Table 2: Published clinical experiences of cell treatments of anal fistula (Part 2). An update of the tables taken from the section “Stem Cell Application in Fistula Disease” [33].

Investigator

Intervention model

Masking

Procedure

Enrolled

Number of treated patients

Healed

Follow up (months)

Recurrence

SAE

García-Olmo et al. [34]

Single arm

Open label

Closure of IO. Without fibrin glue. Injection in site

1

1

1

3

0

0

García-Olmo et al. [41]

Single arm

Open label

Cells resuspended in fibrin glue. Injection in site

9

9

6 (66%)

12

Not specified

0

García-Olmo et al. [25]

Two arms: fibrin glue, fibrin glue + ASCs

Open label

Closure of IO. Injection in site

50 (35 with Crohn's disease)

Fibrin glue: 25

Fibrin glue: 3

12

Fibrin glue: 0

4 (only one related to fibrin glue, others not related)

Fibrin glue + ASCs: 24

Fibrin glue + ASCs: 17 (70%)

Fibrin glue + ASCs: 2

García-Olmo et al. [40]

Single arm

Open label

Closure of IO. Without fibrin glue. Injection in site

1

1

1

36

1

0

Ciccocioppo et al. [39]

Single arm

Open label

Four injections in site

12

10

7 (70%)

12

0

0

Herreros et al. [27]

Three arms: fibrin glue, ASCs, fibrin glue + ASCs

Double blind (subject, outcomes assessor)

Closure of IO. Injection in site

214

ASCs: 64

ASCs: 27 (42%)

6

ASCs: 0

4 unrelated to study treatment

Fibrin glue + ASCs: 60

Fibrin glue + ASCs: 24 (40%)

Fibrin glue + ASCs: 4

Fibrin glue: 59

Fibrin glue: 23

Fibrin glue: 0

Herreros et al. [27]

Three arms: fibrine, ASCs, fibrin glue + ASCs

Double blind (subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Closure of IO. Injection in site

135

Not specified

ASCs: 57%

12

Not specified

1 unrelated to study treatment

Fibrin glue+ ASCs: 52.4%

Fibrin glue: 37.3%

Guadalajara et al. [42]

Two arms: fibrin glue, fibrin glue + ASCs

Open label

Closure of IO. Injection in site

34

Fibrin glue: 13

Fibrin glue: 3

38

Fibrin glue: 1

0

Fibrin glue + ASCs: 21

Fibrin glue + ASCs: 10 (47%)

Fibrin glue + ASCs: 5

Borowski et al. [35]

Single arm

Open label

Flap + Injection in site

3

3

3

3

0

0

de la Portilla et al. [37]

Single arm

Open label

Closure of IO. Without fibrin glue. Injection in site

34

24

9 (37%)

4

Not specified

2 unrelated to study treatment

Cho et al. [38]

Single arm: Dose escalation study

Open label

Closure of IO. Fibrin glue. Injection in site

10

9

3 (33%)

8

0

0

Lee et al. [36]

Single arm

Open label

Closure of IO. Fibrin glue. Injection in site

50

43

27 (62%)

12

3

1 unrelated to study treatment

Cho et al. [43]

Single arm

Open label

Closure of IO. Fibrin glue. Injection in site

41

41

26 (63%)

24

5

0

Ciccocioppo et al. [44]

Single arm

Open label

Four injections in site

8

8

2 (25%)

72

0

0

García-Olmo et al. [45]

Single arm

Open label

Flap + Injection in site

10

10

6 (60%)

12

0

0

Molendijk et al. [24]

Four arms: control group, ASCs different dose

Double blind

Closure of IO. Injection in site

21

15

7 (46%)

6

Not specified

0

Borowski et al. [46]

Single arm

Open label

Closure of IO. Injection in site

7

7

5 (71%)

46

1

1 unrelated to study treatment

Park KJ. [47]

Two arms: ASCs different dose

Open label

Injection in site

6

6

3

8

0

0