Can cord blood save your sight? new trial for dry AMD
NCT ID NCT06536062
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether injecting a special blood product from umbilical cords into the eye can slow vision loss in people with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The trial will involve 36 participants aged 65 and older with bilateral dry AMD. One eye will receive the injection, and the other will get a sham procedure for comparison.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- umbilical cord blood platelet-rich plasma (CB-PRP) injection
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a treatment that slows or stops vision loss in dry age-related macular degeneration.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 36 participants. The treatment involves an injection into the eye, which carries risks like infection or inflammation. Success is not guaranteed.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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65 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥65 years * Bilateral dry-AMD * ETDRS-corrected visual acuity between (or equal to) 1/10 and 4/10 * No concomitant ocular pathology (e.g., Glaucoma, amblyopia) or systemic pathology that would result in a BIAS for primary goal assessment * Signature of informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 65 years * Pregnancy * Previous inflammatory/infectious events involving the eyes * Eye trauma, diabetes, or disease potentially damaging to the visual system, even in the absence of impairment at the time of intake * Previous intravitreal treatments. * Refusal to sign informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
RECRUITINGRome, Rome, 00168, Italy
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