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Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Based Tissue Engineered Laryngeal Implants (RegenVOX)

Primary Purpose

Disorder of Upper Respiratory System, Laryngostenosis, Tracheal Stenosis

Status
Withdrawn
Phase
Phase 1
Locations
United Kingdom
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Stem cell based tissue engineered partial laryngeal implants
Sponsored by
University College, London
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Disorder of Upper Respiratory System focused on measuring Airway reconstruction, Regenerative medicine

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients aged >=18 years with sufficient numbers of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) in their 8-10ml human Bone Marrow (hBM) aspirate.

Patients with Myer-Cotton Grade 3 or 4* laryngotracheal stenosis or equivalent due to traumatic, inflammatory, iatrogenic, or idiopathic causes who have exhausted conventional therapies.

*The Myer-Cotton grading system for mature, firm, circumferential stenosis, confined to the subglottis describes the stenosis based on the per cent relative reduction in cross-sectional area of the subglottis. Four grades of stenosis:

  • grade 1 lesions have less than 50% obstruction
  • grade 2 lesions have 51% to 70% obstruction
  • grade 3 lesions have 71% to 99% obstruction
  • grade 4 lesions have no detectable lumen or complete stenosis

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Patients positive for HIV 1, HIV 2, HCV, HBV, syphilis or HTLV
  • Those unable to provide informed consent
  • Co-morbid severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (according to NICE criteria)
  • Patients with active / uncontrolled chronic inflammatory conditions such as granulomatosis with polyangitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis) and sarcoidosis
  • Any current or previous cancer within 5 years (except non-melanoma skin cancer, adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix, laryngeal malignancy treated locally with no local recurrence and no metastases, or low grade airway malignancy such as chondrosarcoma which may be causing airway obstruction)
  • Life expectancy less than 5 years unless this limitation is principally due to the airway obstruction to be treated
  • Concurrent enrollment in any other Clinical Trial of Investigational Medicinal Product (CTIMP).

Sites / Locations

  • University College London NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH)

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm Type

Experimental

Arm Label

Tissue engineered airway construct

Arm Description

Stem cell based tissue engineered partial laryngeal implants: The final experimental product is a highly tested, recellularised, stem cells based tissue engineered product (airway construct) for operative partial laryngeal implantation into patients with severe laryngotracheal stenosis

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Safety of tissue engineered laryngotracheal replacement
The primary outcome measure is safety of the tissue engineered implant as defined by morbidity and mortality and measured by occurrence of adverse events throughout 24 months post operative follow up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Efficacy of tissue engineered laryngotracheal replacement
Secondary outcome is efficacy as determined Absence of tracheostomy. Absence of non-absorbable stent. Improvement in mean airway diameter. Improvement in Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1). Improvement in global quality of life (EQ-5D). Improvement in maximum phonation time (MPT) as measured by Voice Analysis Operavox (VAO). Improvement in self assessment of voice handicap (VHI-10). Improvement in swallowing function (EAT-10). Improvement in airway, dyspnoea, voice, swallowing index (ADVS index). Improvement in the penetration-aspiration scale (PAS) as per Video Fluoroscopic Swallow (VFS) or Functional Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES). Health Economics

Full Information

First Posted
October 31, 2013
Last Updated
June 1, 2018
Sponsor
University College, London
Collaborators
Medical Research Council
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01977911
Brief Title
Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Based Tissue Engineered Laryngeal Implants
Acronym
RegenVOX
Official Title
Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Based Tissue Engineered Partial Laryngeal Implants in 10 Adult Patients With End-stage Laryngeal Stenosis With 24 Months Follow-up.
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
June 2018
Overall Recruitment Status
Withdrawn
Why Stopped
Withdrawal of funding
Study Start Date
April 2018 (Anticipated)
Primary Completion Date
May 25, 2018 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
May 25, 2018 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
University College, London
Collaborators
Medical Research Council

4. Oversight

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
Data Monitoring Committee
Yes

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
This study aims to test a new groundbreaking treatment for narrowing of the voicebox and upper windpipe, which can be due to injury, inflammatory disease or cancer treatment. Narrowing of the voicebox or upper windpipe can leave patients dependant on a tracheostomy tube to breath through (a tube or hole in the neck), which can require a high level of care with regular hospital visits and can lead to recurrent chest infections. Regular surgical procedures may be necessary to widen the airway. Speaking may be very difficult or not even possible, breathing is usually a struggle and swallowing can also be affected. Patients feel very tired all the time. The new treatment tested by this study is an implant that will partially replace the voicebox or upper windpipe in order to cure the narrowing. The implant is based on a human donor voicebox or windpipe that has been processed with detergents and enzymes in order to remove all the cells from the donor, leaving a 'scaffold' of connective tissue. The patient's own stem cells are removed from the bone marrow, then are grown on the scaffold in the laboratory. These cells will form the cartilage in the wall of the scaffold. A split skin graft from the patient may be needed to line the inside of the implant. The implant can be considered 'living' due to the cells grown on it, and this type of treatment is referred to as 'tissue engineering' or 'regenerative medicine'. Once these cells have attached and started to grow on the scaffold, it is ready to be implanted into the patient, and an operation is performed which occurs in two separate stages. The final stage of the operation involves removing the narrow section of voicebox or upper windpipe and implanting the scaffold to reconstruct it. Patients will be followed up for two years after this operation, with investigations such as CT scans, examination of the voicebox and windpipe with a flexible camera (bronchoscopy) and blood tests performed at specific times. It is intended that this treatment will significantly improve patients' symptoms resulting in better breathing, swallowing and voice function, reducing the need for repeated hospital visits and procedures and enhancing patients' quality of life.
Detailed Description
The RegenVOX trial is a phase I/IIa safety and potential efficacy clinical trial of tissue-engineered laryngotracheal replacement using autologous-derived cells and decellularised human donor scaffolds in 10 patients with severe acquired laryngotracheal stenosis. Current solutions for the treatment of advanced structural disorders of the larynx such as trauma, inflammatory disorders or following cancer treatment are suboptimal and patients with such problems require frequent hospitalisation. A regenerative solution that restores the anatomy of the larynx would provide a definitive treatment for these patients, improve the outcome of resection for malignant disease, avoid some laryngectomies and would reduce the threshold for performing surgery over administering chemotherapy thereby reducing morbidity. Giving patients a once-only therapy of a life-time functional living replacement would allow patients to lead tracheostomy-free lives with improved breathing, swallowing and speech and a lower requirement for hospital follow-up. This project is a clinical trial of tissue engineered partial laryngeal replacements in 10 patients with end-stage laryngeal stenosis. The intervention is based on a human donor graft scaffold which is decellularised and then seeded with autologous mesenchymal stem cell-derived chondrocytes externally. Following expansion of these cells ex-vivo, the graft is implanted. This is the first clinical trial to our knowledge of a stem-call based organ replacement. Inclusion criteria are: Patients aged >=18 years with sufficient numbers of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) in their human Bone Marrow (hBM) aspirate. Patients with Myer-Cotton Grade 3 or 4 laryngotracheal stenosis or malacia due to traumatic, inflammatory, iatrogenic, or idiopathic causes who have exhausted conventional therapies. Exclusion criteria are: Pregnancy. Patients positive for HIV 1, HIV 2, Hepatitis C (HCV), Hepatitis B (HBV), syphilis or Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV). Those unable to provide informed consent. Co-morbid severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (according to NICE criteria) Patients with active / uncontrolled chronic inflammatory conditions such as granulomatosis with polyangitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis) and sarcoidosis. Any current or previous cancer within 5 years (except non-melanoma skin cancer, adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix, laryngeal malignancy treated locally with no local recurrence and no metastases, or low grade airway malignancy such as chondrosarcoma which may be causing airway obstruction). Life expectancy less than 5 years unless this limitation is principally due to the airway obstruction to be treated. Concurrent enrollment in any other Clinical Trial of Investigational Medicinal Product (CTIMP). The primary outcome measure is safety as determined by morbidity and mortality as measured by occurrence of adverse events. Secondary outcome is efficacy as determined by Absence of tracheostomy. Absence of non-absorbable stent. Improvement in mean airway diameter. Improvement in Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1). Improvement in global quality of life (EQ-5D). Improvement in maximum phonation time (MPT) as measured by Voice Analysis Operavox (VAO). Improvement in self assessment of voice handicap (VHI-10). Improvement in swallowing function (EAT-10). Improvement in airway, dyspnoea, voice, swallowing index (ADVS index). Improvement in the penetration-aspiration scale (PAS) as per Video Fluoroscopic Swallow (VFS) or Functional Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES). Health economics. Patients will be followed up for 2 years within this study. Key milestones will be assessed at 6 and 12 months. The follow-up regimen includes bronchoscopy and airway brushings taken at 1 week post implantation and full physical assessment including CT imaging, pulmonary function tests, blood tests and bronchoscopy at 1, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months. Telephone follow-up will take place in between these assessments. This trial will provide a level of insight into the real clinical potential for stem cell/tissue engineering combined technologies. The results will have wide implications for the development of hollow organ- replacements such as those for oesophagus, bowel and vascular disorders. We will also develop new pathways for maximising discovery science and health economic benefit from complex regenerative medicine therapies (a reverse translational route map), with important generic benefits for scientists and clinicians.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Disorder of Upper Respiratory System, Laryngostenosis, Tracheal Stenosis
Keywords
Airway reconstruction, Regenerative medicine

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 1, Phase 2
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
0 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Tissue engineered airway construct
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Stem cell based tissue engineered partial laryngeal implants: The final experimental product is a highly tested, recellularised, stem cells based tissue engineered product (airway construct) for operative partial laryngeal implantation into patients with severe laryngotracheal stenosis
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Stem cell based tissue engineered partial laryngeal implants
Other Intervention Name(s)
Tissue engineered partial laryngeal replacement graft, Tissue engineered epithelial cell layer when validated
Intervention Description
Stem cells from the patient receiving the implant are removed from the bone marrow, and are then grown on the scaffold in the laboratory. These cells will form the cartilage in the wall of the scaffold. The implant can be considered 'living' due to the cells grown on it, and this type of treatment is referred to as 'tissue engineering' or 'regenerative medicine'. Once these cells have attached and started to grow on the scaffold, it is ready to be implanted into the patient and a two separate operative stages can occur. The final stage of the operation involves removing the narrow section of voicebox or upper windpipe and implanting the scaffold to reconstruct it.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Safety of tissue engineered laryngotracheal replacement
Description
The primary outcome measure is safety of the tissue engineered implant as defined by morbidity and mortality and measured by occurrence of adverse events throughout 24 months post operative follow up
Time Frame
24 months post operative follow up
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Efficacy of tissue engineered laryngotracheal replacement
Description
Secondary outcome is efficacy as determined Absence of tracheostomy. Absence of non-absorbable stent. Improvement in mean airway diameter. Improvement in Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1). Improvement in global quality of life (EQ-5D). Improvement in maximum phonation time (MPT) as measured by Voice Analysis Operavox (VAO). Improvement in self assessment of voice handicap (VHI-10). Improvement in swallowing function (EAT-10). Improvement in airway, dyspnoea, voice, swallowing index (ADVS index). Improvement in the penetration-aspiration scale (PAS) as per Video Fluoroscopic Swallow (VFS) or Functional Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES). Health Economics
Time Frame
24 months post operative follow up
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
Cost effectiveness of tissue engineered laryngotracheal replacement
Description
We will also develop new pathways for maximising discovery science and health economic benefit from complex regenerative medicine therapies (a reverse translational route map), with important generic benefits for scientists and clinicians.
Time Frame
24 months post operative follow up

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients aged >=18 years with sufficient numbers of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSCs) in their 8-10ml human Bone Marrow (hBM) aspirate. Patients with Myer-Cotton Grade 3 or 4* laryngotracheal stenosis or equivalent due to traumatic, inflammatory, iatrogenic, or idiopathic causes who have exhausted conventional therapies. *The Myer-Cotton grading system for mature, firm, circumferential stenosis, confined to the subglottis describes the stenosis based on the per cent relative reduction in cross-sectional area of the subglottis. Four grades of stenosis: grade 1 lesions have less than 50% obstruction grade 2 lesions have 51% to 70% obstruction grade 3 lesions have 71% to 99% obstruction grade 4 lesions have no detectable lumen or complete stenosis Exclusion Criteria: Pregnancy Patients positive for HIV 1, HIV 2, HCV, HBV, syphilis or HTLV Those unable to provide informed consent Co-morbid severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (according to NICE criteria) Patients with active / uncontrolled chronic inflammatory conditions such as granulomatosis with polyangitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis) and sarcoidosis Any current or previous cancer within 5 years (except non-melanoma skin cancer, adequately treated carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix, laryngeal malignancy treated locally with no local recurrence and no metastases, or low grade airway malignancy such as chondrosarcoma which may be causing airway obstruction) Life expectancy less than 5 years unless this limitation is principally due to the airway obstruction to be treated Concurrent enrollment in any other Clinical Trial of Investigational Medicinal Product (CTIMP).
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Martin Birchall, Prof
Organizational Affiliation
University College London (UCL) Ear Institute; Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
University College London NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH)
City
London
ZIP/Postal Code
NW1 2PG
Country
United Kingdom

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Citations:
PubMed Identifier
24129819
Citation
Hamilton N, Bullock AJ, Macneil S, Janes SM, Birchall M. Tissue engineering airway mucosa: a systematic review. Laryngoscope. 2014 Apr;124(4):961-8. doi: 10.1002/lary.24469. Epub 2013 Nov 19.
Results Reference
background
PubMed Identifier
26559535
Citation
Culme-Seymour EJ, Mason K, Vallejo-Torres L, Carvalho C, Partington L, Crowley C, Hamilton NJ, Toll EC, Butler CR, Elliott MJ, Birchall MA, Lowdell MW, Mason C. Cost of Stem Cell-Based Tissue-Engineered Airway Transplants in the United Kingdom: Case Series. Tissue Eng Part A. 2016 Feb;22(3-4):208-13. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2015.0283. Epub 2015 Dec 24.
Results Reference
derived

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