The Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) I worked collaboratively to achieve its goal of successfully conducting 3 clinical trials of cell therapy: FOCUS, TIME, and LateTIME. As a Regional Clinical Center (RCC) for CCTRN I, the Texas Heart Institute (THI) contributed significantly to the development, implementation, and enrollment of the 3 trials, CCTRN I adopted our protocol, FOCUS, as one of its trials, and we shared our extensive experience in conducting clinical trials in patients with chronic heart disease as well as our expertise in performing NOGA mapping and injection procedures. THI met 100% of our recruitment goals in the CCTRN I (top in enrollment for FOCUS), aided by our innovative, multimedia campaign for patient recruitment. THI contributed significantly to the CCTRN's satellite strategy for enrollment by recruiting the first VA hospital to the network. Finally, CCTR I overwhelmingly selected our bridging protocol (cell therapy in patients with intermittent claudication) to be implemented in the latter support period. In this application, THI enthusiastically seeks to continue serving as an RCC for CCTRN II, under the leadership of James T. Willerson, MD, President and Medical Director of THI, as PI, and Emerson C. Perin, MD, PhD, Director of Research in Cardiovascular Medicine and the Stem Cell Center at THI, as co-PI. In addition to the VA satellite, THI proposes to add 2 large, strategically located satellit centers to CCTRN II-the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and the John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute in New Orleans. We are also submitting applications for the Clinical Research Skills Development Programs.
The aim of our first research protocol is to perform the first head-to-head comparison of the effects of 3 different cell types on cardiac function and perfusion in a randomized, controlled clinical trial in patients with chronic heart disease, with the inclusion of a small tracking arm to study cell fate after delivery into the hear.
The aim of our second protocol is to conduct the first randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial of the safety and efficacy of stem cell therapy in patients who have the most common presentation of myocardial infarction, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.

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The goal of our proposal is to advance cell therapy by conducting a comparative study of multiple cell types to help identify the most effective cell types in heart failure and by introducing cell therapy into a new, large patient population (NSTEMI patients). Also, our cell tracking studies will provide mechanistic insight into the benefits of cell therapy. We hope to achieve these aims by continuing to be part of the CCTRN II.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project with Complex Structure Cooperative Agreement (UM1)
Project #
5UM1HL087365-09
Application #
8808779
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1-CSR-O (F2))
Program Officer
Ebert, Ray F
Project Start
2007-01-01
Project End
2019-02-28
Budget Start
2015-03-01
Budget End
2016-02-29
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
2015
Total Cost
$260,542
Indirect Cost
$210,602
Name
Texas Heart Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
086987831
City
Houston
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
77225
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Schulman, Ivonne Hernandez; Balkan, Wayne; Hare, Joshua M (2018) Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Aging Frailty. Front Nutr 5:108
Perin, Emerson C; Murphy, Michael P; March, Keith L et al. (2017) Evaluation of Cell Therapy on Exercise Performance and Limb Perfusion in Peripheral Artery Disease: The CCTRN PACE Trial (Patients With Intermittent Claudication Injected With ALDH Bright Cells). Circulation 135:1417-1428
Venkatesh, Bharath Ambale; Nauffal, Victor; Noda, Chikara et al. (2017) Baseline assessment and comparison of arterial anatomy, hyperemic flow, and skeletal muscle perfusion in peripheral artery disease: The Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network ""Patients with Intermittent Claudication Injected with ALDH Bright Cells" Am Heart J 183:24-34
Golpanian, Samuel; Schulman, Ivonne H; Ebert, Ray F et al. (2016) Concise Review: Review and Perspective of Cell Dosage and Routes of Administration From Preclinical and Clinical Studies of Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Disease. Stem Cells Transl Med 5:186-91
Park, Ki; Lai, Dejian; Handberg, Eileen M et al. (2016) Association between High Endocardial Unipolar Voltage and Improved Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. Tex Heart Inst J 43:291-6
Bhatnagar, Aruni; Bolli, Roberto; Johnstone, Brian H et al. (2016) Bone marrow cell characteristics associated with patient profile and cardiac performance outcomes in the LateTIME-Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN) trial. Am Heart J 179:142-50
Taylor, Doris A; Perin, Emerson C; Willerson, James T et al. (2016) Identification of Bone Marrow Cell Subpopulations Associated With Improved Functional Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Left Ventricular Dysfunction: An Embedded Cohort Evaluation of the FOCUS-CCTRN Trial. Cell Transplant 25:1675-1687
Gyöngyösi, Mariann; Wojakowski, Wojciech; Navarese, Eliano P et al. (2016) Meta-Analyses of Human Cell-Based Cardiac Regeneration Therapies: Controversies in Meta-Analyses Results on Cardiac Cell-Based Regenerative Studies. Circ Res 118:1254-63
Schutt, Robert C; Trachtenberg, Barry H; Cooke, John P et al. (2015) Bone marrow characteristics associated with changes in infarct size after STEMI: a biorepository evaluation from the CCTRN TIME trial. Circ Res 116:99-107

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