Safety and Tolerability of Intra-Articular Injection of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells GXCPC1 in 11 Subjects With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Nonrandomized Pilot Study Without a Control Arm
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Abstract
The current study aimed to determine the safety profile of intra-articular-injected allogeneic adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) GXCPC1 in subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and its preliminary efficacy outcome. The 3 + 3 phase I study was designed with two dose-escalation cohorts: low dose (6.7 × 10 6 GXCPC1, N = 5) and high dose (4 × 10 7 GXCPC1, N = 6). The primary endpoint was safety, which was evaluated by recording adverse events throughout the trial; the secondary endpoints included total, pain, stiffness, and function subscales of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain, and 12-Item Short Form (SF-12) health survey questionnaire. The GXCPC1 treatment was found to be safe after 1 year of follow-up with no treatment-related severe adverse events observed. When compared to baseline, subjects in both the low- and high-dose cohorts demonstrated improving trends in pain and knee function after receiving GXCPC1 treatment. Generally, the net change in pain (95% confidence interval (CI) = −7.773 to −2.561t at 12 weeks compared to baseline) and knee function (95% CI = −24.297 to −10.036t at 12 weeks compared to baseline) was better in subjects receiving high-dose GXCPC1. Although this study included a limited number of subjects without a placebo arm, it showed that the intra-articular injection of ADSCs was safe and well-tolerated in subjects with therapeutic alternatives to treat knee OA. However, a larger scale study with an appropriate control would be necessary for clinical efficacy in the following study.
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