Stem Cell Research

The UCLA Alpha Clinic accelerates the implementation of clinical trials and delivery of stem cell therapies by providing world-class, state-of-the-art infrastructure to support clinical research.

It is one of nine California Institute for Regenerative (CIRM) funded clinics, alongside Cedars-Sinai, City of Hope, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, USC+CHLA, Stanford University and UC San Francisco. Together, these nine sites comprise the CIRM Alpha Clinics Network.

Highlights of our Alpha Clinic

• Part of the CIRM Alpha Clinic Network
• Promotes and facilitates scientific collaborations and interactions
• Provide centralized clinical research infrastructure support
• Accelerate the implementation of clinical research trials

The UCLA Alpha Clinic provides the necessary infrastructure, medical and operational expertise to effectively and efficiently drive novel stem cell therapies to clinical trials and ultimately change clinical practice. To accomplish our mission, we are working to achieve the following five goals:
 

• Create a center of excellence for cell-based therapeutics that addresses the unique challenges of testing and delivering novel cell therapies by integrating and building upon the extensive experience and many strengths of UCLA and our partners
• Build interactive and highly trained teams and electronic data sharing systems to accelerate and translate discovery to improve human health
• Transform the delivery of cell therapeutics through our proven Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facilities
• Advance, expand and integrate educational opportunities to inform patients, families, communities, and clinicians of the full range of scientifically sound and medically appropriate, regulated stem cell-based clinical trials, while providing objective information about potentially dangerous and unproven procedures
• Serve as a regional, national and international resource for evidence-based best practices in stem cell treatments.

In 2015, the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) made an initial investment of $24 million to establish the Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network. This network was created to accelerate the development and delivery of stem and gene cell therapies by funding clinical trials and supporting the infrastructure needed to conduct them. Through its remarkable progress, the program has flourished into an $80 million initiative that has supported over 240 clinical trials. Its success in increasing the number of clinical trials led to an expansion to nine sites in 2022.

For more information on clinical trials at the UCLA Alpha Clinic that are active and recruiting, please visit the Active Trials page.

For General Inquiries:
Please send us an email at alphaclinic@mednet.ucla.edu.

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