Use of Multiple Doses of Intravenous Infusion of Umbilical Cord-Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Severe COVID-19-Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome : Literature Review

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Objectives: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a critical complication in severe COVID-19 patients. The intravenous infusion (IVF) of umbilical cord- (UC-) mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), validated to substantially reduce the release of several inflammatory cytokines in vivo, was also shown to exhibit benefits in improving hypoxemia among severe COVID-19 patients. A single dose of IVF-UC-MSCs therapy for severe COVID-19 patients was shown to alleviate the initial ARDS severity, but have 50%-67% case-fatality rates. In Taiwan, few adult patients with severe COVID-19-induced ARDS receiving compassionate adjuvant treatment consisting of either a single dose (1-10 × 106 cells/kg body weight (kg BW)) or three doses (5 × 106 cells/kg BW in each dose) of IVF-UC-MSCs had good outcomes. However, the optimal dosage and rounds of IVF-UC-MSCs administration for the treatment of severe COVID-19 patients with ARDS are undetermined.

Methods: We reviewed the 2020-2022 PubMed literature database concerning the clinical efficacy of IVF-UC-MSCs among severe COVID-19 patients.

Results: The data of COVID-19 case series in the PubMed literature revealed a notable heterogeneity in the therapeutic dosage (a single dose: 1-10 × 106 cells/kg BW; and three doses: 50-200 × 106 cells/kg BW in each dose) and the post-ARDS days of IVF-UC-MSCs administration (a single dose: 1-12; and multiple doses: 5-14) for the treatment of severe COVID-19-associated ARDS. The survival rates among these severe COVID-19 patients ranged from 50% to 76%. However, an overall rate of 93.1% of significant improvement in hypoxemia was observed for the COVID-19 survivors receiving IVF-UC-MSCs at the initial ARDS stage.

Conclusions: According to our analysis, the ideal treatment dosage of IVF-UC-MSCs for severe COVID-19-induced ARDS is likely 5 × 106 cells/kg BW for three cycles within 5 days of ARDS onset in severe COVID-19 patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2023

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Stem cells international - 2023(2023) vom: 20., Seite 7179592

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Englisch

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Hsueh, Po-Ren [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Sung-Jung [VerfasserIn]
Hsieh, Po-Chuen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, I-Min [VerfasserIn]
Jean, Shio-Shin [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 29.08.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

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10.1155/2023/7179592

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NLM361364539