Clinical Trial: Cultivated Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency
Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Cultivated Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency
Brief 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.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Ethisch Comité UZ Antwerpen
Current Primary Outcome:
- Visual Acuity [ Time Frame: Just before surgery and upto 1 years after surgery ]
- Conjunctivalization [ Time Frame: Just before surgery and upto 1 years after surgery ]
- Vascularization [ Time Frame: Just before surgery and upto 1 years after surgery ]
- Epithelialization [ Time Frame: Just before surgery and upto 1 years after surgery ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome: Prolonged subsequent corneal graft survival time [ Time Frame: 1 year post corneal transplant ]
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: University Hospital, Antwerp
Dates:
Date Received: February 17, 2009
Date Started: July 2008
Date Completion: June 2014
Last Updated: June 19, 2013
Last Verified: June 2013
