Below is some information about this study which started recruiting participants in 2010 and will be completed in 2013. This study uses the patients' own umbilical cord blood and is only open to participants who have stored their cord blood.
Unfortunately, like many others, we did not choose to store our son's cord blood. However, if this treatment proves effective, it gives hope to possible effective treatments being developed from other sources of autologous stem cells.
Medical College of Georgia researchers are conducting a clinical trial to determine whether an infusion of stem cells from umbilical cord blood can improve the quality of life for children with cerebral palsy. The study, which meets FDA standards for investigative treatments, will include 40 children age 2-12 whose parents have stored cord blood at the Cord Blood Registry in Tucson, Ariz.
More information can be found at the Medical College of Georgia website.
Study details can be foud at clinicaltrials.gov
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