Stem cell eye injection tested to halt blinding disease

NCT ID NCT02286089

Summary

This early-stage study is testing the safety of a new treatment for advanced dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss. Doctors are injecting lab-grown retinal cells derived from human embryonic stem cells into the eyes of 24 patients with severe vision loss from the disease. The main goal is to see if the procedure is safe and if the transplanted cells can survive and potentially slow down the disease's progression.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Cincinnati Eye Institute

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45242, United States

  • Hadassah Medical Center

    Jerusalem, 9112001, Israel

  • Kaplan Medical Center

    Rehovot, 76100, Israel

  • Mid Atlantic Retina

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • Rabin Medical Center

    Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel

  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel

  • West Coast Retina Medical Group

    San Francisco, California, 94109, United States

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