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Filter by:This will be a randomised control trial designed to test the effectiveness of lactoferrin in the management of treatment-induced anemia in patients with hematological malignancies.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate what effect, if any, mismatched unrelated volunteer donor and/or haploidentical related donor stem cell transplant may have on severe sickle cell disease and other transfusion dependent anemias. By using mismatched unrelated volunteer donor and/or haploidentical related donor stem cells, this study will increase the number of patients who can undergo a stem cell transplant for their specified disease. Additionally, using a T-cell depleted approach should reduce the incidence of graft-versus-host disease which would otherwise be increased in a mismatched transplant setting.
Primary Objectives: To evaluate the safety (compared to iron sucrose) and efficacy of ferumoxytol in pediatric CKD subjects with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) or who are at risk of development of IDA Secondary Objective: To determine the single-dose pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) profile of ferumoxytol in pediatric subjects.
This is a phase II trial of T cell receptor alpha/beta depletion (α/β TCD) peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) transplantation in patients with inherited bone marrow failure (BMF) disorders to eliminate the need for routine graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) immune suppression leading to earlier immune recovery and potentially a reduction in the risk of severe infections after transplantation.
Anemia is a common problem with pregnant women around the world. There are high rates even within industrialized nations. The main cause of anemia in pregnancy is a lack of iron. There have been medical programs that give iron vitamins to all pregnant patients at the beginning of care to decrease anemia. These programs did not adequately decrease anemia in pregnancy. Many of them gave iron vitamins in doses that were low because pregnant patients sometimes have side effects to it. The next idea was to figure out which women were more at risk to get anemia and then treat them with a higher amount of iron. There are different blood tests to see how much iron stores are in the blood, but many do not work well during pregnancy. The test study staff think is the best for this is ferritin. The goal of this first small study is to see if healthcare providers can use the level of ferritin to predict anemia in pregnancy. This would then help to better screen, diagnose, and treat anemia during pregnancy. Study staff will enroll obstetric patients from the Women's Medicine Center and compare ferritin levels in these patients early in pregnancy with diagnosis of anemia later in pregnancy.
This study is to evaluate 24-week efficacy and 52 week immunogenicity of subcutaneous Eporon versus Epoetin Alfa (Eprex) in the treatment of anemia associated with chronic renal failure in pre-dialysis patients. A total of 214 patients will be enrolled in Turkey.
Background: Severe aplastic anemia (SAA), and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) cause serious blood problems. Stem cell transplants using bone marrow or blood plus chemotherapy can help. Researchers want to see if using peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) rather than bone marrow cells works too. PBSCs are easier to collect and have more cells that help transplants. Objectives: To see how safely and effectively SAA, MDS and PNH are treated using peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cells from a family member plus chemotherapy. Eligibility: Recipients ages 4-60 with SAA, MDS or PNH and their relative donors ages 4-75 Design: Recipients will have: - Blood, urine, heart, and lung tests - Scans - Bone marrow sample Recipients will need a caregiver for several months. They may make fertility plans and a power of attorney. Donors will have blood and tissue tests, then injections to boost stem cells for 5-7 days. Donors will have blood collected from a tube in an arm or leg vein. A machine will separate stem cells and maybe white blood cells. The rest of the blood will be returned into the other arm or leg. In the hospital for about 1 month, recipients will have: - Central line inserted in the neck or chest - Medicines for side effects - Chemotherapy over 8 days and radiation 1 time - Stem cell transplant over 4 hours Up to 6 months after transplant, recipients will stay near NIH for weekly physical exams and blood tests. At day 180, recipients will go home. They will have tests at their doctor s office and NIH several times over 5 years.
Preoperative anemia is a known risk factor for morbidity, mortality and increased healthcare resource utilisation. The Investigator's previous study demonstrated the rate of preoperative anemia in Singapore General Hospital (SGH) to be at 26.6%. The rate is highest in the elderly group which stands at 49.9%. The main objective of this study is to investigate the perioperative morbidity and mortality, blood transfusion rate, healthcare outcomes and patient-centric outcomes among anemic elderly patients undergoing major surgery. The investigators hypothesize that elderly patients who undergoes major abdominal surgery with preoperative anemia will have higher composite morbidity and mortality rates (primary outcome), longer length of hospital stay, higher blood transfusion requirements and lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 1, 3 and 6 months (secondary outcomes) when compared to elderly patients without preoperative anemia. The investigators will conduct a prospective observational study of 450 consecutive patients above 65 years, who are undergoing elective major open abdominal surgery in SGH over 12 months. Baseline clinical assessment, including iron studies for anemic patients, will be done within 14 days prior to surgery. To determine the primary outcome, patients will be followed up prospectively for 30 days from the day of surgery. This will be done via a mixture of medical records review and phone interview. For secondary outcomes, the length of hospital stay and readmissions for any reason within 3 and 6 months will be recorded. HRQoL questionnaires will be done through phone calls by a study team member. Findings from this study will hopefully fill the knowledge gaps such as how anemia impacts elderly people in terms of perioperative morbidity, mortality, postsurgical quality of life and their eventual return to the community as well as providing local data on the healthcare resource utilisation in this group.
Anemia during pregnancy occurs in 41% of women. The most common etiology is iron deficiency, but studies to determine prevalence of other causes of anemia in pregnancy are still lacking. However, anemia in pregnancy lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes and increase risk of maternal and fœtal morbidity and mortality. Specific management of anemia is so needed.
The goal of the study is to understand how best to help parents of young children with sickle cell disease and their clinicians have a shared discussion about hydroxyurea (one that takes into account medical evidence and parent values and preferences). The study will compare two methods to help clinicians facilitate this-a clinician pocket guide and a clinician hydroxyurea shared decision making toolkit-in a group of parents of children ages 0-5 with sickle cell disease. The investigators hope that both methods lead to parents reaching a high-quality, well-informed decision. In addition, the team hopes to demonstrate that parents who experience a shared decision will have lower anxiety and decisional uncertainty. The researchers also expect these parents to be more likely to choose hydroxyurea and that their children will have less pain, fewer hospitalizations, better developmental outcomes, and higher quality of life. The project team hopes to show that the toolkit method is easy for clinicians to use and gives parents the support needed to make an informed decision.