Chronic kidney disease of unknown cause (CKDu), also known as Mesoamerican nephropathy, typically presents as an ischemic nephropathy with chronic tubulointerstitial fibrosis in normotensive patients, rapidly progressing to kidney failure. In this first-in-human, open-label, safety study, we followed 18 patients with CKDu (stages 3-5) for 36 months after receiving a single infusion of angiogenic/anti-fibrotic autologous adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells into their kidneys bilaterally via renal artery catheterization. SVF therapy was safe and well tolerated. There were no SVF-related serious adverse events and no procedural complications. Color Doppler evaluation at 2 months demonstrated increased perfusion to the interlobar and/or arcuate artery levels in each kidney evaluated (36/36) with a reduction in resistance index at the hilar artery (35/36) kidneys. Beyond 12 months, patients with initial eGFR <30 mL/minute/1.73 m2 deteriorated, whereas those ≥30 mL/minute/1.73 m2 further sustained their renal function, suggesting a possible renal protective effect in that group.
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