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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 7 January 2013
Main ID:  NCT01393847
Date of registration: 12/07/2011
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Public title: Nitric Oxide and Sickle Cell Pain
Scientific title: Biochemical and Genetic Mechanisms for Etiology of Sickle Cell Pain
Date of first enrolment: June 2011
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01393847
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office (PRPL)
Address: 
Telephone: 800-411-1222
Email: prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov
Affiliation: 
Name:   Wendy B Smith, Ph.D.
Address: 
Telephone: (301) 451-0089
Email: smithwe@mail.nih.gov
Affiliation: 
Name:   Alan N Schechter, M.D.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

- INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR SICKLE CELL SUBJECTS:

All subjects with sickle cell disease will be eligible for enrollment in this study if
they meet all of the following criteria:

18 years of age or older

Diagnosis of sickle cell disease (electrophoretic or HPLC documentation of hemoglobin S
only phenotype is required)

No vaso-occlusive crisis during the previous two weeks

Medically stable

Can speak and understand English to complete assessments and scales

INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR MATCHED CONTROLS:

All volunteer matched control study participants will be eligible for enrollment on this
study if they meet all the following criteria:

18 years of age or older

Non-sickle cell trait or disease

Medically healthy based upon the history and physical exam and screening blood analyses

No chronic pain condition.

Can speak and understand English to complete assessments and scales

Ethnicity, age (within 5 years), and sex matched to that of sickle cell subjects already
enrolled on study

EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR ALL STUDY PARTICIPANTS:

Study participants will be excluded from the study if he/she has one or more of the
following:

Inability to provide his/her own informed consent.

Drug or alcohol dependence/abuse within the past 5 years

Cigarette smoking or the use of any tobacco products within two years

Use of tranquilizers, steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents three or more times
per week.

Clinically significant medical condition that will confound the analysis of factors
associated with sickle cell pain, such as:

- Chronic inflammatory disease (i.e. rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus
erythematosus, cirrhosis)

- Diabetes mellitus

- Uncontrolled hypertension

- Known malignancies



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pain
Sickle Cell Disease
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
11-NR-0189
110189
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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