Shenzhong Jiang, Han Wang, Chengxian Yang, Feng Feng, Dan Xu, Mengyu Zhang, Manqing Xie, Ruixue Cui, Zhaohui Zhu, Chenhao Jia, Linwen Liu, Lin Wang, Xunzhe Yang, Yingmai Yang, Honglin Hao, Zhaoxi Liu, Zhihong Wu, Ling Leng, Xiaoxin Li, Xicai Sun, Xiongfei Zhao, Jinfang Xu, Yi Zhang, Xinhua Wan, Xinjie Bao, Renzhi Wang
BACKGROUND: Intranasal transplantation of ANGE-S003 human neural stem cells showed therapeutic effects and were safe in preclinical models of Parkinson's disease (PD). We investigated the safety and tolerability of this treatment in patients with PD and whether these effects would be apparent in a clinical trial. METHODS: This was a 12-month, single-centre, open-label, dose-escalation phase 1 study of 18 patients with advanced PD assigned to four-time intranasal transplantation of 1 of 3 doses: 1...
May 9, 2024: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry