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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Effectiveness and safety of stem cell therapy for diabetic foot: a meta-analysis update

Author, year

Country

Study design

Mean age (treatment group, years)

Participant cases (treatment group/control)

Cell type

Amount of cells

Method

Control

Follow-up (month)

Huang, 2005

China

Rct

71

14/14

PBMNCs

3*109/leg

i.m

PGE1

3

Dash, 2009

India

Rct

 

3/3

BMMSCs

106/cm2

i.m

None

3

Han, 2010

Korea

Rct

67

26/26

PLAS

 > 4 × 106/ulcer

Ad.us.ext

None

2

Lu, 2011

China

Rct

65

41/41

BMMNCs

9.6*108/ leg

i.m

NS

6

     

BMMSCs

9.3*108/leg

i.m

NS

6

Jain, 2011

India

Rct

54

23/24

BMDC

5 ml/leg

 

Peripheral blood

3

Kirana, 2012

Germany

Rct

69

12/6

BMMNCs

3*108/leg

i.m. or i.a

None

11

    

20/6

BMTRCs

8*107/leg

i.m. or i.a

None

11

Ozturk, 2012

Turkey

Rct

71

20/20

PBMNCs

2*107/leg

i.m

Conservative treatment

3

Dubsky, 2013

Czech Republic

Cct

61

17/22

BMMNCs

2.2*109/leg

i.m

Conservative treatment

6

   

63

11/22

PBPCs

2.4*1010/leg

i.m

Conservative treatment

6

Mohammadzadeh, 2013

Iran

Rct

64

7/14

PBMSCs

9–12*108/leg

i.m

Sterile PBS

3

He, 2013

China

Rct

63

50/50

HUCMSCs

5.8–8.2*107/ leg

i.m

Conservative treatment

3

DUBSKÝ

Czech Republic

Retrospective

63

31/23

BMMNCs + PBPCs

None

i.m

Conservative treatment

12

Qin, 2016

China

Rct

75

28/25

HUCMSCs

4.8–8.6*107/leg

i.m

Conservative treatment

3

Zhang, 2016

China

Cct

71

27/26

CD133+ cells

 ≥ 1 × 107/leg

i.a

NS

18

Leone, 2019

Italy

Rct

69

55/55

MFAT

10-30 ml/ leg

i.r.w

None

6

  1. Rct Random controlled trial, CCT Controlled clinical trial, PBMNCs Peripheral blood-derived mononuclear cells, BMMSCs Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells, PLAS Human processed lipoaspirate cells, BMMNCs Bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells, BMDC Bone marrow-derived cells, BMTRCs Bone marrow-enriched tissue repair cells, PBPCs Peripheral blood progenitor cells, PBMSCs Peripheral blood mesenchymal stem cells, HUCMSCs Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, MFAT Micro-fragmented adipose tissue, i.m. Intramuscular injection, i.a. Intra-arterial injection, i.r.w. Injected radially into the wound, Ad.us.ext, ad usum externum (for external use), NS Normal saline, PBS Phosphate-buffered saline