I can't tell why they think this will help recovery(magical thinking maybe?)
Why only ischemic?
http://www.healthcanal.com/blood-heart-circulation/32893-Safety-results-intra-arterial-stem-cell-clinical-trial-for-stroke-presented.html
Early results of a Phase II intra-arterial stem cell trial for ischemic stroke showed no adverse events associated with the first 10 patients, allowing investigators to expand the study to a targeted total of 100 patients.
The results were presented today by Sean Savitz, M.D., professor of neurology and director of the Stroke Program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), at the 8th World Stroke Congress in Brasilia, Brazil.
The trial is the only randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled intra-arterial clinical trial in the world for ischemic stroke. It is studying the safety
and efficacy of a regenerative therapy developed by Aldagen Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Cytomedix, Inc., that uses a patient’s own
bone marrow stem cells, which can be administered between 13 and 19
days post-stroke.
The therapy, called ALD-401, consists of stem cells that are
identified using Aldagen’s proprietary technology to isolate cells that
express high levels of an enzyme that serves as a marker of stem
cells. Pre-clinical studies found that these cells enhance recovery
after stroke in mice. The cells are administered into the carotid
artery. Patients are followed for 12 months to monitor safety and to assess mental and physical function.
“We have been approved by the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) to
move the study into the next phase, which will allow us to expand the
number of sites in order to complete enrollment,” said Savitz, senior investigator for the multi-center study. As per the protocol for the trial, the Food and Drug Administration required a review by the DSMB prior to advancing to the next phase.
Preclinical research, including research at the UTHealth Medical School, has suggested that stem cells can promote the repair of the brain after an ischemic stroke,
which is caused by a blood clot in the brain. Stroke is a leading
cause of disability and the fourth-leading cause of death in the United
States, according to 2008 statistics reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For patient information about the intra-arterial stem cell clinical trial for stroke, call 713-500-7183 or email jennifer.m.garrett@uth.tmc.edu
Use the labels in the right column to find what you want. Or you can go thru them one by one, there are only 29,294 posts. Searching is done in the search box in upper left corner. I blog on anything to do with stroke. DO NOT DO ANYTHING SUGGESTED HERE AS I AM NOT MEDICALLY TRAINED, YOUR DOCTOR IS, LISTEN TO THEM. BUT I BET THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET YOU 100% RECOVERED. I DON'T EITHER BUT HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS FOR YOUR DOCTOR TO ANSWER.
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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Safety results of intra-arterial stem cell clinical trial for stroke presented
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