Clinical trials: Pain Crisis
Sickle Cell Anemia, Sickle ß0-Thalassemia
A Phase III Safety and Efficacy Study of L-Glutamine to Treat Sickle Cell Disease or Sickle βo-thalassemia
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the effects of L-glutamine as a therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia or Sickle ß0 Thalassemia as evaluated by the number of occurrences of sickle cell crises.
- Trial name
- NCT01179217
- Testing
- L-glutamine
- Where
- 31 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- Emmaus Medical, Inc.
Sickle Cell Disease
Sub-dissociative Intranasal Ketamine for Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Crises
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of ketamine, sniffed in the nose, is a safe and effective way to help reduce pain in pediatric sickle cell patients with pain crises in resource-limited settings.
- Trial name
- NCT02573714
- Testing
- Ketamine, Normal Saline, Standard Pain Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Cameroon, Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Cameroon Baptist Convention Health
Sickle Cell Disease, Vaso-occlusive Crisis
Comparison of Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Versus Bolus Narcotic Therapy for the Treatment of Vaso-Occlusive Crisis (VOC)
This research is being done to find out the best way to give narcotics for pain relief in adults with sickle cell disease and painful crisis. This study is a comparison of two ways of giving narcotics.
- Trial name
- NCT00711698
- Testing
- Patient controlled analgesia, nurse-administered intermittent IV bolus opioid therapy (NAIBOD)
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Sickle Cell Anemia
Therapeutic Application of Intravascular Nitrite for Sickle Cell Disease
This study examines ways in which nitric oxide (NO), an important molecule that controls how blood flows through the body's vessels, might be restored with a compound called sodium nitrite.
- Trial name
- NCT00095472
- Testing
- L-NMMA, Sodium Nitrite
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
Opioid Titration Order Sheet or Standard Care in Treating Patients With Cancer Pain
RATIONALE: An Opioid Titration Order Sheet that allows healthcare providers to adjust the dose and schedule of pain medication may help improve pain treatment for patients with cancer.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Leukemia, Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00666211
- Testing
- educational intervention, Titrated pain management, questionnaire administration
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Sickle Cell Crisis, Sickle Cell Disease
Mindfulness and Yoga Therapy for Acute Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Patients with sickle cell disease suffer from acute and chronic pain that diminishes their quality of life. The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of mindfulness meditation, breathing exercises…
- Trial name
- NCT05572294
- Testing
- Mindfulness meditation, breathing exercises (including incentive spirometry), and yoga therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), Sickle Cell Disease Vaso-occlusive Crisis
Buprenorphine for the Management of Pain in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a single dose of buccal buprenorphine (BELBUCA) is safe when used in place and/or with full agonist opioids that would otherwise be started during a sickle cell pain crisis…
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), Sickle Cell Disease Vaso-occlusive Crisis, Sickle Cell Anemia Crisis, Sickle Cell Anemia in Children
- Trial name
- NCT07799571
- Testing
- Buprenorphine Buccal Film [Belbuca]
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Natasha Archer
Vaso-Occlusive Pain Episode in Sickle Cell Disease
Lidocaine for Opioid Sparing in Vaso-occlusive Crisis of Sickle Cell Disease
The purpose of the study is to determine whether adding lidocaine to standard of care in pain management during severe vaso-occlusive crisis has an effect on the cumulative opioid consumption expressed as morphine milligram…
- Trial name
- LidoVOC (NCT07274254)
- Testing
- Lidocain, Standard of care
- Where
- 12 sites in France, Guadeloupe
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Suicidal Thoughts, Suicidal Crisis
Positive Psychology in Suicidal Patients
Suicide is a major health concern. Weeks following psychiatric admission are a highly suicide risk period for those having current suicidal ideation or attempt.
- Trial name
- POPS (NCT02855736)
- Testing
- Positive Psychology
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 206 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE
Oral Magnesium Pidolate, Hemoglobin SC Disease, MG Pidolate
Subjects have a form of sickle cell disease, called hemoglobin SC disease. This results in abnormally shaped red blood cells that get 'stuck' in blood vessels and then results in episodes of severe pain (pain crises).
- Trial name
- NCT00040456
- Testing
- Mg Pidolate
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Sickle Cell Crisis
Ketamine for Acute Painful Crisis in Sickle Cell Disease Patients
Investigators hypothesize that administration of ketamine for pain relief in sickle cell patients with vaso-occlusive crisis early on will lead to a more rapid improvement in pain score and less narcotic requirement.
- Trial name
- NCT03431285
- Testing
- Morphine Group, Ketamine Group, standard IV hydration
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 278 people
- Sponsor
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
Studying Fentanyl in Patients With Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying blood samples from cancer patients undergoing pain treatment in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about how pain drugs work in the body.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Leukemia, Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00899951
- Testing
- fentanyl citrate, pharmacological study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Anxiety Disorder, Cancer Survivor
Quality of Life in Younger Leukemia and Lymphoma Survivors
RATIONALE: Collecting information about the effect of hematologic cancer and its treatment on quality of life may help doctors learn more about the disease and plan the best treatment.
- Conditions
- Anxiety Disorder, Cancer Survivor, Fatigue, Leukemia
- Trial name
- NCT00956475
- Testing
- telephone-based intervention, questionnaire administration, assessment of therapy complications
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sickle Cell Disease, Vaso-occlusive Crisis
Effect of Virtual Reality Technology for Pain Management of Vaso-Occlusive Crisis in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
Acute vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is the most common complication in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and pain related to VOC is often inadequately treated.
- Trial name
- NCT03353584
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Anemia; Sickle-Cell, With Crisis, Acute Pain
Ketamine Infusion for Sickle Cell Pain Crisis
The purpose of this study is to prospectively study the efficacy of low dose ketamine infusions in treating patients who are admitted to the hospital with a sickle cell pain crisis.
- Trial name
- NCT04005209
- Testing
- Ketamine, Pain management
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Sickle Cell Disease
A Stratified Sickle Event Randomized Trial (ASSERT)
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of ICA-17043 to placebo with or without hydroxyurea (an oral drug used for treatment of sickle cell disease) in patients with sickle cell disease who have had 2 or more acute…
- Trial name
- ASSERT (NCT00102791)
- Testing
- ICA-17043
- Where
- 49 sites in United States, Brazil and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 297 people
- Sponsor
- Icagen
Sickle Cell Disease, Pain Crisis Recurrent
Effectiveness of Laying-on-of-hands for Sickle Cell Disease
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of 1-year administration of laying-on-of-hands on the morbidity and mortality of patients with sickle cell disease in Africa.
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Pain Crisis Recurrent, Anemia, Infection
- Trial name
- NCT01518218
- Testing
- laying-on-of-hands
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- MOA Health Science Foundation
Sickle Cell Disease
Observational Prospective Study Measuring the Impact of the Use of a Hypnotic Script Associated With Virtual Reality on the Pain of the Child's Sickle Cell During a Vaso-occlusive Crisis
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of Virtual Reality induced Hypnosis on patients' pain scores, anxiety and the use of analgesics during a vaso-occlusive crisis
- Trial name
- DREPAReV (NCT04917120)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Vaso-Occlusive Pain Episode in Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Low Dose Bolus Ketamine For Use In Sickle Cell Pain Crisis
The goal of this study is to learn if Ketamine works more efficiently, as compared to Opioids, for Sickle Cell Pain The main questions it aims to answer are: Does Ketamine lower the number of times participants need to be…
- Trial name
- NCT07682662
- Testing
- Standardized Low-dose bolus IV Ketamine within 30 minutes of arrival and every 1 hour as needed for max of 3 doses., Standard Care (in control arm)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
Pain, Sickle Cell Disease
Intranasal Fentanyl Versus Intravenous Morphine in the Treatment of Severe Painful Sickle Cell Crises in Children
Sickle cell anaemia is an inherited blood disorder which results in abnormal sickle shaped red blood cells which do not fit well through small blood vessels.
- Trial name
- NCT03682211
- Testing
- Fentanyl Citrate, Morphine sulphate
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University College Dublin