Study of hCT-MSC in Newborn Infants With Moderate or Severe HIE

Infants who meet enrollment criteria for moderate to severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy will receive 1 infusion of hCT-MSC within the first 48 postnatal hours. hCT-MSCs are a product of allogeneic cells manufactured from digested umbilical cord tissue that is expanded in culture, cryopreserved and banked. hCT-MSCs are manufactured from umbilical cord tissue donated to the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank, an FDA-licensed, FACT-accredited, public cord blood bank at Duke University Medical Center, after written informed consent from the baby's mother. Cord tissue is harvested from the placentas of male babies delivered by elective C-section after a normal, full- term pregnancy.