Type 2 Diabetes
Conditions
Keywords
Cord blood stem cells, inflammation, type 2 diabetes, stem cell educator, autoimmunity, immune modulation
Brief summary
Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes has been markedly increased in recent years. More and more children and young adults develop this devastating disease. Despite of multiple factors (e.g., food, environmental, and genetic factors) contributing to the developing of diabetes, increasing evidence demonstrated that chronic inflammation and/or atuoimmunity are common issues and play key roles in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes, leading to the insulin resistance and the shortage of insulin-producing islet beta cells. Thus, anti-inflammation is becoming a novel approach for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Evidence that multipotent stem cells derived from human cord blood (CB-SCs) can control inflammation and autoimmune responses by altering regulatory T cells (Tregs) and human islet beta cell-specific T cell clone in type 1 diabetes offers promise for a new approach to treat type 2 diabetes. Here, the investigators develop a novel Stem Cell Educator therapy by using CB-SC and explore the therapeutic effectiveness of Stem Cell Educator therapy in T2D patients.
Interventions
DEVICEStem Cell Educator
For the treatment, commonly the left (or right) median cubital vein, a patient's blood is passed through a Blood Cell Separator that isolates the lymphocytes from the blood according to the recommended protocol by manufacture; consequently, the collected lymphocytes were transferred into the Stem Cell Educator and treated by CB-SC; after that, the educated cells return the blood back to the patient via a dorsal vein of hand. During the MCS+ collection, the whole blood flow rate was maintained at 35 mL/min. The whole procedure was scheduled for 6 \ 7 hrs.
Sponsors
Chinese government
Jinan Tianhe Stem Cell Biotechnologies Co Ltd
University of Illinois at Chicago
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Patients were screened for enrollment in the study if both clinical signs and laboratory tests meet the diagnosis standards of American Diabetes Association 2010. Other key inclusion criteria were presence of at least one autoantibody to the pancreatic islet β cells for the autoimmune-related type 2 diabetes.
Exclusion criteria
*
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Inflammation control | 30 days post treatment | Before treatment, test inflammation-related markers as baseline; After treatment for 30 days, repeat testing inflammation-related markers. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Metabolic control | 3 months | Before treatment, test for HbA1C levels as baseline; After treatment, test HbA1C levels on the 3rd month |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed