Active clinical trials for "Anemia"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of allogeneic transplant after a reduced-intensity preparative regimen for patient, to evaluate survival, and to evaluate the side effects of this treatment. The patient will be in the study for two years for treatment and active monitoring. After treatment and active monitoring are over, the patient's medical condition will be followed indefinitely.

Hypothesis: The first part of the study is a survey on the prevalence of anemia of chronic disease (ACD) among COPD patients. The 2nd and 3rd part will test 2 null hypotheses (Ho): 1.serum inflammatory markers and plasma erythropoietin do not differ between COPD patients with and without ACD and 2. exercise capacity does not differ between COPD patients with and without ACD. Rationale-Aim: ACD is an immune driven disorder, developing in subjects suffering from chronic inflammatory diseases. COPD is a disorder very likely to be associated to ACD due to its systemic inflammatory dimension. Currently, data on the prevalence of ACD and on the level of inflammatory markers which are implicated in the pathogenesis of ACD in COPD subjects are limited and controversial. Furthermore, there is no data on the effect of ACD on exercise capacity of COPD subjects. Based to the aforementioned, this study has three goals: to determine the prevalence and the epidemiologic characteristics of ACD in a population of clinical stable COPD patients to investigate whether the levels of serum inflammatory markers and of plasma erythropoietin differ between COPD patients with ACD and without ACD to determine potential differences regarding the aerobic exercise capacity between these two groups, using the cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET).

A study that seeks to establish an effective way of preventing anaemia in children at the community level using two known interventions - Iron supplementation and or antimalarial. Children recruited into the study will be assigned to four groups. Those receiving Placebo and Iron, those receiving Placebo and Antimalarial, those receiving Placebo and Antimalarial and those receiving double placebo. The children will be followed up over a period of nine months and their haemoglobin concentration, malaria parasites in their blood and their weight and height will be assessed.

Some micronutrients are likely to interact with malaria parasite, leading to either synergistic or antagonist effect on malaria morbidity and therefore on hemoglobin response. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of supplementation with iron or multiple micronutrients on anemia while integrated with malaria management in rural Burkinabe young anemic children with high prevalence of malaria.

The purpose of this study is to determine an effective dose of epoetin alfa to be administered prior to surgery, to decrease the need for blood transfusions during hip replacement. Epoetin alfa is a genetically engineered protein that stimulates red blood cell production.

In malaria-endemic areas, young children have an especially high risk of malaria morbidity and mortality. Malaria is estimated to cause up to 2 million deaths and 500 million clinical episodes in Africa alone. The bulk of disease in Africa and severe disease and deaths globally is due to P. falciparum. However, P. vivax is also responsible for a substantial disease burden in endemic regions outside Africa, where P. vivax may account for more than half of all malaria cases. Efforts to reduce this unacceptably high disease burden are hampered by the limited availability of affordable interventions. Following the cessation of large-scale vector control in highly endemic areas, malaria control efforts have centred on early diagnosis and treatment of clinical cases and reducing exposure through the use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs). While ITNs have been shown to significantly reduce the burden of malaria additional effective interventions are urgently needed. Several trials have shown that chemoprophylaxis given to children at weekly or fortnightly intervals reduces morbidity from malaria in a number of different settings and populations. An alternative approach has been to use intermittent preventive therapy (IPT) involving the administration of a full therapeutic dose of antimalarials at regular intervals. This is logistically easier to deliver, and is less costly, and may reduce problems of promoting drug resistance associated with regular chemoprophylaxis. Intermittent administration of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) during antenatal clinic visits was shown to be highly effective in reducing malaria and anaemia in pregnant women and improving infant birth weights. IPT in pregnancy (IPTp) is now recommended by WHO for endemic regions of Africa.

This research was conducted to carry out the effect of umbilical cord clamping time on baby anemia.

This is a Phase 2 randomized, dose-blind, multicenter study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, efficacy, Pharmacokinetics (PK), and Pharmacodynamics (PD) of treatment with KZR-616 in patients with active Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia or Immune Thrombocytopenia.

This is a Phase 2, multiple ascending, dose-finding, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, health-related quality of life, tolerability, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and immunogenicity, of up to 3 dose regimens of ALXN1830 administered subcutaneous(ly) (SC) in the treatment of WAIHA. This study will include 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cohorts (Cohorts 1 and 2) to evaluate an 8-week treatment regimen, and an optional third open-label cohort (Cohort 3) to evaluate an alternative 12-week dosing regimen. Participants may continue participation in this study at the participant's and investigator's discretion in an open-label extension (OLE) period, consisting of monthly visits to observe participants for relapse, which will require going back on active treatment.

The purpose of this research is to determine if cooking with an iron ingot called the Lucky Iron Fish (LIF) increases the hemoglobin status in women of childbearing age living in Preah Vihear, Cambodia. The investigators hypothesize that the use of the LIF during cooking over a 12-month period will be as efficacious at increasing hemoglobin concentration as iron supplements (18 mg elemental iron) and will be more efficacious than the control.