Cardiopoietic cell therapy for advanced ischemic heart failure: results at 39 weeks of the prospective, randomized, double blind, sham-controlled chart-1 clinical trial
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Bartunek, Jozef
Terzic, Andre
Davison, Beth A.
Filippatos, Gerasimos S.
Radovanovic, Slavica
Beleslin, Branko
Merkely, Bela
Musialek, Piotr
Wojakowski, Wojciech
Andreka, Peter
Horvath, Ivan G.
Katz, Amos
Dolatabadi, Dariouch
El Nakadi, Badih
Arandjelovic, Aleksandra
Edes, Istvan
Seferovic, Petar M.
Obradovic, Slobodan
Vanderheyden, Marc
Jagic, Nikola
Petrov, Ivo
Atar, Shaul
Halabi, Majdi
Gelev, Valeri L.
Shochat, Michael K.
Kasprzak, Jaroslaw D.
Sanz-Ruiz, Ricardo
Heyndrickx, Guy R.
Nyolczas, Noémi
Legrand, Victor
Guédès, Antoine
Heyse, Alex
Moccetti, Tiziano
Fernandez-Aviles, Francisco
Jimenez-Quevedo, Pilar
Bayes-Genis, Antoni
Hernandez-Garcia, Jose Maria
Ribichini, Flavio
Gruchala, Marcin
Waldman, Scott A.
Teerlink, John R.
Gersh, Bernard J.
Povsic, Thomas J.
Henry, Timothy D.
Metra, Marco
Hajjar, Roger J.
Tendera, Michal
Behfar, Atta
Alexandre, Bertrand
Seron, Aymeric
Stough, Wendy Gattis
Sherman, Warren
Cotter, Gad
Wijns, William
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Bartunek, Jozef; Terzic, Andre; Davison, Beth A. Filippatos, Gerasimos S.; Radovanovic, Slavica; Beleslin, Branko; Merkely, Bela; Musialek, Piotr; Wojakowski, Wojciech; Andreka, Peter; Horvath, Ivan G.; Katz, Amos; Dolatabadi, Dariouch; El Nakadi, Badih; Arandjelovic, Aleksandra; Edes, Istvan; Seferovic, Petar M.; Obradovic, Slobodan; Vanderheyden, Marc; Jagic, Nikola; Petrov, Ivo; Atar, Shaul; Halabi, Majdi; Gelev, Valeri L.; Shochat, Michael K.; Kasprzak, Jaroslaw D.; Sanz-Ruiz, Ricardo; Heyndrickx, Guy R.; Nyolczas, Noémi; Legrand, Victor; Guédès, Antoine; Heyse, Alex; Moccetti, Tiziano; Fernandez-Aviles, Francisco; Jimenez-Quevedo, Pilar; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Hernandez-Garcia, Jose Maria; Ribichini, Flavio; Gruchala, Marcin; Waldman, Scott A.; Teerlink, John R.; Gersh, Bernard J.; Povsic, Thomas J.; Henry, Timothy D.; Metra, Marco; Hajjar, Roger J.; Tendera, Michal; Behfar, Atta; Alexandre, Bertrand; Seron, Aymeric; Stough, Wendy Gattis; Sherman, Warren; Cotter, Gad; Wijns, William; , (2016). Cardiopoietic cell therapy for advanced ischemic heart failure: results at 39 weeks of the prospective, randomized, double blind, sham-controlled chart-1 clinical trial. European Heart Journal 38 (9), 648-660
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Aims Cardiopoietic cells, produced through cardiogenic conditioning of patients' mesenchymal stem cells, have shown preliminary efficacy. The Congestive Heart Failure Cardiopoietic Regenerative Therapy (CHART-1) trial aimed to validate cardiopoiesis-based biotherapy in a larger heart failure cohort.
Methods and results This multinational, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study was conducted in 39 hospitals. Patients with symptomatic ischaemic heart failure on guideline-directed therapy (n= 484) were screened; n = 348 underwent bone marrow harvest and mesenchymal stem cell expansion. Those achieving> 24 million mesenchymal stem cells (n= 315) were randomized to cardiopoietic cells delivered endomyocardially with a retention-enhanced catheter (n= 157) or sham procedure (n= 158). Procedures were performed as randomized in 271 patients (n = 120 cardiopoietic cells, n= 151 sham). The primary efficacy endpoint was a Finkelstein-Schoenfeld hierarchical composite (all-cause mortality, worsening heart failure, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire score, 6-min walk distance, left ventricular end-systolic volume, and ejection fraction) at 39 weeks. The primary outcome was neutral (Mann-Whitney estimator 0.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.47-0.61 [value> 0.5 favours cell treatment], P = 0.27). Exploratory analyses suggested a benefit of cell treatment on the primary composite in patients with baseline left ventricular end-diastolic volume 200-370mL (60% of patients) (Mann-Whitney estimator 0.61, 95% CI 0.52-0.70, P = 0.015). No difference was observed in serious adverse events. One (0.9%) cardiopoietic cell patient and 9 (5.4%) sham patients experienced aborted or sudden cardiac death.
Conclusion The primary endpoint was neutral, with safety demonstrated across the cohort. Further evaluation of cardiopoietic cell therapy in patients with elevated end-diastolic volume is warranted.