The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute enrolls patients, coordinates, and carries out research studies. By participating in a stem cell study, you may have the opportunity to assist us in answering questions and discovering new treatments and techniques to improve individual quality of life and treat disease.
Clinical Research is a partnership between doctors and patients working together to improve medicine. The ultimate goal of all clinical research is to cure disease and improve quality of life.
Making sure participants are safe is the top priority in all clinical research studies. For example, before any research study can start at the University of Miami, it must be approved by a team of doctors, experts and community members called the Institutional Review Board. For safety reasons, not every person will be eligible for every study.
If you have a disease that is currently being studied and would like to participate in a clinical trial (or would like more information about participating), please contact Study Coordinators at 305-243-7444.
What are Clinical Trials?
A Clinical Trial is a carefully organized and controlled research study designed to test the safety and effectiveness of a new therapy, treatment, or medical device used for the first time for a particular medical condition. Clinical trials represent a partnership between doctors and patients working together to answer specific questions about diseases and involves people who voluntarily give informed consent to serve as research participants – without whom the research simply could not take place. Although volunteering for research does not guarantee a benefit, people who take part in clinical trials make important contributions to the progress toward new disease treatments. Researchers at ISCI are currently enrolling participants for several clinical trials for a variety of different diseases. By participating in a stem cell clinical trial, participants have the opportunity to assist us in discovering new ways to treat disease and improve patient health and wellbeing.Volunteer for a Research Study
If you would like to participate in a stem cell clinical trial (or would like more information about participating), please send us a message at iscistudyinfo@miami.edu or call us at 305-243-7444. We’ll need to know your name, diagnosis, and the best way to contact you (email address or phone number).
To participate as a healthy volunteer, please visit: umiamihealthresearch.org
See below for a list of our active clinical trials:
| Abbreviation | Study Title | Study Disease | ClinicalTrials.gov |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACESO-IHD | A Phase I/II, Randomized, Double Blind, Pilot trial to evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Human Stem Cell infusion therapy for Endothelial Dysfunction in diabetic subjects with Symptomatic Ischemic Heart Disease. | Type 2 Diabetes & Ischemic Heart Disease | NCT04776239 |
| CATO | Single or Repeated Intravenous Administration of umbilical Cord Mesenchymal stromal Cells in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy | Ischemic Cardiomyopathy | NCT06145035 |
| DCM-II | A Phase IIB Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study of the Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Transendocardial Injection of Allogeneic-MSC versus Placebo in Patients with Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy | Non-Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy | NCT04476901 |