L-Glutamine Therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia
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Official title
A Phase II, Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, Study of L Glutamine Therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle ß0-Thalassemia
Brief summary
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The primary purpose is to evaluate the effect of L-glutamine therapy on exercise endurance and breath by breath exercise response of sickle cell anemia patients The secondary purpose is to assess the effect of L-glutamine on incidence of painful crises; level of chronic pain, and amount of daily requirement for narcotics.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00586209
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 15 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 5, 2004
- Primary completion
- Aug 26, 2008
- Completion
- Oct 31, 2009
- Last update posted
- Feb 1, 2021
2004 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Biomed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | Torrance | California | 90502 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Feb 1, 2021 · Synced Sep 1, 2026
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