Long-standing Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Trial
Official title:
An Open Label, Pilot Investigation, to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Transplantation of Macro-encapsulated Human Islets Within the Bioartificial Pancreas Beta-Air in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
The primary objective of this clinical investigation is to investigate the safety of implantation of the human islet containing device Beta-Air in type 1 diabetic subjects. The secondary objective of this clinical investigation is to investigate if the transplantation of macro-encapsulated human islets within the Beta-Air device can provide improved glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes patients with reduced incidences of hypoglycaemic episodes.
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