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Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Syringomyelia

An Exploratory Study on the Use of Intrathecal Injection of Human Autologous Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Derived Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Syringomyelia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07295067
Enrollment
18
Registered
2025-12-19
Start date
2025-12-23
Completion date
2026-12-31
Last updated
2026-06-30

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Conditions

Syringomyelia

Keywords

syringomyelia, spinal cord injury, mesenchymal stromal cell, extracellular vesicle

Brief summary

This is a open-label, single-arm, dose escalation phase I clinical trial. The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of Intrathecal injection human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicle (hUC-MSC-sEV) in syringomyelia.

Detailed description

This is a open-label, single-arm, dose escalation phase I clinical trial. The study will consist of one part: Part 1 will be a dose-escalation study. A traditional 3+3 dose-escalation design will be implemented in Part 1. Cohort 1 will receive low-dose1×1011particles; Cohort 2 will receive middle-dose2×1011particles; and Cohort 3 will receive high-dose3×1011particles. (Cohort 1 to Cohort 3 will receive a dose of 2 ml per lumbar puncture, administered once a month, for a total of three months.) If no dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) are observed for 2 weeks after the administration of the first Intrathecal injection, a new cohort will be enrolled at the next planned dose level. If DLTs are observed in one participant in the cohort, an additional three participants will be treated at the same dose level. Dose escalation will be stopped if DLTs are observed in more than 33% of the participants.

Interventions

DRUGExosomes group

Exosomes derived from human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells for Intrathecal injection (administered once a month, for a total of three months, based on the recommended dose during the dose-escalation phase).

Sponsors

Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Lead SponsorOTHER
Yisaier Medical Technology (shan xi) Co., Ltd.
CollaboratorUNKNOWN

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients whose MR revealed that syrinx have shrunk after surgery for a year but whose clinical spinal cord symptoms have not improved. * Patients whose MR revealed that syrinx spontaneously resolution under conservative observation, but whose clinical spinal cord symptoms have not improved. * Age: 18-70 years, inclusion of both genders;

Exclusion criteria

* 1\. Those with diabetes, heart disease, or impaired liver or kidney function; 2. Those with other diseases such as brainstem tumors and spinal cord tumors; 3. Infected individuals with lumbar puncture sites; 4. Those with previous or detected abnormalities in the heart; 5. Those who have autoimmune diseases and need to be treated with immunosuppressants; 6. Those who are allergic to the research drugs; 7. Have participated in other interventional clinical studies or received other cell therapies (excluding blood transfusion) within the past three months; 8. Those who are unconscious, unable to express subjective discomfort symptoms and unable to cooperate with neurological function tests, those who have been receiving drug treatment for a long time and do not cooperate with the treatment plan; 9. Pregnant women, women who are breastfeeding and those planning to become pregnant; 10. Serological tests (HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV, TP-Ab) are positive; 11. Other circumstances where the researcher deems the patient unsuitable to participate in this study (including but not limited to not meeting the treatment that benefits the patient the most, poor patient compliance, abnormal laboratory test indicators that cannot be accepted, etc.). Rejection Criteria: misdiagnosis; use of any medication that may significantly impact the assessment accuracy of hUC-MSC-sEV engraftment; absence of any evaluation outcome at any time point during the follow-up period Cessation Criteria: individual wishes of the subjects; occurrence of any hUC-MSC-sEV-associated serious adverse event (SAE) that may aggravate neurological dysfunction, or require prolongation of existing hospitalization, or need hospital readmission, or impair consciousness, or be life-threatening, or even lead to death in any subject; detection of any major mistake in the present protocol during the implementation of this clinical trial; the national administration agency requires the clinical trial to be halted

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of participants who experienced dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs)24 hours, 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 WeeksDLTs related to hUC-MSC-sEV include adverse events of grade 3 or higher (including significant clinical laboratory findings) that are possibly, likely, or definitely related to the study drug, accompanied by clinical symptoms and requiring medical treatment within 14 days of administration. Adverse events are graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 5.0 (CTCAE 5.0).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
American Spinal Injury Association(ASIA) Score4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 monthsAmerican Spinal Injury Association(ASIA) Score for evaluating the spinal cord function, degree of the spinal cord function, motor1-100, sensory 1-224, higher scores mean a better outcome
Klekamp and Sammi syringomyelia scale4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 monthsfor evaluating the spinal cord function, each score 1-5, higher scores mean a better outcome
Incidence of severe adverse events4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 WeeksThe proportion of patients who experienced severe adverse events.
Time to event (death, tracheostomy, and permanent assisted mechanical ventilation)up to 12 monthsThe number of time-to-event outcomes.
modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scores (mJOA)4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 monthsMotor function, sensory, bladder function;for evaluating the spinal cord function;0-17, higher scores mean a better outcome
xuanwu syringomyelia scale4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 monthsfor evaluating the spinal cord function, for evaluating the spinal cord function;0-18, higher scores mean a worse outcome
improvement or resolution of the syrinx4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 monthsimprovement in size.

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jul 1, 2026