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Table 3 Study characteristics

From: The safety of MSC therapy over the past 15 years: a meta-analysis

Author

Year

Study type

Location

Disease

Cell

Administration

Analysis

Study phrase

Language

Dose

Follow-up

Emadedin

2018

RCT

Iran

Knee osteoarthritis

BMSC

Local implanation

PP

1/2

English

40 × 106 cells

6 months

Gao

2013

RCT

China

Acute myocardial infarction

BMSC

Intracoronary injection

PP

3

English

(3.08 ± 0.52) × 106 cells

1 year

Gupta

2013

RCT

India

Critical limb ischemia

BMSC

Local injection

ITT

1/2

English

2 × 106 cells/kg

2 years

Lee

2010

RCT

South Korea

Ischemic stroke

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

1 × 108 cells

5 years

Zollino

2018

RCT

Italy

Chronic leg ulcers

BMSC

Local injection

PP

2

English

NA

24 weeks

Weiss

2013

RCT

USA

COPD

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

100 × 106 cells

2 years

Xiao

2017

RCT

China

Dilated cardiomyopathy

BMSC

Intracoronary injection

PP

3

English

(4.9 ± 1.7) × 108 cells

1 year

Hare

2009

RCT

USA

Acute myocardial infarction

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

0.5, 1.6 and 5 × 106 cells/kg

6 months

Huang

2018

RCT

China

Cerebral palsy

uc-MSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

5 × 107 cells

2 years

Centeno

2014

RCT

USA

Knee osteoarthritis

BMSC

local implanation

PP

3

English

75% BMSC, 12.5% PRP and 12.5%

PBS

2 years

FernaÂndez

2018

RCT

Spain

Multiple sclerosis

AD-MSC

Intravenous injection

ITT

1/2

English

1 × 106 cells/kg, 4 × 106 cells/kg

1 year

Vangsness

2014

RCT

USA

Partial medial meniscectomy

BMSC

Local implanation

PP

3

English

50 × 106 cells

2 years

Lin

2017

RCT

China

Liver failure

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

1.0–10 × 105 cells/kg

2 years

Molendijk

2015

RCT

USA

Crohn’s disease

BMSC

Local implanation

PP

3

English

1–9 × 107 cells

2 years

Tompkins

2017

RCT

USA

Aging frailty

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

2

English

100–200 × 106 cells

6 months

Li

2013

RCT

China

Leg ischemia

BMSC

Local implanation

PP

3

English

1 × 107 cells/mL

6 months

Lee

2007

RCT

South Korea

Multiple system atrophy

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

4 × 107 cells

1 year

Jaillard

2020

RCT

France

Ischemic stroke

BMSC

Intravenous injection

ITT

3

English

100–300 × 106 cells

2 year

Mathiasen

2019

RCT

Denmark

Ischaemic heart failure

BMSC

Intramyocardial injection

ITT

3

English

0.2 mL

1 year

Bartunek

2016

RCT

USA

Ischaemic heart failure

BMSC

Intramyocardial injection

ITT

3

English

24 × 106 cells

39 weeks

Bartunek

2013

RCT

Belgium

Heart failure

BMSC

Intramyocardial injection

PP

3

English

600 -1200 × 106 cells

2 years

Powell

2012

RCT

USA

Critical limb ischemia

BMSC

Local implantation

PP

3

English

0.5 ml

1 year

Olivera

2017

RCT

Brazil

Pulmonary emphysema

BMSC

Intravenous injection

ITT

1

English

108 cells

3 months

Sponer

2018

Prospective study

Czech

Femoral bone defects

BMSC

Local implantation

PP

3

English

(15 ± 4.5) × 106 cells

1 year

Wang

2016

RCT

China

Knee osteoarthritis

uc-MSC

Local implantation

PP

3

Chinese

2–3 × 107 cells

6 months

Teraa

2015

RCT

The Netherlands

Limb ischemia

BMSC

Local implantation

ITT

3

English

144–500 × 106 cells

6 months

Bhansali

2016

RCT

USA

Diabetes mellitus

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

1 × 106 cells /kg

1 year

Panes

2016

RCT

Spain

Crohn’s disease

AD-MSC

Intralesional injection

ITT

3

English

120 × 106 cells

24 weeks

Averyanov

2019

RCT

Russia

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

2 × 108 cells

1 year

Skyler

2015

RCT

USA

Type 2 diabetes

BMSC

Intravenous injection

ITT

3

English

0.3–2 × 106 cells/kg

1 year

Shi

2010

RCT

China

Chronic liver failure

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

0.5 × 106 cells/kg

72 weeks

Lublin

2014

RCT

USA

Multiple sclerosis

Placenta-Derived MSc

Intravenous injection

ITT

3

English

600 × 106 cells

1 year

Zhang

2011

RCT

China

Liver cirrhosis

uc-MSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

0.5 × 106 cells/kg

1 year

Winkler

2018

RCT

Germany

Hip arthroplasty

Placenta-derived MSc

Local implantation

ITT

3

English

1.5–3.0 × 108 cells

2 years

Kim

2018

RCT

South Korea

Myocardial infarction

BMSC

Intracoronary injection

PP

3

English

(7.2 ± 0.90) × 107 cells

1 year

Tan

2012

RCT

China

Kidney transplants

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

1–2 × 106/kg

1 year

Hauzeur

2017

RCT

Belgium

Osteonecrosis

BMSC

Local implantation

PP

3

English

50 ml

2 years

Noriega

2017

RCT

Spain

Intervertebral disc regeneration

BMSC

Local implantation

PP

3

English

25 × 106 cells

1 year

Gao

2015

RCT

China

Myocardial infarction

uc-MSC

Intracoronary injection

PP

3

English

6 × 106 cells

18 months

Ascheim

2014

RCT

USA

Left ventricular assist device patients

BMSC

Intramyocardial injection

PP

3

English

25 × 106 cells

1 year

Koh

2012

RCT

South Korea

Knee osteoarthritis

BMSC

Local implantation

PP

3

English

1.89 × 106 cells

1 year

Berry

2019

RCT

USA

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BMSC

Local implantation

PP

2

English

125 × 106 cells

6 months

Chullikana

2014

RCT

India

Acute myocardial infarction

BMSC

Intracoronary injection

PP

1/2

English

6.0 × 107 cells

2 years

Oh

2018

RCT

Republic of Korea

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BMSC

Intrathecal injections

ITT

3

English

1 × 106 cells/kg

6 months

Hess

2017

RCT

USA

Acute ischaemic stroke

BMSC

Intracerebral injection

ITT

2

English

1200 × 106 cells

3 months

Bartolucci

2017

RCT

Chile

Heart failure

uc-MSC

Intravenous injection

PP

1/2

English

1 × 106 cells/kg

1 year

Wang

2017

RCT

Australia

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction patients

BMSC

local implantation

ITT

3

English

150 × 106 cells

104 weeks

Wang

2014

RCT

China

Lyocardial infarction

BMSC

Intracoronary injection

PP

3

English

1 × 108 cells/ml

1 month

Gu

2020

RCT

China

Cerebral palsy

uc-MSC

Intravenous injection

PP

3

English

4.5–5.5 × 107 cells

1 year

Zhang

2016

RCT

China

Liver transplantation

uc-MSC

Intravenous infusion

PP

3

English

1.0 × 106 cells/ kg

2 years

Suk

2016

RCT

South Korea

Alcoholic cirrhosis

BMSC

Hepatic arterial injection

PP

2

English

5 × 107 cells

1 year

Zheng

2014

RCT

China

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

AD-MSC

Intravenous infusion

PP

3

English

1 × 106 cells/kg

4 weeks

Matas

2019

RCT

Chile

Knee Osteoarthritis

AD-MSC

Local implantation

PP

1/2

English

2 × 107cells

1 year

Wang

2006

RCT

China

Dilatedcardiomyopathy

BMSC

Intracoronary injection

ITT

3

Chinese

8 × 107 cells

6 months

Lin

2012

RCT

China

Liver fibrosis

uc-MSC

Intravenous infusion

ITT

3

Chinese

0.5–1 × 106 cells/kg

48 weeks

Xie

2007

RCT

China

Spinal cord injury

BMSC

Intrathecal injection

ITT

3

Chinese

20.56–58.87 × 108 cells

3 months

Xiao

2012

RCT

China

Myocardial infarction

BMSC

Intracoronary injection

ITT

3

Chinese

1–10 × 109 cells

3 months

Erpicum

2018

RCT

Belgium

Kidney transplantation

BMSC

Intravenous injection

PP

1/2

English

2 × 106 cells/kg

1 year

Shadmafar

2017

Prospective study

China

Liver fibrosis

uc-MSC

Hepatic artery injection

ITT

3

English

(42 ± 4) × 106 cells

1 year

Zeng

2015

RCT

Iran

Rheumatoid arthritis

BMSC

Local implantation

PP

1/2

Chinese

6.0–7.0 × 107 cells/kg

52 weeks

Ning

2008

RCT

China

Hematologic malignancy

BMSC

Intravenous injection

NA

NA

English

1.0–2.0 × 106 cells/kg

3 years

José

2020

RCT

Spain

Knee osteoarthritis

BMSC

Local implantation

ITT

2

English

100 × 106 cells

1 year

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