Clinical trial • Phase II • Ophthalmology|Rare Disease

ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS for Severe ocular chemical burn

Phase II trial of ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS for Severe ocular chemical burn. open-label, none/not specified-controlled.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Ophthalmology|Rare Disease
Trial Disease
Severe ocular chemical burn
Trial Stage
Phase II
Drug Modality
Cell therapy

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
31-07-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
09-12-2025

Trial design

open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase II trial across 13 sites in France.

Open Label
Yes
Comparator
None/Not specified
Target Sample Size
21
Trial Duration For Participant
365

Eligibility

Recruits 21 Adults subject to legal protection measures, persons deprived of liberty, persons subject to involuntary psychiatric care and persons admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than research are excluded. Informed consent is required: 'Patient having received informed information about the study and having signed a consent to participate in the study' and only adults (Age ≥ 18 years) are eligible..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Pregnant or breast-feeding women ; Secondary exclusion criteria : Positive pregnancy test before the first subconjunctival injection of allogeneic BM-MSCs.
Vulnerable Population
Adults subject to legal protection measures, persons deprived of liberty, persons subject to involuntary psychiatric care and persons admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than research are excluded. Informed consent is required: 'Patient having received informed information about the study and having signed a consent to participate in the study' and only adults (Age ≥ 18 years) are eligible.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Age ≥ 18 years\n- Uni or bilateral chemical burn of the ocular surface\n- Severe ocular burn of at least one eye: stage VI of Dua severity classification (involving the entire limbus and conjunctiva)\n- Time between burn and inclusion ≤ 15 days\n- Patient having received informed information about the study and having signed a consent to participate in the study\n- Affiliated or beneficiary of a social security scheme"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Impending corneal perforation (loss of corneal tissue > 2/3 of corneal thickness)\n- Adults subject to a legal protection measure (L1121-8) Persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons subject to psychiatric care under articles L3212-1 and L3123-1 and persons admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than research (L1121-6).\n- Pregnant or breast-feeding women\n- Participation in other interventional research (RIPH 1, clinical drug trials, clinical investigations) for the duration of their follow-up.\n- Secondary exclusion criteria : Grade VI of the Dua classification not confirmed by the expert ophthalmologist at the Hôpital Fondation A. de Rothschild\n- Secondary exclusion criteria : Patient did not receive subconjunctival injection of allogeneic BM-MSCs\n- Secondary exclusion criteria : Positive pregnancy test before the first subconjunctival injection of allogeneic BM-MSCs.\n- Ocular infection\n- Loss of palpebral substance with permanent corneal exposure\n- Known allergy (hypersensitivity) to human albumin preparations\n- Known history of total or partial limbic insufficiency\n- Uncontrolled glaucoma prior to ocular burns\n- Recipient of an organ or cell transplant\n- Previous cancer ≤ 5 years\n- Current treatment with immunosuppressive drugs (systemic corticosteroids, TNFα antagonists, azathioprine, methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil, etc.)"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Absence of corneal perforation as assessed by the clinician","definition_or_measurement_approach":"As written: assessed by the clinician (clinician evaluation of corneal perforation)."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- All criteria refer to the eye receiving treatment in the study: Assessed by the clinician using a fluorescein test at the slit lamp examination.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed by the clinician using a fluorescein test at slit lamp examination (per the endpoint text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- All criteria refer to the eye receiving treatment in the study: Classification by the LSCD international working group","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Classification by the LSCD International Working Group (per the endpoint text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- All criteria refer to the eye receiving treatment in the study: Tauber and Foster classification","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Tauber and Foster classification (per the endpoint text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- All criteria refer to the eye receiving treatment in the study: Percentage of HLA-DR positive cells on conjunctival impression cytology","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measurement: percentage of HLA-DR positive cells on conjunctival impression cytology (per the endpoint text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- All criteria refer to the eye receiving treatment in the study: Snellen scale","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measurement: visual acuity using the Snellen scale (per the endpoint text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- All criteria refer to the eye receiving treatment in the study: OCT of the anterior segment (Optical Coherence Tomography)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measurement: anterior segment OCT imaging (per the endpoint text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- All criteria refer to the eye receiving treatment in the study: Collected from the patient's medical file","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Data collection from the patient's medical record (per the endpoint text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- All criteria refer to the eye receiving treatment in the study: Collected from the patient's medical file","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Data collection from the patient's medical record (per the endpoint text)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- All criteria refer to the eye receiving treatment in the study: Incidence rate, type and severity of adverse events","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety measurement: incidence, type and severity of adverse events (per the endpoint text)."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
21
Recruitment Window Months
49
Consent Approach
Adult participants provide informed consent. Study includes Subject information and informed consent form for adults (L1_SIS and ICF adults). Only participants aged ≥18 years are eligible; consent obtained from the participant.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
13
Total Number Of Participants
21

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
07-11-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
09-12-2025
Processing Time Days
32
Number Of Sites
13
Number Of Participants
21

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Saint Etienne
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Philippe GAIN
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Tours
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Pierre-Jean PISELLA
Contact Person Email
pisella@med.univ-tours.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quize-Vingts
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Vincent BORDERIE
Contact Person Email
vincent.borderie@upmc.fr
Site Name
Hospices Civils De Lyon
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Carole BURILLON
Contact Person Email
carole.burillon@chu-lyon.fr
Site Name
Fondation A De Rothschild
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Damien GUINDOLET
Contact Person Email
dguindolet@for.paris
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Dijon
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Louis ARNOULD
Contact Person Email
louis.arnould@chu-dijon.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Thierry DAVID
Contact Person Email
thierry.david@ap-hm.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Regional Et Universitaire De Brest
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Béatrice COCHENER
Site Name
Les Hopitaux Universitaires De Strasbourg
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Tristan BOURCIER
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Marc LABETOULLE
Contact Person Email
marc.labetoulle@aphp.fr
Site Name
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Jean-Louis BOURGES
Contact Person Email
jean-louis.bourges@aphp.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quize-Vingts
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
Christophe BAUDOUIN
Contact Person Email
cbaudouin@15-20.fr
Site Name
Pellegrin Hospital
Department Name
Ophtalmology
Contact Person Name
David TOUBOUL
Contact Person Email
david.touboul@chu-bordeaux.fr

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Hopital Fondation Adolphe De Rothschild
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
Bone marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells cryopreserved at passage P2, thawed, washed and syringe-conditioned in 0.9% NaCl - 0.5% human serum albumin injection solution at a dose of 5.10^6 Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Active Substance
ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS
Modality
Cell therapy
Routes Of Administration
SUBCONJUNCTIVAL USE
Route
Subconjunctival
Authorisation Status
Not authorised (prodAuthStatus: 1)
Starting Dose
5.10^6 Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Maximum Dose
10 million organisms/ml (maxTotalDoseAmount: 10)

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