Stem cells aim to soothe dry eyes in transplant patients

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years of age who understand and sign the informed consent form. * Diagnosis of severe GVHD (graft versus host disease) according to NIH criteria (revised by Lee SJ in 2017) with ocular involvement in the form of severe SOD (severe ocular disease) in both eyes for more than 3 months, objectively defined as superficial punctate keratitis \>2 on the Oxford scale (range 0-5) and/or the presence of epithelial defect, and subjectively as severe symptoms, \>33 points on the OSDI questionnaire (0-100). * Patients must have previously been treated for at least three months with blood derivatives and/or insulin eye drops and topical cyclosporine or tacrolimus (unless any of these treatments were not tolerated and had to be discontinued). * Patients must be using ocular lubricants at least 4 times a day and, despite this, still meet the criteria for severe SOD as outlined in point 2. * Patients on low doses of topical corticosteroids for maintenance should have a stable dose for at least one month prior to inclusion. * The dose and frequency of all topical medications the patient begins the trial with must remain unchanged throughout the duration of the trial, unless otherwise judged by the investigator. * The chronic GVHD systemic treatment should be stable regarding the use of systemic immunosuppressors for at least one month prior to patient inclusion or before starting treatment. * Negative result in the urine pregnancy test at the baseline visit for women of childbearing age. Subjects must be advised to use contraceptive methods during their participation in the clinical trial and undergo a new pregnancy test at the treatment visit if more than 28 days have passed since the baseline visit. Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled systemic disease or any condition that, in the medical judgment, could put the patient at risk or affect the interpretation of the results. * Uncontrolled systemic GVHD. * Active ocular infection. * Ocular surgery within the last 3 months. * Initiation of topical therapies for SOD indicated in the inclusion criteria less than 3 months prior to inclusion. * Start of topical corticosteroid use within 4 weeks prior to inclusion. * Cognitive impairments that could interfere with study compliance. * Pregnant women or women during the lactation period.