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Published in final edited form as: ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2021 May 14;7(6):2106–2149. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00217

Table 3:

Exosome clinical study application on different diseases model other than brain and cancer

No Disease and Conditions Interventions and Exosome source Therapeutic used in the study Trial Identification Number Status & Clinical Phase
1 Ulcer Plasma-derived exosomes The objective is to evaluate the effect of autologous exosome rich plasma on cutaneous wound healing NCT02565264 Enrolling by invitation & Early Phase 1
2 Myocardial infarction Exosomes in peripheral blood of patients Expression of miRNA with healthy volunteers, explore its relationship with the development of myocardial infarction NCT04127591 Not yet recruiting, & Not applicable
3 Sepsis Drug: Antibiotics, Blood exosomes To compare peripheral blood dendritic cell-derived exosome changes in patients with sepsis with healthy controls. NCT02957279 Unknown & Not applicable
4 Polycystic ovary syndrome Ginger exosomes, Aloe exosomes placebo Ginger or aloe plants exosomes will treat and improve the condition of polycystic ovary syndrome NCT03493984 Recruiting & Not applicable
5 Preeclampsia, cardiovascular disease Exosomes from maternal blood and placental tissue in patients diagnosed with preeclampsia The functional role of exosomal cargo in normal and pathological pregnancies and point towards novel therapeutic intervention strategies. NCT04154332 Not yet recruiting & Not applicable
6 Diabetes mellitus type 1 Mesenchymal stem cells exosomes Intravenous infusion of cell-free umbilical cord-blood derived MSC exosomes may reduce the inflammatory state and improve the β-cell mass. NCT02138331 Unknown & Phase 2, Phase 3
7 Atrial fibrillation Epicardial fat biopsy Investigates the role of epicardial fat-derived exosomes in patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation. NCT03478410 Recruiting & Not applicable
8 Kidney transplantation Urinary exosomes Prevalence of NCC activation three months after transplantation inpatient treated by CNI. NCT03503461 Completed & Not applicable
9 Healthy High salt diet followed by a low salt diet and vice versa Changes in the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) of the kidney are reflected in the urinary exosomes, NCT02823613 Active, not recruiting & Not applicable
10 Hemodynamic instability autophagy Blood and urine specimens Exosomes purified in blood and urine and proteomics studies to analyze autophagy and apoptosis-related biomarkers of exosomes by bioinformatics. NCT03267160 Active, not recruiting & Not applicable
11 Macular holes Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells from the human umbilical cord Exosome isolation sequential ultracentrifugation confirmed via spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) and the minimum linear diameter (MLD). NCT03437759 Recruiting & Early Phase 1
12 Blood coagulation, platelet function Exosomes from red blood cells Analyze the effect red blood cell exosomes units have on blood coagulation and platelet function. NCT02594345 Completed & Not applicable
13 Healthy Erythropoietin, placebo The diagnostic value of differentially regulated exosome proteins could be further validated against the existing IEF EPO WADA accredited tests. NCT03700515 Recruiting & Not applicable
14 Preeclampsia Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell exosomes To identify miRNAs 136, 494, and 495 genes expression in the exosomes between peripheral blood, andumbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. NCT03562715 Completed & Not applicable
15 Sepsis with multiple organ dysfunction (MOD) Exosomes from macrophage co-culture with human cells, blood, and urine. Proteomics studies in exosomes from cell culture and clinical specimens. analyze ubiquitination, autophagic, and apoptosis-related biomarkers of exosomes by bioinformatics. NCT03222986 Recruiting & Not applicable
16 Prehypertension Urine exosomes To characterize changes in urine electrolytes and exosome protein. NCT04142138 Not recruiting yet & Not applicable
17 Exercise physiology Age, Genes, Training, Tickborne Disease, and Endurance Investigate potential relationships between age, training intensity, training volume, genes, exosomes, and history of tick-borne disease and physiological variables and endurance performance. NCT03569566 Enrolling by invitation & Not applicable
18 Overweight children with type 2 diabetes risk Exosomes from blood samples. microRNA profiling in circulating exosomes and in blood peripheral mononuclear cells in pre-adolescents with high risk to develop T2D. NCT03027726 Completed & Not applicable
19 Diabetic retinopathy (DR) Hematological examination, ophthalmic examination. Serum exosomes Significant associations between DR progression and different exosomal miRNA using various statistical methods. NCT03264976 Not recruiting yet & Not applicable
20 Spinal disease Urine & blood exosomes Exosomes have the potential of being simple biomarkers that can diagnose postoperative delirium and predict cognitive decline. NCT04120272 Not yet recruiting & Not applicable
21 CKDu, arterial stiffness Arterial stiffness assessment, serum, and urine biomarker To characterize their disease profile using analysis serum and renal urine biomarkers, exosomes, proteomics, and DNA adducts. NCT02226055 Completed & Not applicable
22 Normal cellular metabolism Somatostatin glucagon, exosome derived from the arterial-venous supply of tissues. Study the exosomes derived from the arterial-venous supply of tissues related to the TCA cycle activity. NCT02748369 Active, not recruiting & Phase 1
23 Hypertension Urine samples The study is to determine the concentrations and variabilities of urinary exosomal sodium channels and plasma angiotensins. NCT03034265 Completed & Not applicable
24 Chronic kidney failure, dialysis related complication Mixed online hemodiafiltration, High flux bicarbonate dialysis, plasma exosomes Quantitative micro-RNA changes in plasmatic exosome/microvesicles assessed by quantitative real-time PCR, Quantitative changes in C-Reactive Protein, Neutrophil Gelatinase associated Lipocalin, Interleukin-6, Ferritin. NCT03202212 Completed & Phase 1, Phase 2
25 Uveitis, vasculitis, ocular inflammatory disease Optic fluid, exosomes present in vitreous and AC fluid in the eye Kinds of cytokines, lymphokines, biomarkers, proteome, and exosomes present in vitreous and AC fluid in the eye with uveitis or other retinal diseases. NCT00331331 Completed & Not applicable
26 Port-wine stain Biopsy sample from Port Wine Stain Birthmark, Blood exosomes Blood samples to characterize exosomes and metabolites from Port Wine Stain. NCT02051101 Active, Not recruiting & Not applicable
27 Diabetes mellitus, type 1 diabetes diabetes. Insulin deprivation in type 1 diabetic patients, exosomes blood Transient insulin deprivation in adolescents and T1DM adults alter the circulating blood and metabolome exosome contents NCT03392441 Active, not recruiting & Not applicable
28 Type1 diabetes mellitus, type2 diabetes, Human blood samples, beta-cell exosomes In this study, beta-cell derived exosomes will be detected and characterized in human blood samples. NCT03106246 Unknown
29 Sepsis Blood & serum exosome miRNA expression levels in exosomes, serum, and blood cells. NCT03280576 Complete & Not applicable
30 Obesity Early time-restricted feeding, structured weight loss program, urine exosome Urine exosomes will be analyzed in 12-hour bins to determine how meal timing affects these endpoints differentially during the daytime and nighttime. NCT03459703 Recruiting & Not applicable
31 Barretťs esophagus, gastroesophageal reflux, esophageal adenocarcinoma Blood exosomes Measure for a biomarker called microRNA (miRNA) using exosomes. NCT02464930 Unknown & Not applicable
32 Childhood chronic kidney disease Urine exosomes Molecular value (ADMA & urine exosome miRNA), NCT03227055 Recruiting & Not applicable
33 Chronic Ulcer Conditioned media, opical Antibiotic Combinations, Exosome from cell medium Study to see the therapeutic potentials of Conditioned Medium Stem Cell as an additional growth factor in chronic skin ulcer healing and to compare the success of chronic ulcer healing NCT04134676 Not yet recruiting & Phase 1
34 COPD, emphysema chronic bronchitis airway obstruction smoking, tobacco, gender Exosomes from lung cells. Alterations at the epigenetic, mRNA, microRNA, proteome, metabolome, and microbiome level will perform from multiple lung compartments NCT03049202 Recruiting & Not applicable
35 Hypertension sodium phosphate sevelamer, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride Plasma and urine sample Changes in NaPi-IIa assessed from urinary exosomes. NCT02822131 Completed & Not applicable
36 Thyroid disease, heart failure Urine sample Investigators will enroll clinical and subclinical thyroid disease with quarterly follow-up then detect urine exosomal proteins NT-proBNP. NCT03984006 Recruiting & Not applicable
37 Drug-resistant epilepsy Blood sample Expression profile of miRNAs in the plasma as well as in the exosomes. NCT03419000 Recruiting & Not applicable
38 Panic disorder Serum sample Changes in exosomal microRNAs (miRNAs) from serum samples taken before an Disorder d after CBT (PD) patients from Panic NCT04029740 Recruiting & Not applicable
39 Diabetes Dual energy X-ray, adipose tissue biopsy, blood sample New biomarkers of adult-onset autoimmune diabetes. NCT03971955 Recruiting & Not applicable
40 Aging, cognitive, ketones, blood sugar Jardiance 25 mg, Plasma exosomes The study is an increased expression of receptors and mediators of ketone metabolism in plasma exosomes. NCT03852901 Recruiting & Phase 1
41 Diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases Dapagliflozin 10 mg, Saxagliptin 5 mg, Urine exosomes In addition to Dapagliflozin (additive effect), Saxagliptin may improve EPC number and function even more than Dapa alone, compared to placebo. NCT03660683 Recruiting & Phase 4
42 Insulin resistance Rosiglitazone versus placebo, response to amiloride infusion & furosemide infusion, Urine exosomes The difference in the ENac abundance in exosomes in the urine measured after eight weeks of treatment with either rosiglitazone or placebo. NCT00285805 Completed & Not applicable
43 Childhood obesity, adolescent obesity Behavioral: Exercise, Serum exosomes Looking for circulating exosome-derived miRNA in plasma. NCT03762629 Recruiting & Not applicable
44 Fibrosis, kidney transplant failure, kidney allograft, and rejection Observational (a urinary biomarker for kidney allograft fibrosis), urine exosomes Urinary exosomes are isolated and analyzed transglutaminase type 2 NCT03487861 Recruiting & Not applicable
45 Obstructive sleep apnea, morbid obesity, epigenetic disorder CPAP, bariatric surgery, blood sample, exosome mRNA Differences in miRNA profile among patients with morbid obesity with or without OSA. NCT03995836 Completed & Not applicable
46 HIV infection, tuberculosis Infection Detection of molecular biomarkers, plasma exosomes Description of miRNA expression profile in a cohort of patients with an HIV infection and Tuberculosis and correlate it with their clinical evolution. NCT03941210 Recruiting & Not applicable
47 Obstructive sleep apnea of adult, hypoxia, sleep disorder, stroke, endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress Drug lowering cerebral blood flow (CBF) and normoxia sleep, urine exosomes, placebo, and intermittent hypoxia sleep. blood sample, Vascular biomarkers exosome analysis or urinary prostaglandins before and after sleep under normoxia and intermittent hypoxia exposure with cerebral blood flow changes. NCT03255408 Not yet recruiting & Phase 1 & 2
48 Muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular diseases, X-Linked genetic diseases, inborn Cardiosphere-derived cell exosomes. Evaluating the safety and efficacy of a cell therapy called CAP-1002. NCT03406780 Active not recruiting & Phase 2
49 Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Drug: 0.9% Sodium Chloride, Furosemide 40 mg Sodium transporters in Urinary exosomes will be characterized and compared between HFpEF patients and controls. NCT03837470 Recruiting & Early Phase 1
50 Obesity, insulin resistance Mediterranean diet, ketogenic diet, Blood and Adipose tissue exosomes Signaling between organs and cells will be examined by isolating exosomes from blood and adipose tissue NCT04131166 Recruiting & Not applicable
51 Thoracic surgery, video-assisted two-lumen catheter, chest tube, plasma sample exosomes Diagnostic value and molecular characteristics of plasma exosome-derived miRNAs for these patients. NCT03230019 Recruiting & Not applicable
52 Healthy older adults ages 65–89 Blood, CSF, and serum exosomes Different biomarkers may relate to immune health and the aging process, the risk for cognitive decline, and Alzheimer’s disease. NCT03944603 Recruiting & Not applicable
53 Obesity, insulin resistance Blood and adipose tissue exosomes Signaling between organs and cells will be examined by isolating exosomes from blood and adipose tissue. NCT02706262 Recruiting & Not applicable
54 Body weight changes Moderately high protein diet, low-fat diet, serum exosome mRNA MicroRNAs levels in exosomes will be measured by NGS Illumina Myseq at baseline and the end of the bodyweight-loss period NCT02737267 Unknown & Not applicable
55 Rhinitis, allergic, perennial Exosomes from blood, saliva, serum, and plasma Exosome Isolation Reagent (for plasma or serum) will compare the change in exosomes before and after treatment. NCT02653339 Unknown & Not applicable
56 Exosome Endometrial fluid collection, serum, blood exosomes To describe the morphology, size distributions, and specific markers of the different vesicle’s populations present endometrial fluid (i.e., DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids) NCT02797834 Unknown & Not applicable
57 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Tofogliflozin, glimepiride Changes from baseline in microRNAs and exosome contents. NCT02649465 Recruiting & Phase 4
58 Chordoma Drug: Afatinib Blood samples Pharmacokinetic study and translational studies on EGFR pathway activation and signaling on blood and tumor samples. NCT03083678 Recruiting & Phase 2
59 Minimal Residual disease, recurrent acute&myelodysplasia recurrent childhood acute myeloid leukemia Daratumumab, Donor Lymphocyte Infusion, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis The donor lymphocytes and monoclonal antibodies, such as daratumumab, may kill the remaining cancer cells. NCT03537599 Recruiting & Phase 1&2
60 Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa AGLE-103 is an allogeneic derived exosomes product derived from healthy donor mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), placebo To assess the safety and effectiveness of AGLE-103 vs. placebo on lesions in subjects with EB. NCT04173650 Not yet recruiting & Phase 1, Phase 2
61 Type-1 diabetes Circulating β-cell exosomes To diagnose the disease and its progression in type 1 diabetes. NCT04164966 Not yet recruiting & Not applicable
62 Fasting Time-restricted feeding (TRF) with dietary counseling, blood exosomes Safety and compliance, as well as the efficacy of one specific IF intervention called time-restricted feeding. NCT04184076 Not yet recruiting & Phase 2
63 COPD Blood, stool, urine, saliva, serum exosomes Exosome characterization of COPD patients and healthy controls. NCT04183530 Recruiting & Not applicable
64 Dry eye Mesenchymal stem cells derived Umbilical Mesenchymal Stem Cells (UMSC) derived exosomes for chronic Graft Versus Host Diseases (cGVHD) treatment NCT04213248 Not yet recruiting & Phase 1, Phase 2
65 Sleep apnea, inflammation, atherosclerosis Myeloid PTP1B expression analysis, blood exosomes To investigate myeloid PTP1B involvement in the vascular pro-inflammatory process described in OSA. NCT04235023 Not yet recruiting, not applicable
66 Coronavirus MSCs-derived exosomes Efficacy and safety of aerosol inhalation of the exosomes derived from allogeneic adipose mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs-Exo) NCT04276987 Not yet recruited & Phase 1
67 Corona infection, virus pneumonia T-cell-derived exosomes Safety and efficacy of this new targeted delivery by metered-dose inhaler NCT04389385 Active but not recruiting & Phase 1
68 Pulmonary Nodule Blood and alveolar lavage of lung nodules patients Study the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of ctDNA and exosome combined detection in the identification of benign and malignant pulmonary nodules NCT04182893 Recruiting & Not applicable
69 Periodontitis Adipose-derived stem cells exosomes The adipose stem cell exosomes are isolated autogenously from the patient to be injected locally into the periodontal pockets to evaluate their regenerative effect. NCT04270006 Recruiting & Early Phase 1
70 Healthy control Low level of MSCs-Exo, High level of MSCs-Exo Safety and tolerance of aerosol inhalation of the exosomes derived from allogeneic adipose mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs-Exo) NCT04313647 Recruiting & Phase 1
71 Healthy elderly IkT-148009 & placebo, CNS-deriver exosomes Investigates the safety tolerability movement of drug IkT-148009 in healthy elderly volunteers. NCT04350177 Not yet recruiting & Phase 1
72 Heart failure Exercise training, plasma exosome Plasma exosomes will be isolated using microbead-based sorting techniques and characterized NCT04334603 Recruiting & Not applicable
73 Empagliflozin, hypoglycemic agents, sodium-glucose transporter 2 Inhibitors Jardiance 25 mg, plasma exosomes Determine expression of receptor and mediators of ketone metabolism in plasma exosomes. NCT03852901 Recruiting & Phase 1
74 Multiple system atrophy Blood, and plasma exosomes. The study is to complete the target validation of insulin resistance for future treatment trials. NCT04250493 Not yet recruiting & Not applicable
75 Multiple organ failure MSC exosomes To evaluate the safety and efficacy of exosomes from MSCs to determine clinical dosage for patients with severe MODS NCT04356300 Not yet recruiting & Not applicable
76 Oocyte maturation Follicular fluid exosomes Investigate the miRNA in (follicular fluid) FF exosomes in young and aged women and their relationship to egg maturation NCT04382872 Not yet recruiting & Not applicable
77 Corona virus Infection, COVID-19, SARS Organicell Flow, placebo Safety and efficacy of intravenous infusion of Organicell Flow NCT04384445 Not yet recruited & Phase 1, 2
78 Coronavirus MSCs-derived exosomes The efficiency of aerosol inhalation of the exosomes derived from allogeneic adipose mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs-Exo) NCT04276987 Complete, Phase 1
79 Drug resistance exosomes MPCs-derived Evaluate the efficacy and safety of haMPC-exosome treatment with pulmonary infection caused by gram-negative bacilli resistant to carbapenems. NCT04544215 Recruiting, Phase 1 & 2
80 Endothelial dysfunction, obese, OSA patients Circulating exosome, mRNA analysis. Evaluation of miRNA contained in exosomes NCT04459182 Not yet recruiting, not applicable
81 Kidney transplantation Urine exosome analysis Urine exosome analysis after kidney transplantation NCT03503461 Complete, not applicable
82 Covid19, SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, COVID-19 Mesenchymal stem cells exosomes Inhalation of exosomes may reduce inflammation and damage to the lung tissue and stimulate the regenerative processes. NCT04602442 Enrolled by invitation, Phase 2
83 Covid19, SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia, COVID-19 Mesenchymal stem cells exosomes Inhalation of exosomes may reduce inflammation and damage to the lung tissue and stimulate the regenerative processes. NCT04491240 Complete, Phase 1& 2
84 Acute respiratory distress syndrome Human mesenchymal stem cell exosome To evaluate allogeneic human mesenchymal stem cell exosomes (hMSC-Exos) in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome NCT04602104 Not yet recruiting, Phase 1 &2
85 Healthy control Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exosomes Evaluate aerosol inhalation’s safety and tolerance of the exosomes derived from allogeneic adipose mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs-Exo) in healthy volunteers. NCT04313647 Recruiting, Phase 1
86 Macular holes Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exosomes Efficacy and safety of MSC-derived exosomes (MSC-Exos) for promoting healing of large and refractory macular holes (MHs) NCT03437759 Recruiting, early phase 1
87 Blood coagulation, platelet function Red derived exosomes blood- To analyze the effect exosomes derived from red blood, cell units have blood coagulation and platelet function. NCT02594345 Complete, Not applicable
88 Metabolism, acute resistance exercise Muscle exosomes Exercise-induced skeletal muscle exosomes promote adipocyte lipolysis NCT04500769 Recruiting, not applicable
89 Allergic asthma, severe eosinophilic asthma rEOS- and iEOS-derived exosomes Qualitative and quantitative selected ncRNA levels in lung resident EOS- and inflammatory EOS-derived exosomes NCT04542902 Recruiting, Not applicable
90 Jaundice, Neonatal Breast milk exosomes. Analysis of breast milk exosomes miRNA for hyperbilirubinemia Neonatal NCT04527536 Notrecruiting yet, not applicable
91 Diabetes mellitus type 2, gestational diabetes, Overweight and obese, Pregnancy in diabetic, Insulin resistance, Insulin sensitivity, Pregnancy, High Risk Serum plasma exosomes and The level, content, and bioactivity of exosomes in serum and plasma Versus Insulin sensitivity NCT04617405 Not yet recruiting, not applicable
92 Lupus nephritis Urine and serum exosomes Analyze urine and serum exosome biomarkers NCT04534647 Recruiting, Not applicable
93 Acute myeloid leukemia Bone marrow and peripheral blood exosomes Analysis of exosomes and microvesicles derived from PB and bone marrow samples of AML patients NCT04460963 Not yet recruiting, not applicable
94 Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal dominant Urine exosomes Changes in polycystin-1 (PC-1) and polycystin-2 (PC-2) protein levels in urinary exosomes from baseline to Day 44 NCT04536688 Recruiting, Phase 1
95 COVID-19 Cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) exosomes CDC exosome ability to be immunomodulatory, anti-fibrotic, and regenerative. NCT04623671 Recruiting, Phase 2
96 Covid19 ARDS pneumonia, viral Bone marrow-derived exosomes Safety and efficacy of intravenous administration of bone marrow-derived exosomes NCT04493242 Not yet recruiting, Phase 2
97 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Metabolic syndrome, metabolically abnormal & metabolically normal obesity, obesity Liver exosomes To determine the specific cellular and organ system, metabolic and immunologic alterations via analyzing liver exosomes. NCT01104220 Recruiting, not applicable
98 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Blood exosomes Blood filtration using Hemopurifier and blood exosome analysis. NCT04595903 Not yet recruiting, not applicable
99 Systemic autoimmune diseases Plasma and urine exosomes Exosomes for biomarker screening, gene expression analysis NCT02890134 Unknown, not applicable
100 Systemic autoimmune diseases Urine and plasma exosome Exosomes for biomarker screening, gene expression analysis NCT02890121 Complete, Not applicable
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