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Safety and Efficacy of Limbal stem cell transplantation in acute ocular chemical burns

SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF ALLOGENEIC SIMPLE LIMBAL EPITHELIAL TRANSPLANTATION IN ACUTE OCULAR CHEMICAL BURNS: PROSPECTIVE OPEN- LABEL ACADEMIC RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/11/038285
Enrollment
68
Registered
2021-11-26
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-10-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: H188- Other specified disorders of cornea

Interventions

Intervention1: Amniotic membrane with limbal tissue: 1 clock hour of limbal tissue will be harvested from cadaveric donor cornea and placed on recipient eye with burn Control Intervention1: Amniotic m

Sponsors

LV Prasad Eye Institute
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patient should be diagnosed with an acute severe(grade 4,5,6 Dua grade) unilateral chemical burn. 2. Patient should not have any other ocular abnormality in the injured eye. 3. Willingness and ability to attend for all the study visits with in required visits windows.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patient has a significant co-morbidity in which compliance with the study procedures would not be expected. 2. Unwillingness to participate. 3. Patient has prior history of undergoing amniotic membrane transplantation before presenting to us

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Re-epithelization of corneaTimepoint: Day 1, day 7, day 28, 3months and 6 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Two line improvement in visual acuityTimepoint: 1 month

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDrSwapna Shanbhag

LV Prasad Eye Institute

swapnashanbhag@lvpei.org09381075156

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026