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Fetal islet like cell clusters | Pig | Sweden

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1. Contact address(Person who provides information. This information will be treated confidentially)?

Title: Professor.

First Name: Carl-Gustav

Last Name: Groth

Zip: S14106 Huddinge

State: Stockholm

Country: Sweden

Institution: Karolinska institute, Huddinge Hospital

Telephone:

Email:

2. What is the source of your information about human xenotransplantation practices?

Publication

3. What is the therapeutic purpose of this xenotransplantation treatment?

Diabetes

4. Where and when is this human xenotransplantation practice taking place?

Country: Sweden

Timing: In 1990

5. Is this treatment part of a clinical trial?

Yes

6. How many patients are included in this clinical trial?

10 patient

7. What are the inclusion criteria for patient selection?

i. Duration on the waiting list?  Unknown

ii. Life-threatening diseases without alternative therapy?   No

iii. Is a protocol available?  Yes

6. What is the animal source of the xenotransplantation product?

Pig

7.Source Animals
Do you have information about source animals?

No

8. Testing of safety
Do you have information about testing of safety?

No

9. What type of cells/tissues/organs was transplanted?

Cells: Fetal islet like cell clusters

Tissues:

Organs:

Others:

10.What type of exposure to xenogeneic cells was involved?

  • Solid-organ Xenotransplantation: No
  • Cellular Xenotransplantation: Yes
  • Tissue Xenotransplantation: Yes
  • Human cells exposed to xenogeneic Feeder cells: No
  • Extracorporeal perfusion: No
  • Encapsulation: No
  • Other bioartificial isolation device:
  • Others:

11. Transplant
Do you have information about transplant recipients?

No

12. Have results been presented at a scientific congress?

Unknown

if yes, where?

13. Have results been published in a scientific journal?

Yes

if yes, Where?

Groth CG et al. Transplantation of porcine fetal pancreas to diabetic patients. Lancet 1994; 344:1402-1404

14. Is this human clinical trial performed with governmental and/or institutional oversight and supervision?

Unknown

if yes, which?

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