Clinical Application of Stem Cell Educator Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes

NCT04011020 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2024-04-29

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Summary

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease that causes a deficit of pancreatic islet beta cells. Millions of individuals worldwide have T1D, and incidence increases annually. Several recent clinical trials point to the need for an approach that produces comprehensive immune modulation at both the local pancreatic and systemic levels. Stem Cell Educator (SCE) therapy offers comprehensive immune modulation at both the local and systemic levels in T1D by using a patient's own immune cells (including platelets) that are "educated" by cord blood stem cells. Tested clinically in more than 200 patients, SCE therapy has shown lasting reversal in autoimmunity in T1D patients, including improved C-peptide levels, reduced median glycated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) values, and decreased median daily usage of insulin. SCE therapy circulates a patient's blood through a blood cell separator, briefly cocultures the patient's immune cells with adherent Cord Blood Stem Cells (CB-SCs) in vitro, and returns the "educated" autologous immune cells to the patient's circulation.

Conditions

Interventions

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Stem Cell Educator therapy

Patients with T1D will be evaluated by the study principal investigator or co-investigators. Informed consent will be obtained at the initial screening visit. The initial screening visit will occur within 30 days of initiation of SCE therapy. The second screening visit will occur within 7 days of therapy. Subjects who meet all criteria will be scheduled for treatment. All enrolled subjects will receive treatment with the SCE system consisting of a single session of mononuclear cells (MNC) collection by apheresis where 10 L of blood will be processed on day -1. The MNC product will then be exposed over to the SCE and on day 0 the product will be infused intravenously back to the patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hackensack Meridian Health

    collaborator OTHER
  • Throne Biotechnologies Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • YONG ZHAO, MD,PhD · Throne Biotechnologies Inc.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-20
Primary Completion
2024-10-20
Completion
2025-06-20
FDA Drug
Yes
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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