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Table 2 Clinical trials using stem/progenitor cell-based therapeutics in RD

From: Progress of stem/progenitor cell-based therapy for retinal degeneration

Cell therapy

Identifier

Phase

Institution

Location

Principal investigator

Study start date

Study status

Diseases and enrolment

Single dose

Months of follow-up

Intervention

Safety issues

Visual acuity and number of patients

Other trials

Improved

Stable

Decreased

hRPCs

NCT02320812

I/IIa

jCyte

California, US

Henry Klassen

June 2015

Ongoing but not enrolling patients

28 RP

500,000 –3,000,000 cells

12

Intravitreal

No data

No data

No data

No data

ReNeuron (Boston: Phase I/II, 15 RP)

ESCs → RPE

NCT01345006

I/II

Advanced Cell Technologies

California, US

Steven Schwartz

April 2011

Completed

9 SMD

50,000–150,000 cells

22

Subretinal

None

10

7

1

Pfizer [London: Phase I, 10 AMD (wet)]

NCT01344993

9 AMD (dry)

NCT01625559

I

CHABiotech

Seoul, South Korea

Won Kyung Song

September 2012

Unknown

2 SMD

50,000 cells

12

Subretinal

None

3

1

None

NCT01674829

I/IIa

2 AMD (dry)

NCT02286089

I/II

Cell Cure Neuroscience

Jerusalem, Israel

Ytzhak Hemo

April 2015

Enrolling patients

15 AMD (dry)

50,000–500,000 cells

12

Subretinal

No data

No data

No data

No data

iPSCs → RPE

UMIN000011929

I

RIKEN

Kobe, Japan

Masayo Takahashi

September 2014

Suspended

1 AMD (wet)

1.3 mm × 3 mm RPE sheet

12

Subretinal

None

None

1

None

National Eye Institute (Preclinical, AMD)

BM-MSCs

NCT01068561

I

University of Sao Paulo

São Pauloin, Brazil

Rubens C Siqueira

May 2009

Completed

3 RP and 2 cone-rod dystrophy

10,000,000 cells

10

Intravitreal

None

4

1

None

Red de Terapia Celular (Spain: Phase I, 10 RP); Al-Azhar University [Egypt: Phase I/II, 1 AMD (dry)]

NCT01560715

II

January 2011

Completed

20 RP

12

20 (transitorily)

None

None

BM CD34+ cells

NCT01736059

I

University of California, Davis

California, US

Susanna S Park

July 2012

Enrolling patients

6 RD or ischaemic disorders

3,400,000 cells

6

Intravitreal

None

6

None

None