The proposed immunological benefit of intravenous administration of plastic-adherent allogeneic human bone marrow-derived MSCs or stroma cell therapy product is to suppress immune responses leading to the reduction of acute rejection resulting in longer corneal transplant survival in high-risk corneal transplant patients. The cell product administration will be performed on two days during the week before transplantation (day -7 and day -1) and will, thus, initiate its immunomodulatory effect in advance of the transplant procedure. Secondary benefits of reduced acute rejection risk will be less requirement for prolonged use of systemic immunosuppressive pharmacological agents resulting in a reduced burden of medication side effects and increased likelihood of long-term functional transplant survival resulting in a lower risk of loss of vision due to transplant failure. These benefits will be of greatest significance to corneal transplant recipients who are at increased risk for acute rejection – specifically those receiving a second or greater transplant to one eye as a result of prior transplant failure (“corneal re-transplant”).
News
New VISICORT publication in Kidney360 journalJanuary 28, 2021 - 11:47 am
Trio of VISICORT PIs will present at 2021 CDx Biomarkers and Biobanking BioTec Pharma SummitJanuary 15, 2021 - 10:29 am
VISICORT consortium meets on November 27, 2020December 10, 2020 - 12:31 pm
Corneal Transplant Follow-up Study II (CTFS II) – Does tissue matching reduce the risk of rejection in corneal transplants?December 7, 2020 - 3:11 pm
VISICORT receives a 6-month extensionNovember 6, 2020 - 5:06 pm
Exploitation news: A collaboration with Epimune GmbH beginsAugust 18, 2020 - 11:13 am
2020 COP&S conference coordinated by VISICORT PI Dr Bertrand Fabres slated for November 12 & 13thAugust 17, 2020 - 3:36 pm
VISICORT presented at Ophthalmology changing event, BerlinAugust 17, 2020 - 1:37 pm
Project Info
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 602470. The material presented and views expressed here are the responsibility of the author(s) only. The EU Commission takes no responsibility for any use made of the information set out.