RT Journal Article T1 Cardiopoietic cell therapy for advanced ischaemic heart failure: results at 39 weeks of the prospective, randomized, double blind, sham-controlled CHART-1 clinical trial. A1 Bartunek, Jozef A1 Terzic, Andre A1 Davison, Beth A A1 Filippatos, Gerasimos S A1 Radovanovic, Slavica A1 Beleslin, Branko A1 Merkely, Bela A1 Musialek, Piotr A1 Wojakowski, Wojciech A1 Andreka, Peter A1 Horvath, Ivan G A1 Katz, Amos A1 Dolatabadi, Dariouch A1 El Nakadi, Badih A1 Arandjelovic, Aleksandra A1 Edes, Istvan A1 Seferovic, Petar M A1 Obradovic, Slobodan A1 Vanderheyden, Marc A1 Jagic, Nikola A1 Petrov, Ivo A1 Atar, Shaul A1 Halabi, Majdi A1 Gelev, Valeri L A1 Shochat, Michael K A1 Kasprzak, Jaroslaw D A1 Sanz-Ruiz, Ricardo A1 Heyndrickx, Guy R A1 Nyolczas, Noémi A1 Legrand, Victor A1 Guédès, Antoine A1 Heyse, Alex A1 Moccetti, Tiziano A1 Fernandez-Aviles, Francisco A1 Jimenez-Quevedo, Pilar A1 Bayes-Genis, Antoni A1 Hernandez-Garcia, Jose Maria A1 Ribichini, Flavio A1 Gruchala, Marcin A1 Waldman, Scott A A1 Teerlink, John R A1 Gersh, Bernard J A1 Povsic, Thomas J A1 Henry, Timothy D A1 Metra, Marco A1 Hajjar, Roger J A1 Tendera, Michal A1 Behfar, Atta A1 Alexandre, Bertrand A1 Seron, Aymeric A1 Stough, Wendy Gattis A1 Sherman, Warren A1 Cotter, Gad A1 Wijns, William A1 CHART Program, K1 Cardiopoiesis K1 Cardiovascular disease K1 Disease severity K1 Marker K1 Precision medicine K1 Regenerative medicine K1 Stem cell K1 Target population AB Cardiopoietic cells, produced through cardiogenic conditioning of patients' mesenchymal stem cells, have shown preliminary efficacy. The Congestive Heart Failure Cardiopoietic Regenerative Therapy (CHART-1) trial aimed to validate cardiopoiesis-based biotherapy in a larger heart failure cohort. This multinational, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study was conducted in 39 hospitals. Patients with symptomatic ischaemic heart failure on guideline-directed therapy (n = 484) were screened; n = 348 underwent bone marrow harvest and mesenchymal stem cell expansion. Those achieving > 24 million mesenchymal stem cells (n = 315) were randomized to cardiopoietic cells delivered endomyocardially with a retention-enhanced catheter (n = 157) or sham procedure (n = 158). Procedures were performed as randomized in 271 patients (n = 120 cardiopoietic cells, n = 151 sham). The primary efficacy endpoint was a Finkelstein-Schoenfeld hierarchical composite (all-cause mortality, worsening heart failure, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire score, 6-min walk distance, left ventricular end-systolic volume, and ejection fraction) at 39 weeks. The primary outcome was neutral (Mann-Whitney estimator 0.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.47-0.61 [value > 0.5 favours cell treatment], P = 0.27). Exploratory analyses suggested a benefit of cell treatment on the primary composite in patients with baseline left ventricular end-diastolic volume 200-370 mL (60% of patients) (Mann-Whitney estimator 0.61, 95% CI 0.52-0.70, P = 0.015). No difference was observed in serious adverse events. One (0.9%) cardiopoietic cell patient and 9 (5.4%) sham patients experienced aborted or sudden cardiac death. The primary endpoint was neutral, with safety demonstrated across the cohort. Further evaluation of cardiopoietic cell therapy in patients with elevated end-diastolic volume is warranted. YR 2017 FD 2017 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10715 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10715 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 7, 2025