Cerebral palsy
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age under 7 years at the autologous umbilical cord blood cells (Auto-CB) infusion. 2. Recipients with cerebral palsy, or maderate and severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, or periventricular leukomalacia 3. Total cell count of Auto-CB is over 1.2E+06 cells with cell viability >60%.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Recipients with genetic disorder. 2. Recipients with malignant disease or brain tumor. 3. Mothers are positive for HBV, HCV, HIV, HTLV-1, and syphilus at the pregnancy. 4. Recipients with steroid allergy. 5. Auto-CB are positive for bacterial culture. 6. Recipients who are decided to be ineligible by doctors. 7. No principal or parental consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Safety which will be evaluated by assessing the incidence of acute infusion reactions, infections, any other adverse events for 36 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Assessment of improvement in gross mot or function using gross motor function meas ure(GMFM) at the day before transfusion (from admission to one day before trasfusion), on discharge, 6 months later, 12 months later, and 24 months later. 2. Assessment of mental, speech, and social development using new edition k type devel opmental examination or WISC-IV at the day before transfusion (from admission to one day before trasfusion), on discharge, 6 months later, 12 months later, and 24 months later. 3. Serial change of EEG and brain MRI findin gs(CT findings in cases with contraindication of MRI) at the day before transfusion (from admission to one day before trasfusion), on discharge, 6 months later, 12 months later, and 24 months later. 4. Relationship among clinical improvement, total CD45 positive cell numbers of sibling A llo-CB excluding granulocytes, and HLA-match rate. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Kochi Medical School Hospital