Review Article

Corneal Stem Cells as a Source of Regenerative Cell-Based Therapy

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Study titleConditionsInterventionsStatusLocations

1The application of cultured cornea stem cells in patients suffering from corneal stem cell insufficiencyUnilateral limbal stem cell insufficiencyProcedure: transplant of cultured limbal stem cells on the corneaTerminatedNational Taiwan University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan

2The application of oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets cultivated on amino membrane in patients suffering from corneal stem cell insufficiency or symblepharonLimbal insufficiency
Symblepharon
Procedure: cultured oral mucosa cell sheet transplantationTerminatedNational Taiwan University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan

3Limbus-derived stem cells for prevention of postoperative corneal hazeCorneal scars and opacitiesBiological: stem cells
Other: vehicle
RecruitingLV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

4The improvement of limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) in unilateral stem cell damage by amniotic membrane extract eye drop (AMEED)Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD)Biological: amniotic membrane extract eye drop (AMEED)Completed

5Efficacy and safety of autologous cultivated limbal stem cells transplantation (ACLSCT) for restoration of corneal epithelium in patients with limbal stem cell deficiencyLimbal stem cells deficiencyBiopsy from donor eye
Implant of Holoclar
Ophtalmologic examination (and 5 more)
RecruitingHospital San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

6Stem cells therapy for corneal blindnessCorneal injuries
Corneal burns
Corneal scars and opacities
Biological: ex vivo cultivated limbal stem cell poolUnknownLV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

7Autologous cultured corneal epithelium (CECA) for the treatment of limbal stem cell deficiencyLimbal stem cell deficiencyProcedure: surgical transplantation of CECARecruitingCIUSSS de l’Est de l’île de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Centre Universitaire d’Ophtalmologie CHU de Québec-HSS Québec, Canada

8Autologous adipose-derived adult stem cell transplantation for corneal diseasesHereditary corneal dystrophy
Keratoconus
Procedure: lipoaspiration
Procedure: transplantation
UnknownOptica General, Saida, Lebanon

9Corneal epithelial autograft for LSCDLimbal stem cell deficiencyCorneal epithelial and limbal conjunctival autograft
Femtosecond laser and diamond knife
RecruitingZhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

10Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells injection for ocular corneal burnOcular corneal burnBiological: human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells
Biological: placebo
UnknownThe First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

11Follow-up study after ACLSCT for restoration of corneal epithelium in patients with LSCD due to ocular burnsLimbal stem cell deficiency due to ocular burnProcedure: ophthalmologic examinations
Other: digital pictures
Other: QoL questionnaires
RecruitingHospital San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

12Corneal epithelium repair and therapy using autologous limbal stem cell transplantationCorneal disease
Pterygium
Myopia
Hyperopia
LSCs and amniotic membrane (modified technique); amniotic membrane only (traditional technique); PRK, LSCs, and amniotic membrane (modified technique) (and 4 more)UnknownZhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

13Corneal epithelial stem cells and dry eye diseaseDry eye syndromes
Dry eye ocular inflammation (and 3 more)
Other: corneal epithelial stem cell transplantEnrolling by invitationRush Eye Associates, Amarillo, Texas, United States

14Efficacy of cultivated corneal epithelial stem cell for ocular surface reconstructionSevere ocular surface damage
Limbal deficiency
Procedure: cultivated limbal transplantationCompletedPinnita Prabhasawat, MD, Bangkok, Thailand

15Corneal epithelial allograft from living-related donor for LSCDLimbal stem cell deficiencyProcedure: corneal epithelial allograft
Procedure: limbal conjunctival allograft
Device: femtosecond laser
Device: diamond knife
CompletedZhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

16The treatment of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in ocular corneal burnChemical burnsOther: human bone marrow MSCCompleted

17Clinical trial on the effect of autologous oral mucosal epithelial sheet transplantationLimbal stem cell deficiency
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
Chemical burn
Biological: cultivated oral mucosal epithelial sheet transplantationAvailableSeoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

18Cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation (CLET) for limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD)Limbal stem cell deficiencyNot yet recruitingIOBA, Valladolid, Spain

19Limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) treatment with cultivated stem cell (CALEC) graftLimbal stem cell deficiencyProcedure: biopsy to collect limbal epithelial stem cells that will be cultivated into a graft
Biological: cultivation of limbal epithelial cells into a graft
Procedure: CALEC transplant
Procedure: CLAU
RecruitingMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, United States