Comparison of Corneal Grafts Cultured in Serum-free Versus Corneal Grafts Cultured in Serum Supplemented Culture Media

NCT00623584 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2010-12-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the quality of corneal grafts cultured in a serum-free culture medium with a defined composition versus corneal grafts cultured in a standard serum supplemented culture medium transplanted in patients with decompensated corneal dystrophy

Conditions

  • Fuch's Endothelial Dystrophy
  • Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Corneal transplantation

Full thickness penetrating keratoplasty

PROCEDURE

Corneal transplantation

Full thickness penetrating keratoplasty

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER
  • KKS Netzwerk

    collaborator NETWORK
  • Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Katrin Engelmann, MD · Klinikum Chemnitz GmbH

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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