Table 4 Current extracellular vesicles based clinical trials for common diseases

From: Extracellular vesicles as tools and targets in therapy for diseases

S.No.

Disease

Type

EVs as a therapeutic target

Origin of EVs in clinical Use

Phase, patients

NCT

Refs.

1

HNSCC

HNSCC

 

Grapes

P = 1,N = 60

NCT01668849

679

OSCC

Blood EVs

Metformin hydrochloride increases EVs

P = NA, N = 30

NCT02147418

Oral Mucositis Associated With Chemoradiation Treatment

  

P = 1, N = 9

NCT03109873

 

2

Gastric Cancer

 

Circulating Exosomes

 

N = 80

NCT01779583

680

 

Hsp70 carrying EVs

 

P = NA N = 71

NCT02662621

Ulcers (wound healing)

Plasma

 

P = 1, N = 5

NCT02565264

3

Breast cancer

 

Detect EV induced Hypoxia

 

N = 21

NCT03262311

681,682

 

Rosuvastatin reduces TFs

 

P = 2,N = 20

NCT01299038

4

Lung cancer

Non-small-cell lung cancer lung metastases

Circulating EVs

DC

P = 2, N = 42

NCT01159288

NCT03108677

683

 

RNA

 

P = NA, N = 90

NCT03108677

 

Liver caner

Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and liver metastasis

  

P = 1, N = 9

NCT05375604

 

5

Neurodegenerative disorders

Alzheimer’s disease

Hypoxia-ischemia

 

MSC

MSC

P = 1/2,

N = 10

NCT04388982

NCT05490173

683

Acute ischemic stroke

 

MSC

N = 300

NCT04202770

  

MSC

NA

NCT03384433

6

Cardiovascular Diseases

Cerebrovascular disorders

 

MSC

P = 1,

NCT05043181

683,684

Acute ischemic stroke

 

MSC

P = ½, N = 5

NCT03384433

7

Diabetes

Insulin resistance

T1DM

T1DM

T2D

 

Ginger

MSCs

Serum

Serum

NA

P = 2/3, N = 20

N = 20

N = 200

NCT03493984

NCT02138331

NCT04164966

NCT03264976

684,685

8

Renal Disease

Chronic kidney diseases

 

UC

P = 1, N = 20

 

686

9

Autoimmune diseases

Osteoarthritis

Sepsis

 

MSC

DC

P = 1

N = 50

NCT05060107

NCT02957279

683,684

10

Viral Infection

COVID-19

COVID-19

 

UC

MSC

P = 2, N = 100

P = 2/3,N = 300

NCT04288102

NCT04392778

687,688