CovidResearchTrials by Shray Alag


CovidResearchTrials Covid 19 Research using Clinical Trials (Home Page)


Stem Cell Educator-Treated Mononuclear Cells ApheresisWiki

Developed by Shray Alag
Clinical Trial MeSH HPO Drug Gene SNP Protein Mutation


Correlated Drug Terms (2)


Name (Synonyms) Correlation
drug1476 Mesenchymal cells Wiki 1.00
drug2326 Standard of care Wiki 0.23

Correlated MeSH Terms (5)


Name (Synonyms) Correlation
D007249 Inflammation NIH 0.20
D013577 Syndrome NIH 0.11
D011014 Pneumonia NIH 0.06
D045169 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome NIH 0.05
D018352 Coronavirus Infections NIH 0.04

Correlated HPO Terms (1)


Name (Synonyms) Correlation
HP:0002090 Pneumonia HPO 0.06

There is one clinical trial.

Clinical Trials


1 Clinical Application of Stem Cell Educator Therapy for the Treatment of Viral Inflammation Caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Currently, the growing epidemic of a new coronavirus infectious disease (Covid-19) is wreaking havoc worldwide, which is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 is a RNA virus that display high similarity in both genomic and proteomic profiling with SARS-CoV that first emerged in humans in 2003 in China. Therefore, preventing and controlling the pandemic occurrences are extremely urgent as a global top priority. Due to the lack of effective antiviral drugs, patients may be treated by only addressing their symptoms such as reducing fever. Clinical autopsies from SARS-CoV-infected patients demonstrated that there were major pathological changes in the lungs, immune organs, and small systemic blood vessels with vasculitis. However, the detection of SARS-CoV were primarily found in the lung and trachea/bronchus, but was undetectable in spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow, heart and aorta, highlighting the overreaction of immune responses induced by viral infection were really harmful, resulting in the pathogenesis of lungs, immune organs, and small systemic blood vessels. To this respect, immune modulation strategy may be potentially beneficial to enhance anti-viral immunity and efficiently reduce the viral load, improve clinical outcomes, expedite the patient recovery, and decline the rate of mortality in patients after being infected with SARS-CoV-2. Tianhe Stem Cell Biotechnologies Inc. has developed a novel globally-patented Stem Cell Educator (SCE) technology designed to reverse the autoimmune response in Type 1 diabetes (T1D), Alopecia Areata (AA) and other autoimmune diseases. SCE therapy uses human multipotent cord blood stem cells (CB-SC) from human cord blood. Their properties distinguish CB-SC from other known stem cell types, including mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). Several clinical studies show that SCE therapy functions via CB-SC induction of immune tolerance in autoimmune T cells and restore immune balance and homeostasis in patients with T1D, AA and other inflammation-associated diseases. To correct the overreaction of overreaction of immune responses, the investigators plan to treat SARS-CoV-2 patients with Stem Cell Educator therapy.

NCT04299152 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Pneumonia Combination Product: Stem Cell Educator-Treated Mononuclear Cells Apheresis
MeSH:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections Pneumonia Syndrome Inflammation
HPO:Pneumonia

Primary Outcomes

Description: The feasibility will be evaluated by the number of Covid-19 patients who were unable to complete SCE Therapy.

Measure: Determine the number of Covid-19 patients who were unable to complete SCE Therapy

Time: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Description: Measurements of immune markers' changes will be preformed by flow cytometry such as activated T cells. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) will be collected at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 28 day post the SCE therapy.

Measure: Examine the percentage of activated T cells after SCE therapy by flow cytometry

Time: 4 weeks

Description: Measurements of immune marker's changes will be preformed by flow cytometry such as the percentage of Th17 cells. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) will be collected at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 28 day post the SCE therapy.

Measure: Assess the percentage of Th17 cells after SCE therapy by flow cytometry

Time: 4 weeks

Description: Patients will be monitored for their chest imaging every 3 - 5 days for 4 weeks after receiving SCE therapy.

Measure: Chest imaging changes by computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest

Time: 4 weeks

Description: To determine the viral load by real time RT-PCR, samples of blood, sputum, nose / throat swab will be collected from patients during the follow-up studies after receiving SCE therapy.

Measure: Quantification of the SARS-CoV-2 viral load by real time RT-PCR

Time: 4 weeks


Related HPO nodes (Using clinical trials)