Spinal Cord Injury
Conditions
Keywords
Autologous Stem Cells, Spinal Cord Injury, Preclinical
Brief summary
This is a observational study in which healthy found volunteers are recruited to donate 50 ml of bone marrow aspirate to enable preclinical studies to obtain proof of concept and safety of a bone marrow derived stem cell preparation named AMARCELL. The prepared AMARCELL is only for animal studies and after completion of the preclinical program, the intention of AMARCELL is to treat humans with a traumatic Spinal cord injury.
Detailed description
Coded anonymized patient data
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Men in the age range of 21-30 years and/or women in the age range of 21-30 years and taking birth control medication to prevent pregnancy * Written informed consent * Healthy as concluded by the answers given to questions in a short health questionnaire
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnancy or lactation period * Volunteers who are unable to comply with the rules of this project. Important is if the volunteer can not follow the schedule of the appointments. * Abuse of alcohol, medicines or illicit drugs. * Legally protected people
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of mononuclear cells include hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in AMARCELL | 3 days | Important is to have more than 2 million mononuclear cells (MNCs) include hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in the end product AMARCELL |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Absence of contamination with infectious agents especially bacteria and pseudomonas | 3 days | The end product has to be sterile and will be tested for contamination. No culture after plating on growth medium (after 14 days) and no foreign non-human particles in the sample using Polymerase Chain Reaction techniques (after 6 hours). |
Countries
Netherlands