Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells Transplantation For Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Conditions
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Interventions
- Biological: intravitreal injection of autologous bone marrow stem cells
- Registration Number
- NCT01560715
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the short-term safety and efficacy of a single intravitreal injection of autologous bone marrow stem cells in patients with retinitis pigmentosa.
- Detailed Description
A prospective phase II, nonrandomized open-label study of retinitis pigmentosa patients with best-corrected ETDRS visual acuity (BCVA) worse than 20/200. Standardized ophthalmic evaluation will be perform at baseline and at weeks 1, 4,12 and 24 (±1) following intravitreal injection of 10 x 106 bone marrow stem cells/ 0,1ml . Three measures will be used to evaluate the short-term safety of intravitreal of ABMDSC: 1) severe visual loss, defined as a drop in 15 letters on ETDRS visual acuity scale; 2) decrease in ERG response; 3) decrease in 5 square degrees on visual field; secondary safety outcomes : 1) increase in intra-ocular inflammation defined herein as anterior chamber cells and flare higher than 3+ for more than 1 month after injection according to a classification described elsewhere ; 2) decrease in CMT more than 50um; 3)genesis of abnormal tissues (teratomas) or tumors; 4) qualitative changes in retinal or choroidal perfusion, like macular nonperfusion. Secondary outcome measures will be used to evaluate the short-term efficiency of intravitreal of ABMDSC: 1) improvement in ERG response; 2) increase in visual field: 3) increase in CSMT \> 50um and not related to macular edema; 4) increase \> 5 letters on BCVA
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa logarithm of minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) BCVA of 1.0 (Snellen equivalent, 20/200) or worse
- visual Field less than 20 degreees
- previous ocular surgery other than cataract
- presence of cataract or other media opacity that would influence ocular fundus documentation and adequate ERG and visual field evaluation
- other ophthalmic disease like glaucoma and uveitis
- previous history of blood disorders like leukemia
- known allergy to fluorescein or indocyanine green
- known coagulation abnormalities or current use of anticoagulative medication other than aspirin.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Experimental: Test group intravitreal injection of autologous bone marrow stem cells Retinitis pigmentosa patients with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) worse than 20/200 or visual field less than 20 degrees
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ETDRS Visual acuity change Day 1 to Day 365
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Centro de Pesquisa Rubens Siqueira
🇧🇷Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil