Granulocyte-colony Stimulating Factor for Stem Cells Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke (STEMTHER)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00901381 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: May 13, 2009
Last Update Posted
: January 7, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Ischemic Stroke | Drug: Filgrastim | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 20 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Open Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Efficacy and Safety of Granulocyte-colony Stimulating Factor Leukostim for Acute Ischemic Stroke. |
Study Start Date : | June 2007 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 2009 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: G-CSF |
Drug: Filgrastim
10 µg/kg subcutaneously once daily x 5 days
Other Name: Leukostim
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No Intervention: Control |
- Dependence assessed by the modified Rankin scale [ Time Frame: 180 day ]
- Impairment assessed by the Medical Research Consul scale and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [ Time Frame: 180 day ]
- Disability assessed by the Barthel Index and Glasgow Outcome Scale [ Time Frame: 180 day ]
- Infarct size assessed by the magneto-resonance imaging [ Time Frame: 180 day ]
- Safety was assessed as mortality, incidence of hemorrhagic transformation and serious adverse events [ Time Frame: Duration of study ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 40 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 40 to 70 years old
- CT/MRI confirmed ischemic stroke in carotid area during 48 hours after the onset of clinical signs
- Level of conscious lower than 15 and higher than 8 points by the Glasgow Coma Scale
- Acute extremity paresis lower than 4 points by Medical Research Consul scale
Exclusion Criteria:
- Premorbid dependency (modified Rankin Scale > 0)
- Intracerebral hemorrhage
- Transitory ischemic attack
- Patients with previous stroke
- Any disorders, that can affect interpretation of results (e.g. psychiatric or movement disorders)
- Hematological diseases
- Coagulopathy
- Malignancy
- Pregnancy and lactation
- Organ dysfunction that would preclude tests required for this study
- Known allergic reaction to G-CSF or a component of G-CSF
- Patients that have received a cytokine within the last 1 month or are currently receiving a cytokine treatment

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00901381
Russian Federation | |
Clinical Institute of the Brain | |
Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 620026 |
Principal Investigator: | Andrey A Belkin, MD, PhD. | Clinical Institute of the Brain, Russia |
Additional Information:
Responsible Party: | Andrey Belkin, Clinical Institute of the Brain, Russia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00901381 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GKSF-8 |
First Posted: | May 13, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 7, 2014 |
Last Verified: | January 2014 |
Keywords provided by Clinical Institute of the Brain, Russia:
Ischemic stroke Stem cells Colony-stimulating factors Filgrastim Randomized controlled trial |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stroke Ischemia Cerebral Infarction Cerebrovascular Disorders Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Vascular Diseases |
Cardiovascular Diseases Pathologic Processes Brain Infarction Brain Ischemia Lenograstim Adjuvants, Immunologic Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs |