Stem Cells Therapy for Corneal Blindness

Summary

This is a investigative initiated, comparative pilot clinical trial to ascertain the safety of application of ex-vivo cultivated limbal stem cells in human eyes for treating different superficial corneal pathologies. Pre-clinical work in murine models have already demonstrated efficacy of this technique in curing murine corneal pathologies.

Timeline

Start

2016-08-31

Primary completion

2019-02

Completion

2019-08

Publications

• Results Basu S, Hertsenberg AJ, Funderburgh ML, Burrow MK, Mann MM, Du Y, Lathrop KL, Syed-Picard FN, Adams SM, Birk DE, Funderburgh JL. Human limbal biopsy-derived stromal stem cells prevent corneal scarring. Sci Transl Med. 2014 Dec 10;6(266):266ra172. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3009644.
• Results Basu S, Damala M, Singh V. Limbal Stromal Stem Cell Therapy for Acute and Chronic Superficial Corneal Pathologies: Early Clinical Outcomes of The Funderburgh Technique. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2017 Jun 23;58(8):3371-337

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