The Phase I/II trial is treating a small number of chronic spinal cord injury patients with HuCNS-SC cells administered through direct transplantation into the spinal cord.
“We are seeing multi-segmental gains and a return of function in the cord in multiple patients. This indicates something that was not working in the spinal cord, now appears to be working following transplantation. This is even more significant because of the time that has elapsed from the date of injury, which ranges from 4 months to 24 months across the subjects with sensory gains,” said Stephen Huhn, M.D., FACS, FAAP, vice president, CNS clinical research at StemCells, Inc.