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Table 1 Trial of registered MSCs in the treatment of COVID-19

From: Clinical efficacy and mechanism of mesenchymal stromal cells in treatment of COVID-19

Registration no

Title

Cell source

No. patients

Methods

ChiCTR2000029580

A prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial for Ruxolitinib combined with mesenchymal stem cell infusion in the treatment of patients with severe 2019-nCoV pneumonia

Ruxolitinib in combination with MSCs

35

NA

ChiCTR2000029990

Clinical trials of mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of pneumonitis caused by novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)

MSCs

60

NA

ChiCTR2000030020

The clinical application and basic research related to mesenchymal stem cells to treat novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)

MSCs

20

NA

ChiCTR2000030088

Umbilical cord Wharton's Jelly derived mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)

Umbilical cord Wharton’s Jelly derived MSC

20

IV injection of Wharton's Jelly mesenchymal stem cells (1 × 106/kg), cell suspension volume: 40 ml

ChiCTR2000030116

Safety and effectiveness of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome of severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)

hUC-MSCs

16

Different stem cell doses (specific unknown)

ChiCTR2000030138

Clinical Trial for Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Severe Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (COVID-19)

hUC-MSCs

30

NA

ChiCTR2000030173

Key techniques of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) and clinical application demonstration

hUC-MSCs

30

NA

ChiCTR2000030261

A study for the key technology of mesenchymal stem cells exosomes atomization in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)

MSCs exosomes

13

Aerosol inhalation of exosomes(Specific unknown)

ChiCTR2000030484

HUMSCs and Exosomes Treating Patients with Lung Injury following Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (COVID-19)

HU-MSCs and Exosomes

30

NA

ChiCTR2000030835

Clinical study for the efficacy of Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) in the treatment of severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)

hUC-MSCs

20

NA

ChiCTR2000030866

Open-label, observational study of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of severe and critical patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)

hUC-MSCs

20

Intravenous infusion of 1 × 106 cells/kg/time on day 0, 3, 6

ChiCTR2000030944

Clinical study of human NK cells and MSCs transplantation for severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)

Human NK cells and MSCs transplantation

10

NA

ChiCTR2000031319

Safety and Efficacy Study of Allogeneic Human Dental Pulp Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Treat Severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) patients

Allogeneic Human Dental Pulp MSC

10

NA

ChiCTR2000031430

Clinical study of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)-induced pulmonary fibrosis

hUC-MSCs

100

4 × 107/ times, intravenous injection on days 0, 3, and 6 for a total of 3 times

ChiCTR2000031494

Clinical study for stem cells in the treatment of severe novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)

MSCs

18

NA

NCT04252118

Safety and Efficiency of Mesenchymal Stem Cell in Treating Pneumonia Patients Infected With COVID-19

MSCs

20

3 times of MSCs(3.0 × 107 MSCs intravenously at Day 0, Day 3, Day 6)

NCT04392778

What is the Effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy on Seriously Ill Patients With Covid 19 in Intensive Care? (Prospective Double Controlled Study)

MSCs

30

3.0 × 106 cells/kg (3 times, on Day 0, Day 3, Day 6)

NCT04269525

Clinical Research Regarding the Availability and Safety of UC-MSCs Treatment for Serious Pneumonia and Critical Pneumonia Caused by the 2019-nCOV Infection

UC-MSCs

16

3.3 × 107 cell number / 50 ml / bag, 3 bags each time. on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th days after enrollment, 1 time each day

NCT04273646

Clinical Study of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Severe COVID-19

UC-MSCs

48

4 times, 0.5 × 106 cells/kg body weight intravenously at Day 1, Day 3, Day 5, Day 7

NCT04288102

A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Human Umbilical Cord-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Severe COVID-19 Patients

UC-MSCs

100

4.0 × 107cells/times (3 times, Day 0, Day 3, Day 6.)

NCT04346368

Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Infusion of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Severe Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Phase 1/2 Randomized Controlled Trial

BM-MSCs

20

1 × 106 /kg body weight intravenously at Day 1

NCT04397796

Phase 1b Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Of The Safety Of Therapeutic Treatment With Immunomodulatory Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Adults With COVID-19 Infection Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

BM-Allo.MSC

45

NA

NCT04293692

Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Treatment for Pneumonia Patients Infected by 2019 Novel Coronavirus

UC-MSCs

24

0.5 × 106 cells/kg body weight suspended in 100 mL saline containing 1% human albumin intravenously at Day1, Day3, Day5, Day7

NCT04437823

Efficacy of Intravenous Infusions of Stem Cells in the Treatment of COVID-19 Patients

UC-MSCs

20

5 × 105 cells/kg (3 times, Day 1, Day 3 and Day 5

NCT04456361

A Study of Mesenchymal Stem Cells as a Treatment in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by COVID-19

UC-MSCs

9

1 × 108 cells/time (one time)

NCT04313322

Treatment of COVID-19 Patients Using Wharton's Jelly-Mesenchymal Stem Cells

WJ-MSCs

5

1 × 106 cells/kg (3 times

NCT04390152

Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Infusion of Wharton's Jelly Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Plus Standard Therapy for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Diagnosis Due to COVID 19: A Randomized Controlled Trial

WJ-MSCs

40

50 × 106 cells/time (2 times)

NCT04315987

Exploratory Clinical Study to Assess the Efficacy of NestaCell® Mesenchymal Stem Cell to Treat Patients With Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia

NestaCell® MSCs

90

A dose of 2 × 107 cells will be administered IV on days 1, 3, 5 and 7

NCT04302519

Clinical Study of Novel Coronavirus-Induced Severe Pneumonia Treated by Dental Pulp Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Dental MSCs

24

1 × 106 cells/kg (3 times, on Day1, Day 3 and Day 7)

NCT04276987

A Pilot Clinical Study on Aerosol Inhalation of the Exosomes Derived From Allogenic Adipose Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Severe Patients With Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia

MSCs-derived exosomes

24

5 times aerosol inhalation (2.0 × 108 nanovesicles/3 ml at Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5)

NCT04341610

Allogeneic Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy for Treating Patients With Severe Respiratory COVID-19. A Danish, Double-blind, Randomized Placebo-controlled Study

A-MSCs

NA

100 million cells diluted in 100 ml saline

NCT04331613

Safety and Efficacy Study of Human Embryonic Stem Cells Derived M Cells (CAStem) for the Treatment of Severe COVID-19 Associated With or Without Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

CAStem

9

3 cohorts with 3 patients/cohort who receive doses of 3, 5 or 10 million cells/kg

NCT04339660

Clinical Research of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of COVID-19 Pneumonia

UC-MSCs

30

1 × 106 cells /kg body weight suspended in 100 mL saline

NCT04336254

Safety and Efficacy Study of Allogeneic Human Dental Pulp Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Treat Severe Pneumonia of COVID-19: a Single-center, Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial

Allogeneic Human Dental Pulp MSCs

20

Intravenous injection of 3.0 × 107 human dental pulp stem cells solution (30 ml) on day 1, day 4 and day 7,

NCT04366323

Phase I / II Clinical Trial, Multicenter, Randomized and Controlled, to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Administration of Allogeneic Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells of Expanded Adipose Tissue in Patients With Severe Pneumonia Due to COVID-19

Adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells

26

8 × 107 cells/time (two times)

NCT04349631

Phase II, Open Label, Single-Center, Clinical Trial to Assess Efficacy of HB-adMSCs to Provide Immune Support Against Coronavirus Disease

HB-adMSCs

56

Five times (dose not applicable)

NCT04366063

Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Coronavirus Infection: A Phase 2–3 Clinical Trial

MSCs

60

1 × 108 cells with or without extracellular vesicles (EVs) in two times (on Day 0, Day 2 for MSC and on Day 4, Day 6 for EVs)

NCT04352803

IV Infusion of Autologous Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Cells for Abatement of Respiratory Compromise in SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic (COVID-19)

Autologous adipose MSC's (AMSCs)

20

500,000/kg IV

NCT04362189

A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Efficacy and Safety Study of Allogeneic HB-adMSCs for the Treatment of COVID-19

HB-adMSC

100

100 million cells/dose(4 times, day 0, 3, 7, and 10)

NCT04348461

Two-treatment, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous Administration of Expanded Allogeneic Adipose Tissue Adult Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Critically Ill Patients COVID-19

Allogeneic and expanded adipose-derived MSCs (AMSCs)

100

1.5 × 106 cells/kg (two times)

NCT03042143

Repair of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Stromal Cell Administration (REALIST): An Open Label Dose Escalation Phase 1 Trial Followed by a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 2 Trial (COVID-19)

Human umbilical cord-derived CD362-enriched MSCs

120

Maximum tolerated dose from the phase 1 trial will be infused over 30 to 90 min

NCT04361942

Double-Blind, Placebo-controlled, Phase II Trial to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Allogenic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells MSV_allo for Treatment of Acute Respiratory Failure in Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia (COVID_MSV)

MSCs

24

Intravenous injection of 1 million MSV cells/Kg diluted in 100 ml saline

NCT04333368

Cell Therapy Using Umbilical Cord-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in SARS-CoV-2-related ARDS

UCMSCs

47

1 × 106 cells/kg (three times, Day 1, Day 3 and Day 5)

NCT04416139

Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Due to COVID-19. Pilot Study

MSCs

10

1 million cells/Kg in a single dose

NCT04428801

Clinical Study for the Prophylactic Efficacy of Autologous Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (AdMSCs) Against Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

autologous adipose-derived stem cells

200

Three doses of 200 million cells via intravenously infusion every three days

NCT04348435

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Single Center, Efficacy and Safety Study of Allogeneic HB-adMSCs to Provide Immune Support Against COVID-19

Allogeneic HB-adMSCs

55

200 × 106 cells/time (5 times, Day 0, Day 2, Day 6, Day 10 and Day 14)

NCT04444271

Prospective, Randomized Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Mesenchymal Stem Cells(MSCs) for the Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19)

MSCs

20

2 × 106 cells/kg (two times, Day 1 and Day7

NCT04429763

Safety and Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Management of Severe COVID-19

UCBMSCs

30

One dose of 1 × 106 cells/Kg

NCT04490486

Phase I, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo Control Study to Evaluate the Safety and Potential Efficacy of Intravenous Infusion of Umbilical Cord Tissue (UC) Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) Versus Placebo to Treat Acute Pulmonary Inflammation Due to COVID-19 With Moderate to Severe Symptoms

UCMSCs

21

100 × 106 cells/time (two times, Day 1 and Day 3)

NCT04457609

Application of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells as Adjuvant Therapy for Critically-Ill COVID-19 Patients

UCMSCs

40

1 × 106 cells/kgBW in 100 cc of 0.9% NaCl for 1 h

NCT04486001

COVID-19 Stem Cell Therapy: A Phase I Study of Intravenous Administration of Allogeneic Adipose Stem Cells

PSC-04

20

NA