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Ischaemic StrokePhase 2PISCES-IINCT02117635

Pilot Investigation of Stem Cells in Stroke Phase II Efficacy

A Phase 2 study testing CTX DP in people with Ischaemic Stroke and Cerebral Infarction, run by ReNeuron Limited at 9 sites in United Kingdom.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The primary aim of this Phase II trial is to determine whether it is sufficiently likely that CTX DP treatment at a dose level of 20 million cells improves the recovery in the use of the paretic arm in acute stroke patients to justify a subsequent larger prospectively controlled study. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 40 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Ischaemic Stroke, Cerebral Infarction, Hemiparesis
What is being tested?
CTX DP
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
23 participants
Where
9 sitesUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Jun 2014to 16 Aug 2017
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 40 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Written informed consent or witnessed informed consent in the event that the patient is unable to sign informed consent due to paresis of the affected arm.
  • Supratenorial ishaemic stroke
  • Male or female aged 40 years or more.
  • Stroke, at time of consent, satisfying the following criteria:
  • Modified NIHSS Motor Arm Score of 2, 3 or 4 for affected arm visit 1 and visit 2.
  • Clinical diagnosis of stroke confirmed by physician using neuro-imaging (CT or MRI).
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  • A Score of 0 or 1 for test 2 of the ARAT on day 28+7 and day 56+7 post-stroke using the affected arm.
  • Ability to comprehend verbal commands.
  • Eligible for neurosurgery including appropriate anatomical target for cell implantation.

Who cannot join

  • - Prior history of stroke resulting in permanent moderate to severe disability (i.e. Rankin Scale greater than 2) (other than the presenting ischaemic stroke).
  • Stroke due to haemorrhage.
  • History of neurological or other disease resulting in significant functional impairment of the paretic arm impairing potential ability to pick up, lift and place a 2.5 cm3 block (e.g. Parkinson's disease, motor neuron disease, arthritis, Dupuytren's contracture or fixed anatomical abnormality).
  • Any contraindications to MRI including presence of a cardiac pacemaker (excluding MR-conditional cardiac pacemaker), metal fragments in eye etc.
  • Uncontrolled blood pressure defined as systolic blood pressure ≥180 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥110 mm Hg (patients are only to be excluded if an initial value exceeding these limits is repeated on retesting over several days).
  • Patient with a severe comorbid disorder, not expected to survive more than 12 months.
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  • Acute cardiovascular events other than the presenting ischaemic stroke (e.g. myocardial infarction, recent coronary intervention for symptomatic cardiac disease) considered by the Investigator or the anaesthetist responsible for the patient to place the patient at increased anaesthetic risk, 3 months prior to planned injection of CTX0E03 DP.
  • History of malignant disease (except for non-melanoma skin cancer) within the previous 5 years or any history of malignant brain tumours or brain metastasis.
  • Current treatment with tamoxifen.
  • Patients taking valproate drugs for any indication in whom it is not considered appropriate to discontinue the valproate for a period of one week prior and four weeks post neurosurgery. Patients in whom valproate is switched to an alternative agent during this period may be included.
  • Requirement for antiplatelets and/or anticoagulants including heparin, warfarin or other anticoagulants/ medication that can not be interrupted to allow surgery.
  • Requirement for intermittent (stop/start date from 1-month prior-to and 3 month post- CTX0E03 DP administration) use of oral antispasticity medications (oral antispasticity medications are acceptable if they have been taken regularly for at least one month prior to CTX0E03 DP administration).
  • A history of uncontrolled diabetes e.g. history of hypoglycaemic or hyperglycaemic events requiring hospital admission over previous 6 months.
  • Females of childbearing potential (FOCBP) (or within 2 years of last menstrual cycle) must have a confirmed negative pregnancy test at time of treatment and agree to use two reliable methods of contraception (e.g. oral contraceptive and condom, intra-uterine device (IUD) and condom, diaphragm with spermicide and condom) for the duration of this study
  • Sexually active males with partners who are FOCBP must be willing to use a reliable method of contraception (e.g. barrier and spermicide or as described above) for the duration of this study.
  • Considered unlikely to be able to attend for all follow-up visits.
  • Organ transplant recipient
  • In the opinion of the investigator, sustained consumption of alcohol or drugs at a level likely to be injurious to health.

Trial locations and contacts

9 sites in 1 country.

9 sites in 1 country

United Kingdom9 sites
  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    Birmingham

  • NHS Southern General Hospital

    Glasgow, G51 4TF

  • Kings College Hospital

    London

  • University College London Hospital

    London

  • Royal Victoria Infirmary

    Newcastle

  • Nottingham City Hospital

    Nottingham

  • SalfordRoyal NHS Foundation Trust

    Salford

  • Royal Hallamshire Hosptial

    Sheffield

  • Southampton Hospital

    Southampton

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Efficacy Study of Intracerebral CTX0E03 DP in Patients With Stable Paresis of the Arm Following an Ischaemic Stroke.

The primary aim of this Phase II trial is to determine whether it is sufficiently likely that CTX DP treatment at a dose level of 20 million cells improves the recovery in the use of the paretic arm in acute stroke patients to justify a subsequent larger prospectively controlled study.

This study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of intracerebral CTX DP at a dose level of 20 million cells in patients with paresis of an arm following an ischaemic middle cerebral artery (MCA) stoke. Eligible patients will have no useful function of the paretic arm a minimum of 28 days after the ischaemic stroke (a modified NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Motor Arm Score of 2, 3 or 4 for the affected arm).

Read the detailed description

Design: This Phase II efficacy trial is a multi-centre, open label, single arm, non-comparative design, administering a single dose of CTX cells 2 to 3 months post-ischaemic stroke with follow-up over 12 months. The trial will be overseen by an independent DSMB. The DSMB will adjudicate at predetermined intervals whether a patient has satisfied the primary response criterion and whether the ongoing safety profile justifies continuation or modification of the study.

At least 21 patients will be enrolled to receive CTX DP (20 million cells) by stereotaxic intra-striatal injection ipsilateral to the location of the MCA ischaemic stroke.

Pre-treatment selection of patients: Men and women, aged 40 or more, supratentorial ischaemic stroke or a stroke with elements of both in an area perfused by the MCA (i.e. stroke due to ischaemia resulting in infarct located in the basal ganglia, internal capsule, or corona radiata or a stroke due to ischaemia resulting in infarction of part of the cerebral cortex).

Patients with a first stroke within the past 4 weeks (at time of consent) satisfying the following criteria: Modified NIHSS Motor Arm Score of 2 (some effort against gravity), 3 (no movement against gravity) or 4 (no movement) for the paretic arm post ischaemic stroke; Clinical diagnosis of stroke confirmed by physician using neuro-imaging (computerised tomography or magnetic resonance imaging). A Score of 0 or 1 for test 2 of the ARAT at visit 1 and 2 using the affected arm.

Treatment: One patient will be treated at one time. A single dose (20 million) of CTX DP cells will be administered intracranially via stereotaxic neurosurgery.

Post-treatment follow-up: Patients will be followed for 12 months post-implantation.

End-points: The primary endpoint of the trial is efficacy, using ARAT. Secondary endpoints are efficacy and safety. Outcome measures for efficacy include Fugl-Meyer, NIHSS, BI and RFA. Safety will be assessed by incidence of relevant adverse events monitoring patient's general physical condition and clinical measures (temperature, pulse rate and rhythm, ECG, blood pressure, full blood count, liver function tests, serum urea and electrolytes), immunological response and concomitant medications at the 7 follow-up visits to the clinic in the first year after treatment.

Post-trial follow-up: Annual correspondence with family practitioners; Life-long follow-up for new diagnosis of cancer, site of primary tumour, and survival via National Cancer Registry.

Being tested
CTX DP
Keywords
Efficacy, Non comparative, Neural stem cells, Intracranial administration
Medical subject headings
Ischemic Stroke, Cerebral Infarction, Paresis

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • CTX DPBiological

    Also called CTX0E03 DP, allogeneic human neural stem cell therapy product

    20 million cell dose administered by surgery to the damaged area of the brain

Study groups in NCT02117635
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
allogeneic human neural stem cellExperimentalCTX DP human neural stem cell product, single dose once only injection
Receives: Biological: CTX DP

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Action Research Arm Test (ARAT)

    The primary outcome measure is a minimum 2 point improvement in the ARAT test number 2 (Yozbatiran et al., 2008).

    Response will be defined as a minimum improvement of 2 points in test number 2 of the ARAT (Grasp a 2.5 cm3 block and move it from the starting position to the target end position) in the affected arm 6 months after injection of CTX DP. This would represent an improvement from a pre-treatment state in which the patient was unable to grasp and reposition the block as required to a post-treatment state in which the patient could accomplish the task as specified within 60 seconds.

    Measured: 3 months

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. To assess the efficacy of intracranial CTX DP in restoring upper limb function following an ischaemic stroke using the ARAT

    Measured: 12 months

  2. To assess the efficacy of intracranial CTX DP in restoring function following an ischaemic stroke using the Modified National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)

    Measured: 12 months

  3. To assess the efficacy of intracranial CTX DP in restoring patient's functional independence following an ischaemic stroke using the Rankin Focused Assessment (RFA) version of the modified Rankin Scale

    Measured: 12 months

  4. To assess the efficacy of CTX DP in improving patient's ability to execute activities of daily living following an ischaemic stroke using the Barthel Index (BI)

    Measured: 12 months

  5. To assess the safety and tolerability of intracranial CTX DP in patients following an ischaemic stroke

    Incidence of adverse events: monitoring of vital signs, temperature, pulse rate and rhythm, ECG, blood pressure, full blood count, liver function test, serum urea and electrolytes, CTX antibody screen

    Measured: 12 months

  6. To assess the efficacy of intracranial CTX DP in restoring upper limb function following an ischaemic stroke using the Fugl-Meyer

    Measured: 12 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Apr 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study startJun 2014
  3. Primary completion31 Oct 2016
  4. Study completion16 Aug 2017

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
23 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02117635
Sponsor's protocol ID
RN01-CP-0002
Other IDs
2012-003482-18
Acronym
PISCES-II
Status last verified
Apr 2018
First submitted
16 Apr 2014
Last updated
23 Jul 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Yozbatiran N, Der-Yeghiaian L, Cramer SC. A standardized approach to performing the action research arm test. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2008 Jan-Feb;22(1):78-90. doi: 10.1177/1545968307305353. Epub 2007 Aug 17.

    PubMed 17704352
  • Stevanato L, Thanabalasundaram L, Vysokov N, Sinden JD. Investigation of Content, Stoichiometry and Transfer of miRNA from Human Neural Stem Cell Line Derived Exosomes. PLoS One. 2016 Jan 11;11(1):e0146353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146353. eCollection 2016.

    PubMed 26752061
  • Stevanato L, Hicks C, Sinden JD. Differentiation of a Human Neural Stem Cell Line on Three Dimensional Cultures, Analysis of MicroRNA and Putative Target Genes. J Vis Exp. 2015 Apr 12;(98):52410. doi: 10.3791/52410.

    PubMed 25938519

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing CTX DP in people with Ischaemic Stroke and Cerebral Infarction, run by ReNeuron Limited at 9 sites in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 18 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Jul 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 9 sites in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) (time frame: 3 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02117635, which also lists 3 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Jul 2018; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.

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