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WithdrawnNCT00937144

Endothelial Function in Patients With Sickle Cell Anemia Before and After Sildenafil

Status
Withdrawn
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
15 (estimated)
Sponsor
The Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Poriya · Other Government
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The investigators would like to study the endothelial function in sickle cell patients without pulmonary hypertension in an in vivo method during a steady state condition before and after sildenafil treatment for 1 month, and to study the effects of this nitric oxide donor by measuring the Flow Mediated Dilatation, by measuring endothelial progenitor stem cells colonies, and by measuring the effect of therapy on markers of inflammation (cell adhesion molecules and cytokines).

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGViagra (Sildenafil)Viagra treatment to patients with sickle cell anemia.
DRUGplacebo

Timeline

Start date
2009-09-01
Primary completion
2009-09-01
Completion
2010-02-01
First posted
2009-07-10
Last updated
2010-03-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00937144. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.