Lumbar Puncture Articles & Analysis
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In 2019, Kadimastem completed a first-of-its-kind, Phase I/IIa clinical trial of AstroRx®, whereby the treatment was injected into the spinal cord fluid of 10 patients in a standard lumbar puncture procedure. AstroRx® showed high safety profile and significantly slowed the rate of disease progression for 3 months following treatment, as measured by the ...
This trial was the first of its kind in the world, whereby the supporting cells of the central nervous system (AstroRx®), produced by the company, were injected into the spinal fluid of patients, in a standard lumbar puncture procedure. Five ALS patients were injected with 100 million cells and five patients were injected with 250 million cells. ...
The functional exploration of the syndrome is complex and requires most of the time a hospitalization to perform a lumbar puncture and to test glucose in the cerebrospinal fluid. On the other hand the analysis of the SLC2A1 gene is lengthy and expensive. ...
Compass has numerous clinical applications: central line insertion, central venous pressure monitoring, lumbar puncture opening pressure, pleural manometry, and compartment pressure measurement. ...