REgenerative Stem cell therapy for STroke in Europe

Objective

Stroke is the second leading cause of death in the world population. When not fatal, stroke often results in disability, due to motor and cognitive impairments, and secondary health problems affecting not only patients but also their families.
Building on emerging preclinical and pilot clinical evidences, RESSTORE will focus on the clinical assessment of regenerative cell therapy to improve stroke recovery and patients quality of life. RESSTORE European multicentre randomised phase IIb will explore, for the first time, the efficacy (functional recovery) and safety of intravenous infusion of allogenic adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs) in 400 stroke patients. Therapeutic effects of ADMSCs will be assessed and monitored in patients using clinical rating scales, multimodal MRI and novel blood biomarkers. Additionally, the societal value and cost-effectiveness of ADMSCs-based regenerative therapy will be evaluated through health economics and predictive in silico simulations. Complementary ancillary animal studies will support the clinical trial by defining i) if the treatment response can be further enhanced by intensive rehabilitation, ii) the contribution of co-morbidities and iii) the mechanism(s) underlying the therapeutic effect.
The European regenerative therapy capacities (France, Spain, Finland, United Kingdom and Czech Republic), developed in RESSTORE will cover the full value chain in the field (large scale GMP cell production, clinical testing, biomarkers discovery, understanding of the restoring mechanisms, modelling, biobanking, economic studies, exploitation and communication plan). RESSTORE will thus surely contribute, together with the workforce trained in the context of the programme, to improve its public and private (SME) competitiveness and increase the attractiveness of Europe as a reference location to develop and clinically assess new innovative therapeutic options for brain diseases.

Field of science

/medical and health sciences/basic medicine/physiology/pathophysiology
/medical and health sciences/clinical medicine/endocrinology/diabetes
/social sciences/economics and business/economics/health economics
/medical and health sciences/basic medicine/neurology/stroke
/medical and health sciences/medical biotechnology/cells technologies/stem cells
/natural sciences/computer and information sciences/software/software development
/medical and health sciences/clinical medicine/physiotherapy
/natural sciences/mathematics/applied mathematics/mathematical model
/social sciences/political science/government systems
/medical and health sciences/basic medicine/immunology

Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES

Address

621 Avenue Centrale
38058 Grenoble
France

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU contribution

€ 1 781 937,50

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