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The aim of the study is to assess if transplantation of cultivated corneal epithelial stem cells could restore vision in patients with severe ocular surface disorder with a favourable safety profile that warrants further comparative study.


Clinical Trial Description

Objectives:

Efficacy:

To determine the efficacy of cultivated corneal epithelial stem cells as a treatment for patients with severe ocular surface disorder.

The corneal limbal epithelial stem cell transplant (CLET) successful outcome will be measured by improvement of vision, maintenance of corneal re-epithelisation with absence of recurrence of surface disease and subjective improvement of symptoms. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT01123044
Study type Interventional
Source Ministry of Health, Malaysia
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Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Phase 3
Start date August 2011
Completion date September 2012