Abstract
Abstract
Background
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) of lower extremities comprises a clinical spectrum that extends from asymptomatic patients to critical limb ischemia (CLI) patients. 10% to 40% of the patients are at the risk of primary amputation. This study was planned in “no-option” patients of CLI due to atherosclerotic PAD to assess the efficacy and safety of pooled, allogeneic, adult human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells which is already approved for marketing in India for CLI due to Buerger’s disease.
Methods
This was a single-arm, multi-centric, phase III study where mesenchymal stromal cells was injected as 2 million cells/kg body weight in the calf muscle and around the ulcer. Twenty-four patients of lower extremity CLI due to PAD with Rutherford III-5 or III-6 and ankle–brachial pressure index ≤ 0.6 and having have at least one ulcer with area between 0.5 and 10 cm2 were included in the study. These patients were evaluated over 12 months from drug administration.
Results
Over a period of 12 months, statistical significant reduction of rest pain and ulcer size along with improvement in ankle–brachial pressure index and ankle systolic was observed. The quality of life of patients improved together with increase in total walking distance and major amputation-free survival time.
Conclusion
Mesenchymal stromal cells may be a feasible option to treat “no-option” patients with atherosclerotic PAD.
Trial registration This study is registered prospectively in National Institutes of Health and Clinical Trials Registry—India (CTRI) website: CTRI/2018/06/014436. Registered 6th June 2018. http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/pmaindet2.php?trialid=24050&EncHid=&userName=stempeutics.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Cell Biology,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous),Molecular Medicine,Medicine (miscellaneous)
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