Long Term Outcomes in β Thalassemia Major
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Official title
Long Term Outcomes in β Thalassemia Major - Comparing Late Outcomes Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Standard Supportive Care
Brief summary
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Beta thalassemia (β-thalassemia) is the most common genetic disease worldwide. Individuals with thalassemia are born with a defect in hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to vital organs such as the brain, heart, lungs and kidneys. Thalassemia major is a hereditary anemia characterized by little or no ß-globin production, which results in hemolysis (breakdown or destruction of red blood cells) due to the formation of unstable alpha-globin tetramers and ineffective erythropoiesis which is uniformly fatal in the absence of regular transfusions. Although improvements in conservative treatment have improved the prognosis of thalassemia considerably disease and transfusion related complications in affected patients progress over time, causing severe morbidity and shortened life expectancy. Substantial lifelong health care expenses are also involved, often a financial burden for families and unsustainable in most developing countries. The hypothesis is that patients who had beta thalassemia who have undergone a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and are \>1 year post-HSCT will have less long term comorbidities and a higher quality of life (QOL) as compared to those with beta thalassemia who are maintained on supportive care. In order to assess quality of life, a quality of life questionnaire will be asked. Extraction of data from the patient's medical record will also be used to determine any comorbidities that have occurred after either a HSCT or supportive care therapy.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02307786
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 176 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 0 Years to 30 Years
- 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
- May 31, 2014
- Primary completion
- Nov 12, 2015
- Completion
- Nov 29, 2016
- Last update posted
- Feb 10, 2025
2014 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 10, 2025 · Synced Sep 25, 2026
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