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Study on the Treatment of Anal Fistulas Using Alofisel Versus Fat Autologous Stem Cells

Recruitingn/aAges 18 Years - anyAllNantes University Hospital
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

One of the newest and most innovative medicinal approaches is cell therapy. Several clinical trials and experimental investigations have looked into the feasibility of treating CD-related fistulas with stem cells. The current indication for ALOFISEL® (active ingredient: Darvadstrocel) is the treatment of difficult perianal Crohn's fistulas that have not responded well to at least one conventional therapy or biotherapy. This brand-new cell therapy medication is created using amplified allogeneic human adult mesenchymal stem cells from adipose tissue (ADSC). The supplier mandates that two patients be booked for a single dose of ALOFISEL® due to the medication's expensive price-roughly €54,000 for a single dose of 120 million-which cannot be stored once thawed. Only one of the two patients receives therapy; the other serves as the backup patient. By doing this, another "back-up" patient

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Complex anal fistula with the following criteria: - Inactive/slightly active luminal Crohn's disease under conventional treatment or biotherapy MRI has demonstrated effective drainage. Maximum of two internal orifices and three external orifices; persists despite internal orifice(s) closing. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breast-feeding women * Patients hypersensitive to the product, bovine serum or any of the excipients of Alofisel * Vulnerable persons: deprived of liberty, under guardianship, under curatorship, etc.
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What it tests

  • Alofisel
  • Fat stem cell
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Where

1 site
CHU Nantes
Nantes, France
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