Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation for Severe Aplastic Anemia and Hypo-plastic MDS Using CordIn(TM), Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Ex Vivo Expanded Stem and Progenitor Cells to Expedite Engraftment and Improve Transplant Outcome

Stem/progenitor cell-based product of purified CD133+ cells composed of ex vivo expanded allogeneic umbilical/unrelated cord blood (UCB) cells. CordIn(TM) comprises: 1) cord blood-derived ex vivo expanded CD133+ cells (CordIn (TM) cultured fraction (CF)); and 2) the non-cultured cell fraction (CD133-) of the same CBU (CordIn(TM) Non-cultured Fraction (NF)). Both fractions, i.e. CordIn(TM) CF and CordIn(TM) NF are kept frozen until they are infused on the day of transplantation.

The CliniMACS CD34 Reagent System is a medical device system that is designed for the in vitro enrichment of CD34+ target cells from heterogeneous hematologic cell populations. The process of CD34+ cell selection results in simultaneous passive depletion of donor lymphocytes, potentially obviating the need for immunosuppressive drugs to prevent GVHD.