NCT00456690

Endocrine and Nutritional Assessment in B Thalassemia Major

Endocrine and Nutritional Assessment in B Thalassemia Major - A Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 133 (actual)
• Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

B Thalassemia patients developed short stature and low weight in spite no evident endocrine abnormalities. One hypothesis is that they developed some degree of malnutrition,then the purpose of this study is to assess the nutritional status before nutritional intervention and after one year. Siblings of the patients will serve as a control group. BMI, lipid and endocrine profile and leptin levels will be analysed in the study group only.

Detailed description

The nutritionist will advice the patients about calories requirement and intake, balance diet and follow up the patients during the study period of one year. No special medicaments or drug therapy will be provided as part of the study protocol

Conditions

• Thalassemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Nutritional recommendations	Nutritional status assessment including complete endocrine and lipid laboratory profile and after one year of nutritional follow up a secondary assessment will be done

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2007-04-05
• Last updated: 2019-11-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel