Islet Transplantation in Patients With "Brittle" Type I Diabetes

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2012
The purpose of this study is to learn about the safety of islet transplantation for Type 1 diabetes mellitus, which may provide more normal control of blood sugar without the need for insulin shots. Islets are special clusters of cells within the pancreas that produce insulin. These cells will be obtained from cadaver (non-living) donors and given to subjects by vein.
Epistemonikos ID: adcb370b99596aa5a1ef17ef5d16bff1c957a7fd
First added on: May 11, 2024