Table 3 Representative clinical trials of cell therapy with hydrogels

From: Harnessing the potential of hydrogels for advanced therapeutic applications: current achievements and future directions

Scaffold Type

Cell type

Registration number

Disease/Conditions

Phase

Fibrin hydrogel

AADSCs & MMSCs

NCT03113747

Burn wounds

II

Gelatin hydrogel

hCSCs

NCT00981006

Refractory heart failure with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy

I

Biocomposite hydrogel

MSCs

NCT06028763

Ankle cartilage lesions

Not applicable

/

MSCs

NCT04497805

Diabetic foot ulcer

II

Collagen hydrogel

ASCs

NCT04503161

Skull base unclosure

Not applicable

Gelatin based hydrogel

SRCs

NCT02525263

Chronic kidney disease

II

/

hNTSCs & hNCs

NCT06051747

Trachea regeneration

II

Fibrin gel

hESCs

NCT02057900

Ischemic heart disease

I

Bovine collagen type I hydrogel

iPSC-CMs & stromal cells

NCT04396899

Heart failure

II

/

MSCs

NCT01879046

Osteoarthritis

Not applicable

/

MSCs

NCT02394873

Second-degree burn wounds

I

Collagen hydrogel

Chondrocytes

NCT04399239

Pinna reconstruction

II

Hyaluronic acid gel

MSCs

NCT01981330

Vocal cord scarring

I

/

BMMCs & MSCs

NCT05631444

Chronic limb-threatening ischemia

II

Collagen gel

BMMCs & MSCs

NCT02648386

Pelvic autonomic repair

II

  1. The "/" indicates that the hydrogel type was not specified in the clinical trial
  2. MSCs mesenchymal stem cells, hCSCs human cardiac-derived stem cells, AADSCs allogeneic adipose-derived stem cells, MMSCs multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells, ASCs adipose stem cells, SRCs selected renal cells, hNTSCs nasal cavity stem cells, hNCs nasal septum cartilage cells, hESCs human embryonic stem cells, iPSC-CMs induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes, BMMCs bone marrow mononuclear cells