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CompletedNCT00971984Updated Sep 1, 2015

Demographic, Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Children With Alpha Thalassemia in Northern Israel

An observational study in Thalassemia Alpha and Hemolytic Anemia, sponsored by HaEmek Medical Center, Israel. Completed at 1 site in Israel. Open to participants aged Up to 20 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-09-01.

Sponsored by HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
50
Ages
Up to 20 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study intends to summarize the clinical and laboratory characteristics of children with hemolytic anemia diagnosed as having alpha thalassemia mutations.

Read the detailed description

Fifty children and adolescents diagnosed as having alpha thalassemia will be studied, the clinical characteristics and hematology analysis will be summarized.

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Conditions studied

  • Thalassemia Alpha
  • Hemolytic Anemia
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In context

Thalassemia

416 studies on the registry are indexed under Thalassemia; 67 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 50 is below the median of 100 across 120 observational studies indexed under Thalassemia.

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Lead sponsor

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel is the lead sponsor of 228 studies on the registry; 12 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Up to 20 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

A group of 50 children that underwent workup due to hemolytic anemia and were further diagnosis as suffering from clinical alpha thalassemia.

Inclusion criteria

  • All the patients that were studied at the pediatric hematology unit ant the Ha'Emek Medical Center

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
50 participants (actual)

Groups and cohorts

  • Alpha thalassemia patients

    Patients diagnosed with alpha thalassemia mutations and anemia

    Other: Medical records summary

Interventions

  • OtherMedical records summary

    Summary of Medical files and laboratory results.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Analysis of the Demographic, Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Children With Alpha Thalassemia

    Analysis of the Demographic, Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Children With Alpha Thalassemia

    Time frame: One year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Pediatric Hematology Unit and Pediatric Dpt B - HaEmek Medical Center
    Afula, 18101, Israel
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 1, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00971984
Lead sponsor
HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
Responsible party
Dr Koren Ariel (Head of Pediatric Hematology Unit and Pediatric Dpt B, HaEmek Medical Center, Israel) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 4, 2009
Start date
Oct 2009
Primary completion
Apr 2012
Completion
Apr 2012
Last update
Sep 1, 2015

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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