Clinical trials: Hemoglobinopathies
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 Abnormality
Steroid Injection for Sickle Cell Arthropathy Pain Therapy
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with arthropathy. Arthropathy may require periarticular corticosteroid injection therapy. This observational study examines efficacy, and safety of steroid injections in SCD patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05983055
- Testing
- Dexamethasone 20mg
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic
Fetal-Maternal Hemorrhage
The Validity of Kleinhauer Betke in Women With Known Hemoglobinopathy for Fetal-maternal Hemorrhage
The aim of this study is to determine the validity of Kleinhauer Betke in women with known hemoglobinopathy for fetal-maternal hemorrhage.
- Trial name
- NCT03591640
- Testing
- Blood test
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
Sickle Cell Disease
Utilizing A Single Session Problem-Solving Intervention With Caregivers of Pediatric Patients Receiving Chronic Transfusion to Treat Sickle Cell Disease
This study seeks to utilize an innovative approach of a single session problem-solving intervention to address psychosocial factors affecting patient outcomes within the pediatric sickle cell population.
- Trial name
- NCT04606160
- Testing
- Single Session Problem-Solving Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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 Anemia
Study of Ventilatory Mechanics in Patients With Sickle Cell Anemia
The Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) is a recessive genetic condition, monogenic, resulting in defects in the red cell structure. In the investigators' country, this disease affects about 3,000 children each year and is considered one of…
- Trial name
- SCA (NCT02565849)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rio de Janeiro State University
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Leukemia, B-cell
Precision Exercise in Children With Malignant Hemopathies
In the early years of life and during adolescence, physical activity is crucial for good development of motor skills. It is even more so for those children and young people who are forced to undergo anti-cancer therapies and…
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute, Leukemia, B-cell, Leukemia, T Cell, Lymphoma, Hodgkin
- Trial name
- SportTherapy (NCT04090268)
- Testing
- Sport Therapy
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 380 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Milano Bicocca
Healthy, Sickle Cell Disease
Study of Methodologies to Measure Blood Flow and Oxygenation in Adults With Sickle Cell Disease
The purpose of the study is to determine whether imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI), and optical imaging (OI), can detect…
- Trial name
- NCT02447627
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc.
Thalassemia, Sickle Cell Disease
Cerebrovascular Reserve and White Matter Disease in Patients with Chronic Anemia
This is primarily an observational trial in patients with chronic anemia syndromes (sickle cell disease and thalassemia) and control subjects.
- Conditions
- Thalassemia, Sickle Cell Disease, Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- CVR (NCT03715972)
- Testing
- Hydroxyurea, Acetazolamide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Sickle Cell Anemia, Blood Transfusion
Full Assessment of Clinical Transfusion Support
This study looks at why some children develop very severe anemia that leads to a blood transfusion. It also checks for diseases in the blood they receive.
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Anemia, Blood Transfusion, Malaria Parasitaemia
- Trial name
- FACTS (NCT07094646)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Thalassemia, Iron Overload
Inhibitory Effect of a Polyphenol Supplement on Dietary Iron Absorption in Adults with Thalassemia
Genetic disorders, such as thalassemia, can lead to iron overload and severe adverse health outcomes. In iron-loading thalassemia, iron overload is due to increased iron absorption.
- Trial name
- NCT05326503
- Testing
- Meal matrix with polyphenol supplement (PPS), No meal matrix with PPS
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Cystic Fibrosis, Hemophilia A
Medication Adherence and Non-adherence in Adults With Rare Disease
The purpose of this study is to use the Medication Adherence Reasons Scale (MAR-Scale) to determine the extent of non-adherence to specific medications indicated to treat cystic fibrosis, hemophilia (A or B), idiopathic pulmonary…
- Conditions
- Cystic Fibrosis, Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Trial name
- NCT04541875
- Testing
- MAR-Scale
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xperiome
Sickle Cell Disease, Cerebral Stroke
Cerebrovascular Reactivity Measurements With High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography
The purpose of the study protocol is to identify imaging biomarkers for brain tissue under high metabolic stress at risk for permanent injury.
- Trial name
- HDDOT CVR (NCT07776444)
- Testing
- Carbon Dioxide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Thalassemia Major
Monitoring of Erythroid Lineage Specific Chimerism Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Transplantation for Thalassemia Major
The purpose of this study is to collect peripheral blood and bone marrow aspirate samples from thalassemia patients in Tehran, in a collaborative effort to develop an erythroid lineage specific chimerism assay applicable to…
- Trial name
- NCT00480506
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Iran
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Sickle Cell Disease
Evaluating Thromboelastography (TEG) and ETP in Sickle Adults
The primary aim of this study is to investigate the reported enhanced coagulation status (prothrombotic status) in patients with sickle cell disease using 2 laboratory tests; thromboelastography (TEG) and Endogenous Thrombin…
- Trial name
- NCT02770534
- Testing
- blood test
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle Cell Disease
Heart Arteries and Sickle Cell Disease / Coeur Artères DREpanocytose
The CADRE study is a multinational observational cohort of patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD) in five west and central sub-Saharan African countries.
- Trial name
- CADRE (NCT03114137)
- Where
- 13 sites in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 4,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cardiologie et Développement
Sickle Cell Trait
Sickle Cell Trait in Football Players
This study will look at the five different types of sickle cell and their relation to self-reported ill health to determine whether or not one or two of the sickle cell haplotypes are correlated with worse health outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT01891877
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Dyslipidemias, Hyperglycemia
Role of Ajwa Derived Polyphenols in Dyslipidaemias
World Health Organization report notifies of the escalating global burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), projecting that it will become the major worldwide cause of death and disability by 2020.
- Conditions
- Dyslipidemias, Hyperglycemia, Liver Dysfunction, Oxidative Stress
- Trial name
- NCT03805139
- Testing
- Ajwa Date (phoenix dactylifera)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Sickle Cell Disease
The Link Between Anemia and Deficits in Memory and Attention in Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells (RBCs). People with sickle cell disease frequently experience anemia, or a low number of RBCs.
- Trial name
- NCT00451919
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)