Investigation of Stem Cells in Human Lipoaspirate

Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01677520

12.08.004

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall purpose of this study is to enhance identification and isolation of ADSCs and adipocytes, to find the optimum culturing conditions to increase growth and volume of grafts, and to study the effects of cryopreservation on ADSCs and adipocytes. Fat injections are used in aesthetic surgery but tend to disassemble over time. If the investigators can enhance growth and volume of fat in culture, the investigators could use fat grafts in reconstruction of cancer and traumatic injury defects with the patients own cultured fat cells and grafts.

Enrollment: 240 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All adults (18-70 yrs) who have scheduled surgical lipectomy of the hips, abdomen, or thighs are prospective subjects for this study.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women will be excluded to protect the unborn child.

Trial design

240 participants in 1 patient group

18-30 yrs, 31-50 yrs, 51-70 yrs

Description:

No intervention