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Islets of Langerhans | Pig | China

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

Title: MD

First Name: W.

Last Name: Wang

Zip:

State:

Country: China

Institution: Cells transplantation and gene therapy institute, The third XiangYa Hospital of Central-South University

Telephone:

Email:

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

Congress

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

Diabetes

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

Country: China

Timing: Not available

5. Is this treatment part of a clinical trial?

Yes

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

20

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? No

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

Pig

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

No

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

No

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

Cells: Islets of Langerhans

Tissues:

Organs:

Others:

12.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:

13. Transplant
Do you have information about transplant recipients?

No

14. Have results been presented at a scientific congress?

Yes

if yes, where?
Wang W. et al Intra-hepatic artery transplantation of new born porcine islets into 20 type 1 diabetic patients with steroids immunosuppression protocol I(Abstract OP-056) Presented at the 10th Congress of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association in Geneva 2005

15. Have results been published in a scientific journal?

No

if yes, Where?

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

Unknown

17. Comment