Umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells as critical COVID‐19 adjuvant therapy: A randomized controlled trial
| Title: | Umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells as critical COVID‐19 adjuvant therapy: A randomized controlled trial |
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| Authors: | Ismail Hadisoebroto Dilogo, Dita Aditianingsih, Adhrie Sugiarto, Erlina Burhan, Triya Damayanti, Pompini Agustina Sitompul, Nina Mariana, Radiana D. Antarianto, Isabella Kurnia Liem, Tera Kispa, Fajar Mujadid, Novialdi Novialdi, Evah Luviah, Tri Kurniawati, Andri M.T. Lubis, Dina Rahmatika |
| Source: | Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 9, Pp 1279-1287 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Oxford University Press, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) LCC:Cytology |
| Subject Terms: | adjuvants, cord stem cell transplantation, COVID‐19, cytokine release syndrome, immunology, mesenchymal stromal cells, Medicine (General), R5-920, Cytology, QH573-671 |
| More Details: | Abstract One of the main causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is cytokine storm, although the exact cause is still unknown. Umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells (UC‐MSCs) influence proinflammatory T‐helper 2 (Th2) cells to shift to an anti‐inflammatory agent. To investigate efficacy of UC‐MSC administration as adjuvant therapy in critically ill patients with COVID‐19, we conducted a double‐blind, multicentered, randomized controlled trial at four COVID‐19 referral hospitals in Jakarta, Indonesia. This study included 40 randomly allocated critically ill patients with COVID‐19; 20 patients received an intravenous infusion of 1 × 106/kg body weight UC‐MSCs in 100 ml saline (0.9%) solution (SS) and 20 patients received 100 ml 0.9% SS as the control group. All patients received standard therapy. The primary outcome was measured by survival rate and/or length of ventilator usage. The secondary outcome was measured by clinical and laboratory improvement, with serious adverse events. Our study showed the survival rate in the UC‐MSCs group was 2.5 times higher than that in the control group (P = .047), which is 10 patients and 4 patients in the UC‐MSCs and control groups, respectively. In patients with comorbidities, UC‐MSC administration increased the survival rate by 4.5 times compared with controls. The length of stay in the intensive care unit and ventilator usage were not statistically significant, and no adverse events were reported. The application of infusion UC‐MSCs significantly decreased interleukin 6 in the recovered patients (P = .023). Therefore, application of intravenous UC‐MSCs as adjuvant treatment for critically ill patients with COVID‐19 increases the survival rate by modulating the immune system toward an anti‐inflammatory state. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2157-6580 2157-6564 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2157-6564; https://doaj.org/toc/2157-6580 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/sctm.21-0046 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/c8e2bea4510e41ef8d88a7bda1eb914a |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.8e2bea4510e41ef8d88a7bda1eb914a |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 21576580 21576564 |
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| DOI: | 10.1002/sctm.21-0046 |
| Published in: | Stem Cells Translational Medicine |
| Language: | English |