U.S., Oct. 10 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07868198) titled 'Factors Influencing Corneal Donation in Palliative Care Unit' on Dec. 04, 2025.
Brief Summary: Today, there is a shortage of tissues such as corneas for a variety of reasons. However, it is possible to harvest tissues from people who are usually excluded from donation, particularly cancer diagnosed, by recruiting them into palliative care units.
Corneal transplantation is a surgical procedure designed to improve the vision of many persons. A number of diseases now require corneal transplants, such as keratoconus.
As with other organs, the shortage of donors remains a major obstacle to the use of this technique, a shortage which be...