Treatment of Refractory Crohn's Disease Lesions by Local Injection of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
The main objective is to assess the efficacy of local injection of MSC on the healing of refractory intestinal and perianal lesions in crohn disease. The second co-primary endpoint is safety.
• Patients ≥ 18 years of age
• Signing the informed consent
• Diagnosis of Crohn Disease for more than 6 months
• Presence of at least one Crohn Disease lesion refractory to conventional therapies (azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine or methotrexate) and to biologic treatments (anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor therapies, vedolizumab, or ustekinumab).
• Refractory lesion defined by (1) a stricture with a length of 2 to 5cm of the colon or the ileum accessible by ileocolonoscopy (i.e. a lesion identified during a colonoscopy with a lumen narrowing non passable by the colonoscope), (2) unhealed deep ulcer of the colon or the ileum accessible to ileocolonoscopy, or (3) actively draining perianal fistula(s).
• Twenty patients with stricture(s), 20 patients with unhealed deep ulcer(s), and 20 patients with an actively draining perianal fistula(s) will be included