Anemia in the Elderly
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Brief summary
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Eligible elderly men and women with anemia will undergo a full hematologic evaluation plus additional laboratory tests to determine the etiology of the anemia. In a subset of subjects, bone marrow aspirate and biopsies will be obtained for a planned analysis of erythroid progenitor and stem cells. Plasma; serum; and bone marrow samples will be will be compared to elderly non-anemic controls. Bone marrow samples will also be compared to non-anemic young controls (purchased).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00640172
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 343 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 20 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 2009 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2011 (Actual)
- Completion
- Dec 2011 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Mar 24, 2016
2009 – 2011
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Palo Alto Health Care System | Palo Alto | California | 94304 | — |
| Stanford University School of Medicine | Stanford | California | 94305 | — |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84132 | — |
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