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Filter by:Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disease that causes the body to produce abnormal ( sickled ) red blood cells. SCD can cause anemia and life-threatening complications in the lungs, heart, kidney, and nerves. People with SCD are also at increased risk of forming blood clots in the veins and lungs, but the standard treatments for these clots can cause increased bleeding in people with SCD. Better treatments are needed. Objective: To test a drug (fostamatinib) in people with SCD. Eligibility: People aged 18 to 65 with SCD. Design: Participants will have 6 clinic visits over 12 weeks. Each visit will be 2 to 3 hours. Participants will be screened. They will have a physical exam with blood tests. They will tell the researchers about the medications they take. Fostamatinib is a tablet taken by mouth. Participants will take the drug at home, twice a day, for up to 6 weeks. Participants will have a clinic visit every 2 weeks while they are taking the drug. At each visit they will have a physical exam with blood tests. They will talk about any side effects the drug may be causing. If they are tolerating the drug well after the first 2 weeks, they may begin taking a higher dose. Participants will have a final visit 4 weeks after they stop taking the drug. They will have a physical exam and blood tests; they will be checked for any side effects of the drug.
1. To study the expression pattern of PUM1 gene in patients with sickle cell anemia and β-thalassemia intermedia. 2. To detect PUM1 protein levels in sickle cell anemia and β-thalassemia intermedia patients. 3. To correlate PUM1 gene expression pattern and protein levels with HbF levels in sickle cell anemia and β-thalassemia intermedia patients.
The thalassemias are a group of inherited hematologic disorders caused by defects in the synthesis of one or more of the hemoglobin chains [1]. Thalassemia are classified into the alpha (α) and (β) thalassemia, which contain deficits in (α) and (β) globin production respectively (α)thalassemia are caused by decreased production of alpha-globin chains from chromosome 16. There are 4 types of (α) thalassemia: thalassemia silent carrier thalassemia carrier . Hemoglobin H disease thalassemia major Beta-thalassemia are caused by point mutations or more rarely deletions in the β-globin gene on chromosome 11, leading to reduced (β+) or absent (β0) synthesis of the β chains of hemoglobin. Imbalances of globin chains cause hemolysis and impair erythropoiesis [4-7]. β-thalassemia can be classified into: Beta Thalassemia major, Beta Thalassemia intermedia, Beta Thalassemia minor Thalassemia is a chronic disease that presents a range of serious clinical and psychological challenges. The effects of thalassemia on physical health can lead to physical deformity, growth retardation, and delayed puberty [9, 10]. Its impact on physical appearance, e.g., bone deformities and short stature, also contributes to a poor self-image [10, 11]. Severe complications such as heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, liver disease, endocrine complications, and infections are common among thalassemia patients [8, 12].
The effect of N_acetylcystein as an antioxidant on iron overload and frequency of blood transfusion in β-thalassemia major patients at Assiut Childern Hospital University And its cosubmitted for partial fulfillment of master degree in Pediatrics
This study will be intented to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lentiviral vector transduction of β-globin genetically modified autologous CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia.
This study will be intented to evaluate the safety and efficacy of lentiviral vector transduction of β-globin genetically modified autologous CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia.
1. - To design an amplification-refractory mutation system (ARMS) for the DNA diagnosis of the IVS I-6 (T>C) mutation. 2. - To detect the prevelence of the mutation among Assiut University Hospital patients. 3. - Phenotype/genotype correlation of the mutation.
Genetic disorders, such as thalassemia, can lead to iron overload and severe adverse health outcomes. In iron-loading thalassemia, iron overload is due to increased iron absorption. Iron accumulates in the body organs causing widespread damage. The standard treatment is iron chelation therapy and/or periodic phlebotomy to remove iron from the body; frequency of phlebotomy or chelation therapy is dependent on how quickly body iron stores accumulate. Polyphenolic compounds are very strong inhibitors of non-heme iron absorption, as they form insoluble complexes with ferrous iron in the gastrointestinal tract that cannot be absorbed. The investigators have recently shown in European subjects with hereditary hemochromatosis (another iron-loading disorder) that our newly-developed natural polyphenol supplement (PPS) that is rich in polyphenols, when taken with iron-rich meals or with an iron-fortified drink, reduces iron absorption by ~40%. Decreasing non-heme iron absorption in adults with iron-loading thalassemia could potentially lead to an extension of the time period between phlebotomies or chelation therapies, and therefore an improved quality of life. Therefore, in this stable iron isotope study, the investigators will study the effect the natural PPS on oral iron absorption from an iron-rich test meal or iron-fortified drink in Thai adults with iron-loading thalassemia.
To assess the effect of different risk factors on the growth parameters of thalassemic patients in Assiut University children Hospital (AUCH) In order to help in decreasing the morbidity and mortality resulting from iron overload and improving the quality of life for thalassemic patient
Multiple studies showed the negative impact thalassemia disease and its therapy have on the cognition of these patients. This study aims to assess and compare the cognition, psychological impact and quality of life among patients with B thalassemia major, requiring regular blood transfusion, patients with B thalassemia intermedia, who don't, and healthy controls. Thus, estimating the role of blood transfusion and hemosiderosis in cognitive impairment, psychological symptoms, and low quality of life in these patients.