Clinical trials: Anemia in Children
Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome, Thalassemia
Conditioning Regimen for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation
In this study, the investigators test 2 dose levels of thiotepa (5 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg) added to the backbone of targeted reduced dose IV busulfan, fludarabine and rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG) to determine the minimum…
- Conditions
- Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome, Thalassemia, Sickle Cell Disease, Diamond Blackfan Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT03513328
- Testing
- Thiotepa--single daily dose, Thiotepa--escalated dose
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Beta Thalassemia Major Anemia, Iron Overload
Safety and Efficacy of Early Treatment With Deferiprone in Infants and Young Children
This study is looking at the effects of giving early treatment of deferiprone to young children with beta thalassemia who have started receiving regular blood transfusions but have not yet reached the criteria for starting on…
- Trial name
- START (NCT03591575)
- Testing
- Deferiprone oral solution
- Where
- 4 sites in Egypt, Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Chiesi Canada Corp
Nocturnal Enuresis, Anemia, Sickle Cell
Desmopressin for Bedwetting in Children With SCD
This study assesses if using the medication desmopressin will decrease nightime bedwetting in children with sickle cell disease.
- Trial name
- NCT04420585
- Testing
- Desmopressin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia, Diamond-blackfan Anemia
Alemtuzumab, Fludarabine, and Busulfan Followed By Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Young Patients With Hematologic Disorders
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as alemtuzumab, can block cancer growth in different ways. Some block the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread.
- Conditions
- Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia, Diamond-blackfan Anemia, Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00301834
- Testing
- alemtuzumab, busulfan, cyclosporine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Comparison of NovaFerrum® vs Ferrous Sulfate Treatment in Young Children With Nutritional Iron Deficiency Anemia
This study is a randomized, controlled, double-blinded single center trial to compare the efficacy of NovaFerrum® to ferrous sulfate for the treatment of nutritional iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in infants and young children.
- Trial name
- BESTIRON (NCT01904864)
- Testing
- elemental iron (NovaFerrum®), elemental iron (Ferrous Sulfate)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Malaria,Falciparum
Enhancing Preventive Therapy of Malaria In Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in East Africa (EPiTOMISE)
This is a randomized, three-arm, open-label, clinical trial of malaria chemoprevention in children with sickle-cell anemia (SCA) at a single site in Homa Bay, Kenya.
- Trial name
- EPiTOMISE (NCT03178643)
- Testing
- Proguanil Oral Tablet, Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethanine-Amodiaquine (SP-AQ), Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine (DP)
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 246 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal
Eculizumab Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics Study in Pediatric/Adolescent Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) parameter estimates of eculizumab to confirm the dose regimens for pediatric and adolescent participants with PNH.
- Trial name
- NCT00867932
- Testing
- Eculizumab
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Hematologic Diseases, Anemia, Sickle Cell
Hydroxyurea to Prevent Organ Damage in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia
The purpose of this study is to determine if hydroxyurea therapy is effective in the prevention of chronic end organ damage in pediatric patients with sickle cell anemia.
- Trial name
- NCT00006400
- Testing
- Hydroxyurea
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Sickle Cell Disease, Stroke
Hydroxyurea to Prevent Brain Injury in Sickle Cell Disease
This is a pilot study of hydroxyurea versus placebo to reduce central nervous system complications (abnormally fast blood flow to the brain, silent cerebral infarct or stroke) in young children with sickle cell disease.
- Trial name
- HUPrevent (NCT01389024)
- Testing
- Hydroxyurea
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Trial of Oral Glutamine in Patients With Sickle Cell Anemia
Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) seem to have higher energy needs than children who do not have the disease. This may be the reason why children and teenagers with sickle cell anemia tend to be smaller, weigh less, and have…
- Trial name
- NCT00131508
- Testing
- Glutamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle-Cell; Hemoglobin Disease, Thalassemia
Pharmacokinetics of Oral Hydroxyurea Solution
An open label, safety and pharmacokinetic study of oral hydroxyurea solution administered to children from 6 months to 17.99 years (i.e.
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle-Cell; Hemoglobin Disease, Thalassemia, Sickle Cell-beta-thalassemia, Sickle Cell Hemoglobin C
- Trial name
- HUPK (NCT03763656)
- Testing
- Oral Hydroxyurea (100 mg/mL) Solution
- Where
- 6 sites in Jamaica, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Laboratories Limited
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
A Study of Ravulizumab (ALXN1210) in Children and Adolescents With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
The purpose of this study was to assess the pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), safety, and efficacy of ravulizumab in pediatric participants with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
- Trial name
- NCT03406507
- Testing
- Ravulizumab
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, France and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sickle Cell Crisis, Acute Pain
Low-dose Ketamine vs Morphine for Vaso-occlusive Crisis in Sicklers
This clinical trial will inform of the role of Low dose ketamine in the acute treatment of severe painful sickle cell crisis in children in a day-case sickle cell centre.
- Trial name
- KEM-VOC (NCT02434939)
- Testing
- Low dose ketamine, Morphine
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Sickle Cell Disease
Study to Evaluate the Effect of GBT440 on TCD in Pediatrics With Sickle Cell Disease
This study is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of voxelotor in pediatric participants, aged ≥ 2 to < 15 years old, with Sickle Cell Disease.
- Trial name
- HOPE Kids 2 (NCT04218084)
- Testing
- Voxelotor
- Where
- 35 sites in United States, Egypt and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 236 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Chronic Iron Overload
Efficacy/Safety Study of Deferiprone Compared to Deferasirox in Paediatric Patients
Multicentre, randomised, open label, non-inferiority active-controlled trial to evaluate efficacy and safety of a 12-months treatment with deferiprone (DFP) at dose of 75-100 mg/kg/day versus deferasirox (DFX) at dose of 20-40…
- Trial name
- NCT01825512
- Testing
- Deferiprone, Deferasirox
- Where
- 22 sites in Albania, Cyprus and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 435 people
- Sponsor
- Consorzio per Valutazioni Biologiche e Farmacologiche
Anemia, Iron-deficiency
Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Ferric Maltol Oral Suspension vs. Ferrous Sulfate Oral Liquid in Children and Adolescents Aged 2 to 17 Years With Iron-deficiency Anaemia, With a Single Arm Study in Infants Aged 1 Month to Less Than 2 Years
The objective of the study is to compare the safety and gastrointestinal tolerability of ferric maltol oral suspension and ferrous sulfate oral liquid in children and adolescents aged 2 years to 17 years, and assess the safety…
- Trial name
- FORTIS (NCT05126901)
- Testing
- Ferric Maltol, Ferrous sulfate
- Where
- 23 sites in United States, Puerto Rico and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Shield Therapeutics
Sickle Cell Disease
Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects haemoglobin - the molecule in blood cells which carries oxygen. It causes red blood cells to become abnormal crescent (or sickle)- shaped.
- Trial name
- NCT02090881
- Testing
- Ultrasound scan
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Graft Versus Host Disease
Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Total-Body Irradiation Followed by Cyclosporine and Mycophenolate Mofetil in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing a Donor Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant for Hematologic Cancer
RATIONALE: Giving low doses of chemotherapy, such as fludarabine and cyclophosphamide, and radiation therapy before a donor umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells.
- Conditions
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders, Graft Versus Host Disease, Leukemia, Lymphoma
- Trial name
- NCT00255684
- Testing
- graft-versus-tumor induction therapy, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)
Study of Ravulizumab in Children and Adolescents With Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS)
The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy of ravulizumab to control disease activity in children and adolescents with aHUS who have not previously used a complement inhibitor (complement inhibitor treatment-naïve), as…
- Trial name
- NCT03131219
- Testing
- Ravulizumab
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, Belgium and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron-deficiency
Oral Iron Versus Oral Iron Plus a Web-based Behavioral Intervention in Young Children (IRONCHILD)
Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affects nearly half a million young children in the United States. Most children take liquid iron medicine by mouth for at least 3 months.
- Trial name
- NCT04371536
- Testing
- Ferrous Sulfate, IRONCHILD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine