Pilot Phase. Cord Blood Serum in the Treatment of Ocular Surface Diseases
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Corneal epithelial damage evaluated by fluorescein staining (micron meter squares) with digital photos
研究概览
简要总结
Human autologous serum (AS) eye drops have been successfully used in the treatment of severe ocular surface disorders and the enhancement of corneal wound healing, due to their growth factor (GF) content. Umbilical cord serum (UCS) contains even higher GF concentrations and the objective of the study was to prove whether UCS eye drops
- are effective in the healing of corneal epithelial defects.
- ameliorate the painful subjective symptoms
详细描述
The regular collection and banking of cord blood remaining in the placenta after baby's delivery started in the early 1990s and was prompted by the observation that cord blood shows an immunological immaturity which allows to avoid any matching between donor-mother source and patient-recipient, it contains a number of haemopoietic progenitor and stem cells and is therefore potentially and safely useful in the field of regenerative medicine.
Cord blood collection occurs after the umbilical cord has been cut and is extracted from the fetal end of the cord. After collection, the cord blood unit bag is delivered to the lab, processed and then cryopreserved.
The main current clinical use of cord blood is allogeneic transplantation in patients suffering from severe blood diseases but physicians and researchers are making significant progresses evaluating the safety and efficacy of umbilical cord blood stem cells for therapeutic uses far beyond their uses for blood disorders.
Umbilical cord serum (UCS) contains many growth factors and especially EGF and TGF-beta1 concentrations are two-three times higher than in peripheral blood serum and much higher than in tears and is sufficient to prevent squamous metaplasia. In addition, UCS contains anti-inflammatory cytokines with protective effect.
Current therapy for SS-I and GVHD related dry eye depends upon clinical severity of the disease. From mild to progressively severe involvement of corneal epithelial damage , tear substitutes, FANS, steroids, Cyclosporin A, contact lens shields can be topically applied alone or in combination. Autologous serum eyedrops can be an option in severe cases as well, since it supplies epithelial growth factors to the healing process of epithelium.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •to suffer from GVHD after bone marrow transplantation or SS-I
- •presence of permanent or transient corneal epithelial defects scored > 2 , according to DEWS severity classification
- •to be in a general healthy condition
- •signature of study consent for participation and personal data treatment.
排除标准
- •to suffer from glaucoma and being under treatment with antiglaucomatous drugs
- •to have received refractive surgery over the past year
结局指标
主要结局
Corneal epithelial damage evaluated by fluorescein staining (micron meter squares) with digital photos
时间窗: 28 days treatment
Digital photographs taken at the slit lamp will be evaluated by means of an Image Analyzer softare, to determine the area of corneal epithelial damage involved at a given stand point. Reduction of damaged area will be estimated in micron meter squares
次要结局
- Reduction the patients' painful subjective symptoms(15 days treatment)