PMID- 37740111 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231216 LR - 20240227 IS - 1179-2000 (Electronic) IS - 1177-1062 (Print) IS - 1177-1062 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Nov TI - Cell Therapy of Severe Ischemia in People with Diabetic Foot Ulcers-Do We Have Enough Evidence? PG - 673-683 LID - 10.1007/s40291-023-00667-w [doi] AB - This current opinion article critically evaluates the efficacy of autologous cell therapy (ACT) for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), especially in people with diabetes who are not candidates for standard revascularization. This treatment approach has been used in 'no-option' CLTI in the last two decades and more than 1700 patients have received ACT worldwide. Here we analyze the level of published evidence of ACT as well as our experience with this treatment method. Many studies have shown that ACT is safe and an effective method for patients with the most severe lower limb ischemia. However, some trials did not show any benefit of ACT, and there is some heterogeneity in the types of injected cells, route of administration and assessed endpoints. Nevertheless, we believe that ACT plays an important role in a comprehensive treatment of patients with diabetic foot and severe ischemia. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s). FAU - Dubsky, Michal AU - Dubsky M AD - Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic. mids@ikem.cz. AD - First Faculty of Medicine, Charles Universtiy, Prague, Czech Republic. mids@ikem.cz. FAU - Husakova, Jitka AU - Husakova J AD - Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic. AD - First Faculty of Medicine, Charles Universtiy, Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Sojakova, Dominika AU - Sojakova D AD - Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic. AD - First Faculty of Medicine, Charles Universtiy, Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Fejfarova, Vladimira AU - Fejfarova V AD - Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Jude, Edward B AU - Jude EB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3186-4122 AD - Diabetes Center, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Ashton Under Lyne, UK. Edward.jude@tgh.nhs.uk. AD - University of Manchester, Lancashire, UK. Edward.jude@tgh.nhs.uk. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT03968198 SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT04466007 SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT04661644 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230922 PL - New Zealand TA - Mol Diagn Ther JT - Molecular diagnosis & therapy JID - 101264260 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Diabetic Foot/therapy MH - Amputation, Surgical MH - Ischemia/etiology/therapy MH - Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Risk Factors MH - Retrospective Studies MH - *Diabetes Mellitus PMC - PMC10590286 COIS- Michal Dubsky, Jitka Husakova, Dominika Sojakova, Vladimira Fejfarova, and Edward B. Jude declare that they have no conflicts of interest that might be relevant to the contents of this article. EDAT- 2023/09/23 11:41 MHDA- 2023/12/17 09:43 PMCR- 2023/09/22 CRDT- 2023/09/22 23:30 PHST- 2023/07/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/17 09:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/23 11:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/22 23:30 [entrez] PHST- 2023/09/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s40291-023-00667-w [pii] AID - 667 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s40291-023-00667-w [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Diagn Ther. 2023 Nov;27(6):673-683. doi: 10.1007/s40291-023-00667-w. Epub 2023 Sep 22.