Cadaveric Islet Transplantation in Patients With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Summary

We hypothesize that the following improvements to islet transplantation will increase the islet mass successfully isolated and allow for engraftment from a single pancreas. The improvements are: * Using Two-Layer method preservation to improve pancreas quality before islet isolation * Maintaining isolated islets in culture before transplantation * Using a steroid-free immunosuppression regimen * Transplanting the best combination of donor and recipient possible after human leukocyte antigens (HLA) screening and final crossmatching

Timeline

Start

2004-03-17

Primary completion

2011-03

Completion

2011-03

Drugs

Indications