NCT00481260

Characteristics of Hgb C Carriers in Northern Israel and Clinical Features Among Hgb Homozygous

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hgb C is an hemoglobinopathy quite rare in Israel. The clinical status of patients that are diagnosed as homozygous to this disease is quite benign but not study in large groups. Also the characteristics of carriers and the incidence in northern Israel were a large arab population lives, was not study. The results of this study can be useful for screening purpose in a area were another hemoglobinopathies are frequent.

Detailed description

Hgb C is an hemoglobinopathy quite rare in Israel. The clinical status of patients that are diagnosed as homozygous to this disease is quite benign but not study in large groups. Also the characteristics of carriers and the incidence in northern Israel were a large arab population lives, was not study. The results of this study can be useful for screening purpose in a area were another hemoglobinopathies are frequent. The study will record the clinical characteristics of the homozygous Hgb C patients and the hematology characteristics of all the heterozygous carriers detected in northern Israel

Conditions

• Hgb C Hemoglobinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Medical history and basic laboratory analysis	Medical history and basic laboratory analysis

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-05-01
• Primary completion: 2008-12-01
• Completion: 2008-12-01
• First posted: 2007-06-01
• Last updated: 2009-09-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel