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- Title
Autologous bone-marrow mononuclear stem cell therapy in patients with stroke: a meta-analysis of comparative studies.
- Authors
Chumnanvej, Sorayouth; Chumnanvej, Siriluk
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>There is a need to promote recovery after stroke with novel therapeutic interventions. Of them, bone-marrow mononuclear cell (BM-MNC) therapy offers promising outcomes in preclinical and clinical models.<bold>Aims: </bold>To investigate the efficacy and safety of BM-MNCs versus traditional medical care of stroke patients. A meta-analysis was conducted involving controlled prospective studies and randomized clinical trials (RCTs) which investigated the changes in the scores of neurological functions (the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [NIHSS]), the indices of functional recovery (the Barthel Index [BI] and the modified Rankin scale [mRS]) at 3 and 6 month post-transplantation. A total of nine studies (five RCTs) recruited 469 stroke patients (65.5% males, 49.25% received the intervention). There were no significant differences in NIHSS, BI, or mRS scores after 3 months of follow-up. However, the BI indices of BM-MNCs-receiving patients improved significantly after 6 months (standardized mean difference = 1.17, 95% confidence interval, 0.23 to 2.10, P = 0.01) as compared to traditional treatment. The risk of mortality and adverse events and the proportion of patients with favorable outcomes (mRS ≤ 3) were similar in both groups.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Both the BM-MNCs and medical stroke treatment have similar outcomes in terms of safety and short-term efficacy, while the effect of therapy is significant only after 6 months. More well-designed, large sized RCTs are needed to confirm the efficacy of stem cell therapy over long periods of follow-up.
- Subjects
STEM cell treatment; STROKE patients; MEDICAL care; COMPARATIVE studies; META-analysis
- Publication
BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2020, Vol 19, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1475-925X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12938-020-00819-7