Carbon Monoxide-Saturated Medium for Islet Isolation

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Chronic Pancreatitis

In brief

The goal of this study is to determine whether harvesting islets using carbon monoxide (CO)-saturated mediums can protect islet cell from death after autologous islet transplantation in patients with chronic pancreatitis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02567240

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

16

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2018-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 69. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Chronic pancreatitis patient selected for total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation.
• Age between 18-69.

You may not qualify if…

• Had prior pancreatic surgeries.
• Note: The study was initially designed only to enroll diabetes free patients. To increase enrollment, we extended the inclusion criteria by allowing patients who are pre-diabetic to participate the study. This revision was approved by the MUSC IRB on 11/10/2015.

Where it is running

• GI Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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