Cord blood stem cells tested in stroke patients – early safety check
NCT ID NCT03186456
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-stage trial tests whether stem cells from donated umbilical cords are safe for people who recently had a stroke. Forty participants will receive three monthly infusions of the cells along with standard aspirin therapy. The study is currently on hold, and its main goal is to monitor for side effects, not to prove the treatment works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new way to help people recover from stroke by reducing brain damage.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small trial (Phase 1, 40 people) that is currently suspended. It only tests safety, not whether it truly works, and stem cell treatments carry risks like infection or immune reactions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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40 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Patient within 2 weeks onset of symptoms. * Symptoms and signs of clinically definite acute cerebral infarction patients. * CT/MRI prove the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) as Total Anterior circulation infarct (TACI), Partial Anterior circulation infarct (PACI), Posterior Anterior circulation infarct (POCI), or obvious neurological deficit lacunar infarction patient. * Signed informed consent after understanding all possible benefits and harm. Exclusion Criteria: * allergic to basic drug * with progressive stroke, transient ischemia attach, cerebral infarction with posterior cerebral hemorrhage, and cerebral arteritis. * tumor, injury, and parasites caused cerebral embolism * rheumatic heart disease, coronary heart disease, and other atrial fibrillation combined heart disease caused cerebral embolism * subject is processing thrombolytic therapy * subject is pregnancy and of childbearing potential or breast feeding * participate in any other clinical trial in last 3 months * bleeding tendency patient; severe bleeding tendency in last 3 month * with gastric duodenal ulcer * participants with severe liver and kidney, hematopoietic, and metabolic diseases; Or with liver and kidney function examination abnormal * participants are intolerance with Aspirin Enteric-coated Tablets, or need other antiplatelet drugs * participants: alcoholism, drug addicted, or other situations may complicated the results * under other therapy that possibly influence MSC security or efficacy * investigator supposes not suitable to participate this clinical trail
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Inner Mongolia International Mongolian Hospital
Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010065, China
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