Perinatal Arterial Stroke Treated With Stromal Cells Intranasally — PASSIoN  

Neonatal Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title: Adult Mesenchymal Stromal Cells to Regenerate the Neonatal Brain: the PASSIoN Trial (Perinatal Arterial Stroke Treated With Stromal Cells IntraNasally)

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will assess safety and feasibility of bone marrow-derived allogeneic MSCs, administered by the nasal route, in neonates who suffered from PAIS.

Clinical Trial Description

Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAIS) is an important perinatal cause of long-lasting neurodevelopmental problems. Recent studies report an incidence of PAIS of 1 per 2300 full-term infants born alive. Adverse consequences of PAIS include hemiplegia, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy and speech problems. In 50-75% of infants, neonatal stroke leads to abnormal neuromotor and -developmental outcome or epilepsy. The estimated annual mortality rate of neonatal stroke is 3.49/100,000 annually. Current treatment options for PAIS mainly focus on controlling convulsions and associated infections. There is no treatment available that leads to reduction of neonatal brain damage in this severely affected group of infants. This leads to life-long consequences of PAIS and forms a large burden for patients and society. The overall aim of this project is to meet this need by developing a cell based treatment strategy. Animal models of neonatal brain injury provide evidence for the feasibility and efficacy of intranasal mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) application in the treatment of PAIS. Additionally, results from human trials with MSCs in the treatment of adult stroke or other pathologic conditions provide evidence that MSC treatment is safe. This project aims at making the first step towards clinical application of MSCs to treat PAIS. Successful completion of this project will provide the first evidence of the safety and feasibility of MSCs to treat brain damage in newborn infants. This study will assess safety and feasibility of bone marrow-derived allogeneic MSCs, administered by the nasal route, in neonates who suffered from PAIS. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ischemic Stroke
• Neonatal Stroke
• Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke
• Stroke

• NCT number: NCT03356821
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: UMC Utrecht
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Start date: February 11, 2020
• Completion date: July 27, 2021