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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01242878
Date of registration: 16/11/2010
Primary sponsor: University College, London
Public title: MACS Study - Microparticles and Coagulation in Sickle Cell Disease MACS
Scientific title: MACS Study - Microparticles and Coagulation in Sickle Cell Disease: An Observational Study to Measure the Levels of Circulating Microvesicles and Coagulation Activation Parameters in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease in the in- and Out-patient Setting.
Date of first enrolment: December 2010
Target sample size: 360
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01242878
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional  
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:   Sara Trompeter, MB ChB BSC MRCPCH FRCPath
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Email: sara.trompeter@nhs.net
Affiliation: 
Name:   Baba Inusa, MB BS FRCPCH
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Affiliation:  Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Name:   John B Porter, MB BChir FRCPath MD
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Affiliation:  University College London and University College London NHS Foundation Trust
Name:   Bernard A Davis, MD FRCPath
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Affiliation:  Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subject Inclusion Criteria:

Patient (or parent if child) able to give informed consent Compound heterozygote or
homozygote for a sickling disorder (i.e. has sickle cell disease) Having a blood test in
any case

- Healthy volunteer Inclusion Criteria:

Person (or parent if child) able to give informed consent If a child, having a blood test
or cannula inserted in any case Ethnically matched - of African origin Must know their
sickle cell status or have it tested as part of the study and agree to have this result
given to them and their G.P.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subject Exclusion Criteria:

Inability to meet all inclusion criteria

- Healthy Volunteer Exclusion Criteria:

Compound heterozygote or homozygote for a sickling disorder (i.e. has sickle cell disease)
Inability to meet all inclusion criteria Ongoing
cancerous/inflammatory/haematological/infective illness (the levels of microparticles and
coagulation parameters have been shown to be elevated in these disorders and so would not
be appropriate to be included in a control group)



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Sickle Cell Disease
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
10/0270
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
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