Status:

COMPLETED

The Transendocardial Autologous Cells (hMSC or hBMC) in Ischemic Heart Failure Trial (TAC-HFT)

Lead Sponsor:

University of Miami

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Emmes Company, LLC

Conditions:

Stem Cell Transplantation

Ventricular Dysfunction, Left

Eligibility:

All Genders

21-90 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The technique of transplanting progenitor cells into a region of damaged myocardium, termed cellular cardiomyoplasty, is a potentially new therapeutic modality designed to replace or repair necrotic, ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction secondary to MI.
  • Be a candidate for cardiac catheterization.
  • Been treated with appropriate maximal medical therapy for heart failure or post-infarction left ventricular dysfunction.
  • Ejection fraction less than or equal to 50%.
  • Able to perform a metabolic stress test.

Exclusion

  • Baseline glomerular filtration rate \< 45 ml/min/1.73m2.
  • Presence of a mechanical aortic valve or heart constrictive device.
  • Documented presence of aortic stenosis (aortic stenosis graded as ≥+2 equivalent to an orifice area of 1.5cm2 or less).
  • Documented presence of moderate to severe aortic insufficiency (echocardiographic assessment of aortic insufficiency graded as ≥+2).
  • Evidence of a life-threatening arrhythmia (nonsustained ventricular tachycardia ≥ 20 consecutive beats or complete heart block) or QTc interval \> 550 ms on screening ECG. In addition; patients with sustained or a short run of ventricular tachycardia on ECG or 48 hour Ambulatory ECG during the screening period will be removed from the protocol.
  • Documented unstable angina.
  • AICD firing in the past 60 days prior to the procedure.
  • Contra-indication to performance of a magnetic resonance imaging scan.
  • Be eligible for or require coronary artery revascularization.
  • Have a hematologic abnormality as evidenced by hematocrit \< 25%, white blood cell \< 2,500/ul or platelet values \< 100,000/ul without another explanation.
  • Have liver dysfunction, as evidenced by enzymes (ALT and AST) greater than three times the ULN.
  • Have a coagulopathy condition = (INR \> 1.3) not due to a reversible cause.
  • Known, serious radiographic contrast allergy.
  • Known allergies to penicillin or streptomycin.
  • Organ transplant recipient.
  • Clinical history of malignancy within 5 years (i.e., patients with prior malignancy must be disease free for 5 years), except curatively-treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or cervical carcinoma.
  • Non-cardiac condition that limits lifespan to \< 1 year.
  • On chronic therapy with immunosuppressant medication.
  • Serum positive for HIV, hepatitis BsAg, or non-viremic hepatitis C.
  • Female patient who is pregnant, nursing, or of child-bearing potential and not using effective birth control.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

65 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00768066

Start Date

August 1 2008

End Date

September 1 2013

Last Update

December 14 2015

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University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

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