Safety & Efficacy of Adipose-Derived Regenerative Cells in the Treatment of Chronic Myocardial Ischemia (ATHENA II) (ATHENA II)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02052427 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 3, 2014
Last Update Posted : October 28, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Myocardial Ischemia | Device: Celution System Device: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 3 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Adipose-derived Regenerative Cells in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease Not Amenable to Surgical or Interventional Revascularization II |
Study Start Date : | January 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: ADRCs
Adipose-Derived Regenerative Cells (ADRCs) processed by the Celution System:
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Device: Celution System
ADRCs processed by the Celution System for reintroduction into the myocardium |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo - Physiological Solution
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Device: Placebo
Physiological solution made of Lactated Ringers solution and a small amount (<1mL) of autologous blood |
- Primary Efficacy - Change in Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 6 months post treatment ]Change in Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire prior to treatment and at 6 months post treatment.
- Secondary Efficacy - Change in mVO2 [ Time Frame: 6 months post treatment ]Change in mVO2 at 6 months as assessed by Exercise Tolerance Test
- Secondary Efficacy - Change in LVESV/LVEDV [ Time Frame: 6 months post treatment ]Change in LVESV/LVEDV at 6 months as assessed by Echocardiography
- Secondary Efficacy - Change in Ejection Fraction [ Time Frame: 6 months post treatment ]Change in Ejection Fraction (%) at 6 months assessed by 2D Contrast Echocardiography
- Secondary Efficacy - Change in perfusion defect [ Time Frame: 6 months post treatment ]Change in perfusion defect at 6 months assessed by Rest/Pharmacologic Stress SPECT
- Secondary Efficacy - Resource Utilization [ Time Frame: through 12 months post treatment ]Resource utilization - hospital length of stay, re-hospitalization for cardiac related events
- Secondary Efficacy - Change in heart failure symptoms, angina, and quality of life [ Time Frame: through 12 months post treatment ]Change in heart failure symptoms, angina, and quality of life assessed by - NYHA classification, CCS classification, MLHFQ (other than 6 months)
- Safety - Number of Patients Experiencing Treatment Emergent SAEs [ Time Frame: Treatment through 12 months ]
- Safety - Number of Patients Experiencing Arrhythmias Assessed via Holter monitor [ Time Frame: Screening through 3 months post treatment ]
- Safety - Number of patients that experience a MACE [ Time Frame: Treatment through 12 months ]Number of patients that experience a Major Adverse Cardiac Event (MACE)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or females > 20 and < 80 years of age
- Significant multi-vessel coronary artery disease not amenable to percutaneous or surgical revascularization
- CCS Angina Functional Class II-IV and/or NYHA Stages of Heart Failure Class II or III
- On maximal medical therapy for anginal symptoms and/or heart failure symptoms
- Hemodynamic stability (SBP ≥ 90 mm/Hg, HR <110)
- Ejection fraction ≥ 20% and ≤ 45%
- Inducible ischemia using an objective assessment of ischemia within 1 year of screening (i.e. exercise ECG changes, SPECT)
- Left ventricular wall thickness ≥ 8 mm at the target site for cell injection
Exclusion Criteria:
- Atrial fibrillation or flutter without a pace maker that guarantees a stable heart rate
- Unstable angina
- LV thrombus, as documented by echocardiography
- Planned staged treatment of CAD or other intervention on the heart
- Platelet count < 100,000/mm3
- WBC < 2,000/mm3
- TIA or stroke within 90 days prior to randomization
- ICD shock within 30 days prior to randomization
- Any condition requiring immunosuppressive medication
- A high-risk acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or a myocardial infarction in the 60 days prior to randomization
- Revascularization within 60 days prior to randomization
- Inability to walk on a treadmill except for class IV angina patients who will be evaluated separately
- Hepatic dysfunction, as defined as aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and/or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 1.5 times the upper limit of normal range (x ULN)
- Hemoglobin ≤ 10.0 g/dL

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02052427
United States, Ohio | |
University Hospital Case Medical Center | |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 11100 |
Principal Investigator: | Emerson C. Perin, MD, PhD | The Stem Cell Center at Texas Heart Institute | |
Principal Investigator: | Timothy Henry, MD | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | Cytori Therapeutics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02052427 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ATHENA II |
First Posted: | February 3, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 28, 2016 |
Last Verified: | October 2016 |
Ischemic heart disease Coronary artery disease Chronic Heart Failure |
Cardiovascular disease adult stem cells adipose derived regenerative cells |
Myocardial Ischemia Coronary Artery Disease Ischemia Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |
Pathologic Processes Vascular Diseases Coronary Disease Arteriosclerosis Arterial Occlusive Diseases |