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Study NCT ID: NCT04217785
Status: UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted: 2020-09-21
First Post: 2019-12-23

Brief Title: Umbilical Cord Serum Versus Conventional Eyedrops
Sponsor: National University of Malaysia
Organization: National University of Malaysia

Study Overview

Official Title: Umbilical Cord Serum Versus Conventional Eyedrops In Treatment of Moderate To Severe Dry Eye Disease A Randomized Clinical Trial
Status: UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date: 2020-09
Last Known Status: RECRUITING
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: Dry eye disease DED is a chronic ocular surface disease and the prevalence of DED has been reported as high as 50 Recently The international Dry Eyes Workshop II DEWS II defines dry eye as a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface characterized by a loss of homeostasis of the tear film and accompanied by ocular symptoms in which tear film instability and hyperosmolarity ocular surface inflammation and damage and neurosensory abnormalities play etiological roles A study done by Yoon et al on 31 patients with severe DED concluded that UCS eye drops are effective and safe in treating severe DED Studies found that EGF TGF-β VEGF and vitamin A levels were significantly higher in UCS than peripheral blood serumPBS whereas IGF content was significantly higher in PBS than in CBS Yoon et al then conducted another study whereby he compared UCS to AS in treating both Sjögren syndrome and non- Sjögren syndrome patients with severe dry eyes They concluded that UCS eye drops were more effective in decreasing symptoms and keratoepitheliopathy in severe dry eye syndrome and increasing goblet cell density in Sjögren syndrome compared with AS drops Despite proven more effective in treating DED serum eye drops are not yet widely manufactured due to a few reasons This study is chosen because

1 Not many previous clinical trials done related to UCS eye drops
2 There were only two clinical trials done before to compare the use of UCS eye drops versus conventional AT eye drops on Hansens disease and acute ocular chemical burn injury population
3 To apply the newer technology of Keratograph 5M in DED assessment
4 To initiate a proper standard operating procedure for production as well as delivery of serum eye drops which allowing out-patient treatment with serum eye drops possible
Detailed Description: This is a prospective single- blinded randomized clinical trial conducted in University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre UKMMC Umbilical cord serum will be provided by Pusat Darah Negara National Blood Centre Malaysia All patients from Ophthalmology Clinic in UKM Medical Centre from December 2019 till December 2021 will be involved in this study Patients who fulfill the inclusion criteria will be included in this study Informed consent will be taken and dry eye assessment that includes visual acuity OSDI score Schirmer test NITBUT corneal fluorescein staining TMH and conjunctival injection The patients will be randomised into 2 groups AT eye drops and UCS eye drops

Human umbilical cord blood samples will be collected from Maternity Hospital Hospital Kuala Lumpur with assistance of the nurses from Cord Blood Collection Unit All maternal blood samples were collected after the written informed consent from respective parents and subjected for virology screening

National Blood Bank has a procedure for virology screening and all collected maternal umbilical cord bloods will be screened for Hep B Surface Antigen Anti-HCV AgAb HIV AgAb Syphillis and Cytomegalovirus CMV IgM in Transfusion Microbiology Laborator Accredited by ISO 15189 and CSL Method that has been used in the screening as below

Hep B Surface Antigen Anti-HCV HIV AgAb Chemiluminescent Microparticle Immunoassay CMIA
Syphilis Carbon Antigen Manual
CMV IgM Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay ECLIA

Whereas the CB samples are screened for bacteriology screening pre and post processing to ensure sterility of the product The serum will be discarded if any of the laboratory results are positive or reactive

The collected cord blood CB will then be placed in an incubator at the collection centre until the cord blood samples are sent to National Blood Bank in an ice box with temperature logger Once the ice box reached National Blood Bank MLT will check the temperature logger and make sure all the temperature data within range 10-26oC before starting the UCS serum eye drops production

CB will be processed in Cord Blood Processing Unit within 24 hours of collection to ensure retrieval of high quality of bioactive molecules Laboratory temperature room humidity and oxygen will be monitored twice a day Upon arrival at the processing laboratory the CB will then be left at room temperature for about 2 hours to allow the CB to clot completely After 15 minutes of centrifugation at 3000 g under sterile conditions the serum fraction will be carefully separated from the cellular fraction Separated serum is then transferred to a tygon tube by using a sterile docking device and diluted to a 20 dilution with balanced salt solution BSS without any antibiotics and finally sealed into 1-inch segment consisting of approximately 1 ml serum eye drops The segmented UCS will then be frozen at -20oC for 3 to 6 months or at -80C for long term storage

For safety and quality interest frozen segments will be transported to UKMMC blood bank using a transportation box filled with dry ice to ensure UCS are at frozen state and to maintain the quality of the product until they reach destination From UKMMC blood bank participants will need to bring the frozen UCS eye drops home by transporting them in a cooler box with ice packs At home the frozen UCS eye drops will need to be kept in domestic freezer The frozen UCS eye drops must be thawed at room temperature prior to usage and thereafter stored in the refrigerator at 2-8C for a maximum of 24 hours A short instruction sheet will be provided to participants on UCS usage There will be no porcinebovine materials involved in the whole process

Statistical analysis will be performed using Statistical Package for Social Science version 200 SPSS Inc Chicago III USA for Windows Mean value comparisons between study groups can be performed with the Students T-test using 2 sided-analysis Mean value comparisons for follow up can be analysed with ANOVA Categorical characteristics can be analyzed using a Chi-square Differences are considered statistically significant at P005

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None
Secondary IDs
Secondary ID Type Domain Link
GGPM-2018-052 OTHER_GRANT National University of Malaysia None