Heart rescue: can Power-Pack injections save kids on life support?
NCT ID NCT02851758
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new approach for children on ECMO life support who have heart damage. Doctors will take a small sample of the child's own mitochondria (the energy parts of cells) and inject them directly into the heart muscle. The goal is to see if this is safe and helps the heart pump better so the child can come off ECMO sooner.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 16 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2017
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Up to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Pediatric cardiology patients under the age of 18 on ECMO * concerns for ischemic injury on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Exclusion Criteria: * Known mitochondria disorders
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Boston Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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