Establishment of Cell Culture Systems From Discarded Operating Room Tissue

Part of paid clinical trials in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Sponsor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Study ID
NCT01000077
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Surgery

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
28 Days - 80 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to establish viable cell culture system techniques for a variety of healthy and diseased tissues for use in future in vitro and in vivo research studies in tissue engineering.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 28, 2009
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2035
Completion
Dec 31, 2035

Study Design

Enrollment
1,000 participants (estimated)

Arms

  • Arm: Discarded Operating Room Tissue
    The purpose of this research study is to use the discarded (tissue that would normally be thrown out) tissue from your surgery in order to obtain cells that can be grown in a laboratory to study how to use cells like these to fix sick and diseased organs. We will test if these cells can be used to build new and healthy tissues. This technique is called tissue engineering. In this study we will be comparing cells obtained from different individuals.
  • Arm: Discarded Placenta
    During a standard surgery or delivery of a baby unneeded tissue is usually discarded. We would like to explore the opportunity to grow the cells of these discarded tissues in the laboratory. The cells will be placed in special dishes and supplemented with a mixture of salts and nutrients that were designed to allow the cells to survive outside the body and grow. This procedure is called tissue culture of cells. We will attempt to isolate a population of cells from the tissue culture and study them in the laboratory.

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston-SalemNorth Carolina27157-

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