NCT00512564

Clinical and Laboratory Assessment of Iron Overload in Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle Cell Thalassemia

Clinical and Laboratory Assessment of Iron Overload in Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle Cell Thalassemia - An Observational and Laboratory Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Iron overload is well study in Thalassemia patients and it's not only related to blood transfusions, since intestinal iron absorption is also increased in those patients. Sickle cell patients didn't developed significant clinical symptoms and signs of iron overload in spite frequent transfusions. The purpose of this study is to assess the iron overload in Sickle cell anemia and Sickle cell Thalassemia patients using clinical parameters and laboratory studies including Non Transferrin Binding Iron, Labile Iron and Hepcidin, in order to determine the cardiac and liver iron.

Conditions

• Sickle Cell Anemia
• Sickle Cell Thalassemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Laboratory analyses of iron overload	Summary of clinical status related to iron overload and laboratory analysis of Iron overload including Total serum Iron, Transferrin, Ferritin and Non transferrin Binding Iron and Labile Plasma Iron

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-12-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2007-08-07
• Last updated: 2011-08-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel