Safety and Feasibility of Bilateral Striatal Transplantation of DopaCell in Parkinson's Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age30-70
SponsorRoyan Institute

About this trial

Dopason is a phase I, open-label, multicenter, single-arm clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of intraputaminal transplantation of human embryonic stem cell-derived dopaminergic progenitor cells (DopaCells) in patients with moderately severe Parkinson's disease.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age: 30-70 years

Diagnosis of PD: MDS clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Parkinson's disease

The disease duration more than 5 years

Moderate Parkinson's disease, defined as a Hoehn and Yahr stage of 2 or 3 during the OFF period.

Disqualifiers

The abnormal function of immune system

The symptomatic brain injuries (brain atrophy, cerebral Infarct, trauma, vascular malformation) confirmed by brain MRI

Markedly reduced or normal signal in the ventral striatum on TRO-DaT SPECT imaging.

Any abnormal findings on brain MRI.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Dopacell
  • Immunosuppressive Regimen
  • Customized microinjection device

Treatment groups

6 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators

Royan Institute

Lead sponsor

Royan AtiTech Pharmed

Collaborator

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Collaborator

Iran University of Medical Sciences

Collaborator