant tumor, risk group of psychogenic shock, patients with serious hypertension)
* Patients with ALSFRS-R score below 30 at screening
* Patients performed ventilator or tracheostomy at screening
* Patients performed gastrostomy at screening
* Patients unable to assess the efficacy of this clinical trial due to unattainable PFT(Pulmonary Functional Test) or patients with suspected 40% or less of FVC at screening
* Patients with finding of myocardial infarction or angina pectoris according to ECG, patients who have been performed Stenting or Bypass operation at screening
* Patients who have taken any other drug for clinical trial within the past 3 months at screening entry
* Patients with epilepsy
* Patients with severe renal dysfunction(serum creatinine≥2.0mg/dl)
* Patients with severe liver dysfunction(ALT, AST, bilirubin≥upper limit of normal X 2)
* Pregnant woman, lactating woman, female patients who has a pregnancy planning or who doesn't agree with adoption of contraception methods proper medically, male patients who doesn't agree with adoption of contraception methods proper to his partner during participating this study
* Patients with hemorrhagic tendency at screening
* Patients with virus infection at screening
* Patients with a known history of hypersensitivity/allergy to penicillin and streptomycin
* Patients with previous stem cell therapy
* Patients diagnosed with cancer
* Patients who have taken any drug thag can effect to bone marrow function
* Patients with any other neurological disease except ALS
* Patients with psychotic diseases

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Difference in the Changes of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale - Revised (ALSFRS-R) Between Treatment Groups and Control Groups.
timeFrame: baseline(Visit 5) and week 16(Visit 9)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Appel Scale
timeFrame: baseline(Visit 5) and week 16(Visit 9)
measure: Change in Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) (Percent of Predicted Normal)
timeFrame: baseline(Visit 5) and week 16(Visit 9)
measure: Change in SF-36 (The Short Form (36) Health Survey is a 36 Item)
timeFrame: baseline(Visit 5) and week 16(Visit 9)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Seoul
country: Korea, Republic of
facility: Hanyang University Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Hanyang University
name: Seung Hyun Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Kim H, Kim HY, Choi MR, Hwang S, Nam KH, Kim HC, Han JS, Kim KS, Yoon HS, Kim SH. Dose-dependent efficacy of ALS-human mesenchymal stem cells transplantation into cisterna magna in SOD1-G93A ALS mice. Neurosci Lett. 2010 Jan 14;468(3):190-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.10.074. Epub 2009 Oct 29.
citation: Choi MR, Kim HY, Park JY, Lee TY, Baik CS, Chai YG, Jung KH, Park KS, Roh W, Kim KS, Kim SH. Selection of optimal passage of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells for stem cell therapy in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurosci Lett. 2010 Mar 19;472(2):94-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.01.054. Epub 2010 Feb 1.
citation: Kim HY, Kim H, Oh KW, Oh SI, Koh SH, Baik W, Noh MY, Kim KS, Kim SH. Biological markers of mesenchymal stromal cells as predictors of response to autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an investigator-initiated trial and in vivo study. Stem Cells. 2014 Oct;32(10):2724-31. doi: 10.1002/stem.1770.
citation: Oh KW, Moon C, Kim HY, Oh SI, Park J, Lee JH, Chang IY, Kim KS, Kim SH. Phase I trial of repeated intrathecal autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2015 Jun;4(6):590-7. doi: 10.5966/sctm.2014-0212. Epub 2015 May 1.
citation: Oh KW, Noh MY, Kwon MS, Kim HY, Oh SI, Park J, Kim HJ, Ki CS, Kim SH. Repeated Intrathecal Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2018 Sep;84(3):361-373. doi: 10.1002/ana.25302. Epub 2018 Aug 31.