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NCT Number: NCT07295067

Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Syringomyelia

This is a open-label, single-arm, dose escalation phase I clinical trial. The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of Intrathecal injection human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicle (hUC-MSC-sEV) in syringomyelia.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

Xuanwu Hospital

Beijing, Beijing City, 100032, China

About this study

This is a open-label, single-arm, dose escalation phase I clinical trial. The study will consist of one part: Part 1 will be a dose-escalation study.

A traditional 3+3 dose-escalation design will be implemented in Part 1. Cohort 1 will receive low-dose1×1011particles; Cohort 2 will receive middle-dose2×1011particles; and Cohort 3 will receive high-dose3×1011particles. (Cohort 1 to Cohort 3 will receive a dose of 2 ml per lumbar puncture, administered once a month, for a total of three months.) If no dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) are observed for 2 weeks after the administration of the first Intrathecal injection, a new cohort will be enrolled at the next planned dose level. If DLTs are observed in one participant in the cohort, an additional three participants will be treated at the same dose level. Dose escalation will be stopped if DLTs are observed in more than 33% of the participants.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients whose MR revealed that syrinx have shrunk after surgery for a year but whose clinical spinal cord symptoms have not improved.
  • Patients whose MR revealed that syrinx spontaneously resolution under conservative observation, but whose clinical spinal cord symptoms have not improved.
  • Age: 18-70 years, inclusion of both genders;

Exclusion criteria

  • 1. Those with diabetes, heart disease, or impaired liver or kidney function; 2. Those with other diseases such as brainstem tumors and spinal cord tumors; 3. Infected individuals with lumbar puncture sites; 4. Those with previous or detected abnormalities in the heart; 5. Those who have autoimmune diseases and need to be treated with immunosuppressants; 6. Those who are allergic to the research drugs; 7. Have participated in other interventional clinical studies or received other cell therapies (excluding blood transfusion) within the past three months; 8. Those who are unconscious, unable to express subjective discomfort symptoms and unable to cooperate with neurological function tests, those who have been receiving drug treatment for a long time and do not cooperate with the treatment plan; 9. Pregnant women, women who are breastfeeding and those planning to become pregnant; 10. Serological tests (HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HIV, TP-Ab) are positive; 11. Other circumstances where the researcher deems the patient unsuitable to participate in this study (including but not limited to not meeting the treatment that benefits the patient the most, poor patient compliance, abnormal laboratory test indicators that cannot be accepted, etc.).

Rejection Criteria:

misdiagnosis; use of any medication that may significantly impact the assessment accuracy of hUC-MSC-sEV engraftment; absence of any evaluation outcome at any time point during the follow-up period

Cessation Criteria:

individual wishes of the subjects; occurrence of any hUC-MSC-sEV-associated serious adverse event (SAE) that may aggravate neurological dysfunction, or require prolongation of existing hospitalization, or need hospital readmission, or impair consciousness, or be life-threatening, or even lead to death in any subject; detection of any major mistake in the present protocol during the implementation of this clinical trial; the national administration agency requires the clinical trial to be halted

Treatment and study plan

Exosomes group

Drug

Exosomes derived from human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells for Intrathecal injection (administered once a month, for a total of three months, based on the recommended dose during the dose-escalation phase).

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants who experienced dose-limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

    Time frame: 24 hours, 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks

    DLTs related to hUC-MSC-sEV include adverse events of grade 3 or higher (including significant clinical laboratory findings) that are possibly, likely, or definitely related to the study drug, accompanied by clinical symptoms and requiring medical treatment within 14 days of administration. Adverse events are graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 5.0 (CTCAE 5.0).

Secondary outcomes

  1. American Spinal Injury Association(ASIA) Score

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 months

    American Spinal Injury Association(ASIA) Score for evaluating the spinal cord function, degree of the spinal cord function, motor1-100, sensory 1-224, higher scores mean a better outcome

  2. Klekamp and Sammi syringomyelia scale

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 months

    for evaluating the spinal cord function, each score 1-5, higher scores mean a better outcome

  3. Incidence of severe adverse events

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks

    The proportion of patients who experienced severe adverse events.

  4. Time to event (death, tracheostomy, and permanent assisted mechanical ventilation)

    Time frame: up to 12 months

    The number of time-to-event outcomes.

  5. modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scores (mJOA)

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 months

    Motor function, sensory, bladder function;for evaluating the spinal cord function;0-17, higher scores mean a better outcome

  6. xuanwu syringomyelia scale

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 months

    for evaluating the spinal cord function, for evaluating the spinal cord function;0-18, higher scores mean a worse outcome

  7. improvement or resolution of the syrinx

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks, 12±1 months

    improvement in size.

Other outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in the blood and csf markers.

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks

    A number of blood and csf markers will be examined.

  2. Change from baseline in the neuroimaging indices.

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks

    Neuroimaging indices include DTI, DTI-ALPS.

  3. Change from baseline in the Electrophysiological indices.

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks

    Electrophysiological indices include EMG.

  4. Change from baseline in the neuroimaging indices.

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks

    Neuroimaging indices include QSM.

  5. Change from baseline in the Electrophysiological indices.

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks

    Electrophysiological indices include Somatosensory evoked potential .

  6. Change from baseline in the Electrophysiological indices.

    Time frame: 4±1 Weeks, 8±1 Weeks,12±1 Weeks

    Electrophysiological indices include Motor Evoked Potential.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing

Other

Collaborators

  • Yisaier Medical Technology (shan xi) Co., Ltd.

Registry information

Official study title

An Exploratory Study on the Use of Intrathecal Injection of Human Autologous Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Derived Extracellular Vesicles for the Treatment of Syringomyelia

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Dec 19, 2025
Registry last updated
Jun 30, 2026

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