The goal of this randomized, controlled, open-labeled interventional clinical trial is to test the efficacy and safety of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UC- MSCs) in the treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 patients with refractory hypoxia even after sufficient standard treatment according to the tenth edition of Chinese guidelines for COVID-19 infection. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. The efficacy of UC-MSCs in the treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 patients with refractory hypoxia. 2. The safety of UC-MSCs in the treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 patients. 3. The potential immune mechanisms of UC- MSCs in the treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 patients. Participants will receive standard therapy, or the UC-MSCs treatment. For the standard treatment, it will be conducted according the 10th edition of Chinese guidelines for severe or critical COVID-19 infection. For UC-MSCs treatment, participants will be given UC-MSCs instillation at the first and fourth day after assignment. Blood examples will be taken at indicated time for arterial blood gas analysis and other tests. And participants should also objectively report their symptoms change and other information related to the treatment as listed the research protocol.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Participants will receive two doses of UC-MSCs treatment, each dose will contain 1\*10\^6 cells/kg suspended in 100 ml albumin solution.
Shanghai East Hospital, Shanghai Tongji University
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
RECRUITINGOxygenation index
Oxygenation index is the artery partial pressure of oxygen divided by the concentration of inhaled oxygen.
Time frame: Change from baseline Oxygenation index (PaO2/FiO2) at 1,3,7,14,28 (or before the day of discharge if participants discharge within 28 days) days after the treatment.
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