Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT00845117
Cultivated Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- Phase 1 / Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 21 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ethisch Comité UZ Antwerpen · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether cultivated stem cell transplantation is effective for the treatment of patients wtih corneal stem cell deficiency.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Cultivated limbal stem cell graft transplantation | A limbal biopsy taken from the contralateral good eye in cases of unilateral disease or from a living related or cadaveric donor in cases of bilateral disease. The limbal stem cells from the biopsy are cultivated until a sheet of cells measuring approximately 12mm in diameter is obtained. This is then ready for transplantation onto the diseased eye. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-06-01
- Completion
- 2014-06-01
- First posted
- 2009-02-18
- Last updated
- 2013-06-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Belgium
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00845117. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.