Status:

COMPLETED

Clinical Trial on the Use of Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Lead Sponsor:

Fundacion para la Formacion e Investigacion Sanitarias de la Region de Murcia

Collaborating Sponsors:

Carlos III Health Institute

Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca

Conditions:

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-65 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to asses the feasibility and the security of the intraspinal infusion of autologous bone marrow stem cells for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis pati...

Detailed Description

Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) typically endure a progressive paralysis due to the continued loss of motoneurons that leads them to death in less than 5 years. No treatment has chan...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnose established following the World Federation of Neurology criteria
  • More than 6 and less than 36 months of evolution of the disease
  • Medullar onset of the disease
  • More than 20 and less than 65 years old
  • Forced Vital Capacity equal or superior to 50%
  • Total time of oxygen saturation \<90% inferior to 2% of the sleeping time
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion

  • Neurological or psychiatric concomitant disease
  • Need of parenteral or enteral nutrition through percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy or nasogastric tube
  • Concomitant systemic disease
  • Treatment with corticosteroids, immunoglobulins or immunosuppressors during the last 12 months
  • Inclusion in other clinical trials
  • Unability to understand the informed consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

11 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00855400

Start Date

February 1 2007

End Date

February 1 2010

Last Update

December 2 2010

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Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca

El Palmar, Murcia, Spain, 30120