Clinical trials: Hemoglobin Disorder
Sickle Cell Anemia Crisis
Does IV Acetaminophen Reduce Opioid Requirement in Pediatric Patients With Acute Sickle Cell Crises?
The purpose of this study is to determine whether IV acetaminophen can decrease the need for subsequent opioid administration in the acute management of sickle cell crisis pain in the pediatric emergency room.
- Trial name
- NCT03541980
- Testing
- Acetaminophen, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Anemia, Sickle Cell, Sickle Cell Disease
Preventing Sickle Cell Kidney Disease
Untreated hypertension and renal injury are risk factors for increased morbidity and mortality in sickle cell disease, yet early markers of progressive disease have not been identified and therapies to prevent the development of…
- Conditions
- Anemia, Sickle Cell, Sickle Cell Disease, Kidney Disease, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT02373241
- Testing
- Losartan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia
Red Cell Half Life Determination in Patients With and Without Sickle Cell Disease
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder. It results from a single genetic change (mutation) in red blood cells (RBCs). RBCs are the cells that carry oxygen to the body.
- Trial name
- NCT04476277
- Testing
- Biotin label
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Sickle Cell Disease, Thalassemia
Effects of Transfusion of Older Stored Red Cells
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of transfusion of fresh and stored blood on patients. The investigators hope to test: whether a similar effect (older stored blood is associated with worse outcomes) is seen…
- Trial name
- NCT01534676
- Testing
- Transfusion, Blood, Chelation therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Thrombosis
Sickle Cell Trait and the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism
The purpose of this trial is to investigate D-Dimer levels, a surrogate marker of venous thromboembolism, in pregnant/postpartum white women as compared to pregnant/postpartum black women, and pregnant/postpartum women with…
- Trial name
- SCT&DVT (NCT01148940)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Iron, Abnormal Blood Level, Other Abnormal Blood Chemistry
Fresh Versus Old Red Blood Cells for Transfusion
Packed red blood cell units destined for transfusion can be stored for up to 42 days prior to transfusion based on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines.
- Trial name
- NCT01319552
- Testing
- Fresh transfusion, Old transfusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia
Microvascular Blood Flow in Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder that causes the red blood cells to change their shape from a round shape to a half-moon/crescent or sickled shape.
- Trial name
- NCT01566890
- Testing
- regadenoson infusion with contrast-enhanced ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Versiti Blood Health
Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia
Decision Aid for Therapeutic Options In Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder with chronic multi-system manifestations affecting 100,000 individuals in the US, largely of minority origin and associated with substantial morbidity, premature mortality…
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia, Hemoglobin SS, Hemoglobin SC
- Trial name
- NCT02326597
- Testing
- Decision Aid Tool, Standard Practice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Sickle Cell Disease
Cardiovascular Complications of Sickle Cell Disease
In this research study, we are using heart imaging exams and blood testing, in order to gain an improved understanding of the pulmonary (lung) hypertension and cardiovascular (heart) complications that often occur in sickle cell…
- Trial name
- NCT01044901
- Testing
- MRI, Transthoracic Echocardiography, tonometry, EKG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Sickle Cell Disease, Hemoglobinopathies
Non-Myeloablative Conditioning and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Allogeneic blood or marrow transplantation (alloBMT) is a curative therapy for a variety of hematologic disorders, including sickle cell disease and thalassemia.
- Trial name
- NCT01850108
- Testing
- Thymoglobulin, Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide (CTX)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, France and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Anemia, Sickle Cell
An Assessment of Prasugrel on Healthy Adults and Sickle Cell Adults
The purpose of this study is to measure the exposure to prasugrel's active metabolite and the pharmacodynamic effects of prasugrel treatment in people with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).
- Trial name
- NCT01178099
- Testing
- Prasugrel
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
Pulmonary Hypertension, Sickle Cell Disease
Glutamine Therapy for Hemolysis-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension
The primary hypothesis of this study is that glutamine supplementation will improve the erythrocyte glutamine/glutamate ratio, a biomarker of oxidative stress, hemolysis and pulmonary hypertension (PH) in sickle cell disease…
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Hypertension, Sickle Cell Disease, Thalassemia
- Trial name
- NCT01048905
- Testing
- L-Glutamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Fatigue, Iron Deficiency
Clinical Evaluation of Iron Treatment Efficiency Among Non-anemic But Iron-deficient Female Blood Donors
The purpose of this study is to determine the subjective response of iron substitution (Tardyferon®) on fatigue in women blood donors with a mean serum ferritin < 30ng/ml and to assess variation of ferritin and hemoglobin after a…
- Trial name
- ferdon (NCT00689793)
- Testing
- Ferrous sulphate
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lausanne
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Examining Cognitive Function and Brain Abnormalities in Adults With Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD), also known as sickle cell anemia, is an inherited blood disease that can cause intense pain episodes and may lead to organ failure.
- Trial name
- NCT00528801
- Testing
- NP Battery, MRI
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Iron-deficiency
Sucrosom5al Iron Supplementation in Blood Donors
The aim of this descriptive/explorative pilot study is to examine the effects of supplementing a sucrosomial iron preparation in whole blood donors with iron deficiency for three months.
- Trial name
- NCT04250298
- Testing
- sucrosomial iron
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Sickle Cell Disease
A Relative Bioavailability Study of a Prasugrel Orally Disintegrating Tablet
This study compares the clinical tablet formulation of prasugrel taken orally with an orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) taken orally.
- Trial name
- NCT01430091
- Testing
- Prasugrel (clinical formulation), Prasugrel (Orally Disintegrating Tablet [ODT])
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eli Lilly and Company
Sickle Cell Anemia, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in SCD, in Northern Nigeria
Except for children with HIV, all recommendations for treatment of childhood malnutrition are for children < 5 years of age. The overall goal of this randomized controlled nutrition feasibility trial is to identify whether…
- Trial name
- NCT03634488
- Testing
- hydroxyurea (20mg/kg/day), Ready-to-use therapeutic food
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sickle Cell Disease
Non-Myeloablative Bone Marrow Transplant for Patients With Sickle Cell Anemia and Other Blood Disorders
RATIONALE: Giving low doses of chemotherapy, such as fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, and total-body irradiation before a donor bone marrow transplant helps stop the growth of abnormal cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00489281
- Testing
- Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine, Mycophenolate mofetil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Anemia, Sickle Cell
A Study to Assess the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of HBI-002, an Oral Carbon Monoxide Therapeutic, in Healthy Volunteers
This is a single center, open label Phase 1 clinical trial in normal adult subjects to assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of HBI-002, an orally administered liquid containing carbon monoxide (CO)…
- Trial name
- NCT03926819
- Testing
- HBI-002
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hillhurst Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sickle Cell Disease
Gaming Technology to Engage Adolescent Sickle Cell Patients in Pain Management
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a common genetic disorder characterized by episodes of pain, yet assessments to identify type, intensity, frequency, and phase of pain among SCD adolescents is lacking.
- Trial name
- NCT03291613
- Testing
- Pinpoint App
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.