A systematic review of randomised controlled trials examining the therapeutic effects of adult bone marrow-derived stem cells for non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Table 2 Main feature of included studies

Source	Sample size, n	Follow-up duration, months	Setting	Study design	Primary endpoint
Bocchi EA et al. 2010 [11]	23	22	Multicentre	RCT	LVEF
Vrtovec B et al. 2011 [6]	45	12	Multicentre	RCT	LVEF, exercise capacity
Vrtovec B et al. 2013 [5]	110	60	Multicentre	RCT	LVEF, LVEDD
Martino H et al. 2015 [9]	160	12	Multicentre	RCT	LVEF
Henry TD et al. 2014 [10]	29	12	Multicentre	RCT	Safety
Sant’Anna RT et al. 2014 [8]	30	12	Single centre	RCT	LVEF
Seth S et al. 2010 [7]	85	36	Single centre	RCT	LVEF, mortality

LVEDD left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, RCT randomised control trial

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