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NCT00845117
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Cultivated Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency

Sponsor: Veerle Van Gerwen

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

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.

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

Any - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

21

Start Date

2008-07

Completion Date

2014-06

Last Updated

2026-06-18

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

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.

Locations (1)

University Hospital Antwerp

Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium