Clinical trial • Phase IV • Dermatology

allogenic adipose-tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells for Systemic sclerosis (systemic scleroderma)

Phase IV trial of allogenic adipose-tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells for Systemic sclerosis (systemic scleroderma).

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Dermatology
Trial Disease
Systemic sclerosis (systemic scleroderma)
Trial Stage
Phase IV
Drug Modality
Cell therapy|Peptide/protein/enzyme|Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
16-05-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
01-08-2025

Trial design

Placebo comparator includes ALBUMIN (solution for injection) and CHLORURE DE SODIUM PROAMP 0,9 %, solution injectable (sodium chloride). Reported maximum amounts: ALBUMIN maxTotalDoseAmount 2.5 (% percent); CHLORURE DE SODIUM maxTotalDoseAmount 50 (% (V/V)). Administration route: injection. Schedule/dosing frequency not specified in available data.-controlled Phase IV trial in France.

Comparator
Placebo comparator includes ALBUMIN (solution for injection) and CHLORURE DE SODIUM PROAMP 0,9 %, solution injectable (sodium chloride). Reported maximum amounts: ALBUMIN maxTotalDoseAmount 2.5 (% percent); CHLORURE DE SODIUM maxTotalDoseAmount 50 (% (V/V)). Administration route: injection. Schedule/dosing frequency not specified in available data.
Target Sample Size
50
Trial Duration For Participant
168

Eligibility

Recruits 50 Vulnerable patients are explicitly excluded: "Vulnerable patients (persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons undergoing psychiatric treatment, persons admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than research) according to article L1121-6 of the Public Health Code)". Consent must be provided in writing by the patient prior to enrolment; participants must be ≥18 years of age. No assent procedures for minors are included (minors are excluded by the age criterion)..

Pregnancy Exclusion
Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding or plan to be or do so during the course of this study,
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable patients are explicitly excluded: "Vulnerable patients (persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons undergoing psychiatric treatment, persons admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than research) according to article L1121-6 of the Public Health Code)". Consent must be provided in writing by the patient prior to enrolment; participants must be ≥18 years of age. No assent procedures for minors are included (minors are excluded by the age criterion).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Male or female patient ≥18 years of age\n- Patient with systemic scleroderma according to the 2013 ACR/EULAR classification criteria\n- Mouth Handicap in Systemic Sclerosis Scale (MHISS) score more than or equal to 20 (0–48)\n- Rodnan skin score on the face more than or equal to 1\n- Maximal mouth opening of less than 40 mm (distance between the dental arches)\n- Patient must have provided written informed consent prior to enrolment\n- Patient must be able to understand the requirements of participating in the protocol\n- Patient affiliated to a social security system"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Patient participating in a clinical trial or having participated in a clinical trial within the previous 3 months\n- Vulnerable patients (persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons undergoing psychiatric treatment, persons admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than research) according to article L1121-6 of the Public Health Code)\n- Injection of botulinum toxin within 4 weeks prior to “inclusion visit”\n- Patient who underwent autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) within less than 1 year\n- Local active labial herpes virus within 1 week prior to “inclusion visit\",\n- Patients with an indication for intensification by autologous HSCT (according to EBMT guidelines and national MATHEC-SFGMTC guidelines),\n- History of cancer in the last five years, except for successful excised basal cell/squamous cell carcinoma, or successfully excised early melanoma of the skin. Subjects, who had successfully tumor resection or radiation or chemotherapy more than 5 years prior to inclusion and no recurrence, may be enrolled in the study,\n- Radio- or chemotherapy in progress\n- Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding or plan to be or do so during the course of this study,\n- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who are sexually active and unwilling to use an adequate birth control method"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- the change in the Mouth Handicap in Systemic Sclerosis scale (MHISS) between baseline and week 12; An improvement of at least 5 points will be considered clinically significant","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in MHISS score from baseline to week 12; an improvement of ≥5 points considered clinically significant."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- The safety throughout the course of the study (until week 24 since baseline) will be assessed by monitoring adverse events, serious adverse events and injection site reactions\n- Change in maximum interincisal distance and mouth perimeter\n- Change in Opening, Dryness and Aesthetic of the 3 subscales of the MHISS;\n- Change in patient-reported outcomes (patient satisfaction assessment (the patients will be asked to fill in a simple questionnaire where their degree of satisfaction could be expressed by a semiquantitative score (unsatisfied, mildly/moderately satisfied, rather satisfied, and very satisfied), sHAQ, OHAT, BOFA questionnaire and EQ-5D-5L at W4, W12 and W24;\n- Change in oral habits and hygiene measured by oral health and hygiene questionnaire at W24\n- Change in oral microbiota (only at Toulouse) at W12 and 24\n- Change in Plaque index (reflecting the ability to maintain oral hygiene) at W12 an W24 (only at Toulouse),\n- Change in DMFT (decayed missing filled teeth) and Panoramic x-ray at W24;\n- Change in mandibular tracking (only at Toulouse at W4, W12 and W24 and articular and neuro-muscular activity (only at Toulouse) at W12 and W24\n- Change posture by stabilometry (only at Toulouse) at W12 and W24\n- Change in psycho-social aspects and oro-facial pains by EDAS21, Epworth at W4, W12 and W24 and Combadazou-Destruhaut questionnaire (only at Toulouse) at W12 and W24 and drawings of consciousness (only at Toulouse) at W24\n- Change in modified Rodnan skin score at W12 and W24;\n- Change in dry mouth syndrome at W4, W12 and W24 (Change in Xerostomia Inventory questionnaire; Change in Salivary flow; Change in the salivary pH\n- Change in Standardised two-dimensional photographs or facial scan at Toulouse at W4,12 and 24\n- Change in immunomonitoring of vascular and antifibrotic biomarkers expression at W12;\n- Not an evaluation criterion but the creation of a serum, plasma biobank at baseline, W12 and W24).\n- Not an evaluation criterion but the creation of oral microbiota biobank (only at Toulouse at W12 and W24)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Safety: monitoring of AEs, SAEs and injection site reactions through week 24. Interincisal distance and mouth perimeter: measured at scheduled visits (W4, W12, W24). MHISS subscales: change in Opening, Dryness and Aesthetic subscales. Patient-reported outcomes: satisfaction questionnaire, sHAQ, OHAT, BOFA, EQ-5D-5L at W4/W12/W24. Oral habits/hygiene: oral health questionnaire at W24. Oral microbiota: microbiota analysis at W12 and W24 (Toulouse only). Plaque index: measured at W12 and W24 (Toulouse only). DMFT and panoramic x-ray: assessed at W24. Mandibular tracking and neuromuscular activity: measurements at specified visits (Toulouse only). Stabilometry posture assessment: W12 and W24 (Toulouse only). Psycho-social and pain instruments: EDAS21, Epworth, Combadazou-Destruhaut, drawings at specified visits. mRSS: measured at W12 and W24. Dry mouth: Xerostomia Inventory, salivary flow and pH at W4/W12/W24. Standardised photos/face scan at W4/W12/W24 (Toulouse). Immunomonitoring biomarkers at W12. Creation of serum/plasma and oral microbiota biobanks at baseline/W12/W24 as described."}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
50
Recruitment Window Months
30
Consent Approach
Written informed consent required from the patient prior to enrolment. Participants must be ≥18 years. Subject information and informed consent form documents are present (e.g. L1_ SIS and ICF_patient_Toulouse; L1_ SIS and ICF_patient_centres exterieurs; L1_ SIS and ICF donneur_NFP). Documents and translations are provided in French. No assent processes for minors are included; vulnerable populations are excluded per protocol.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
5
Total Number Of Participants
50

France

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
11-07-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
01-08-2025
Processing Time Days
21
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
50

Sites

Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nantes
Department Name
Internal medicine
Principal Investigator Name
Christian AGARD
Principal Investigator Email
christian.agard@chu-nantes.fr
Contact Person Name
Christian AGARD
Contact Person Email
christian.agard@chu-nantes.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
Department Name
Rheumatology
Principal Investigator Name
Marie-Elise TRUCHETET
Principal Investigator Email
marie-elise.truchetet@chu-bordeaux.fr
Contact Person Name
Marie-Elise TRUCHETET
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Montpellier
Department Name
Internal medicine
Principal Investigator Name
Alexandre MARIA
Principal Investigator Email
a-maria@chu-montpellier.fr
Contact Person Name
Alexandre MARIA
Contact Person Email
a-maria@chu-montpellier.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse
Department Name
Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology
Principal Investigator Name
Grégory PUGNET
Principal Investigator Email
pugnet.g@chu-toulouse.fr
Contact Person Name
Grégory PUGNET
Contact Person Email
pugnet.g@chu-toulouse.fr
Site Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Dijon
Department Name
Internal medicine
Principal Investigator Name
Martin NIVET
Principal Investigator Email
martin.nivet@chu-toulouse.fr
Contact Person Name
Martin NIVET
Contact Person Email
martin.nivet@chu-toulouse.fr

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
France

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
CellReady
Active Substance
allogenic adipose-tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells
Modality
Cell therapy
Routes Of Administration
INJECTION
Route
INJECTION
Maximum Dose
16000000
Investigational Product Name
ALBUMIN
Active Substance
ALBUMIN
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
INJECTION
Route
INJECTION
Maximum Dose
2.5
Investigational Product Name
CHLORURE DE SODIUM PROAMP 0,9 %, solution injectable
Active Substance
SODIUM CHLORIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INJECTION
Route
INJECTION
Maximum Dose
50

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