Arginine Therapy for the Treatment of Pain in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
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Official title
Arginine Therapy for the Treatment of Vaso-Occlusive Events in Children With Severe Sickle Cell Disease
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving extra arginine to patients with sickle cell disease seeking treatment for vaso-occlusive painful events (VOE) will decrease pain scores, decrease need for pain medications or decrease length of hospital stay or emergency department visit.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02447874
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1, Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 21 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 7 Years to 21 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
- Apr 30, 2015
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2027
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2027
- Last update posted
- Jul 28, 2026
2015 – 2028
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Healthcare fo Atlanta at Hughes Spalding | Atlanta | Georgia | 30303 | Recruiting |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Arthur M. Blank Hospital | Atlanta | Georgia | 30329 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Jul 28, 2026 · Synced Sep 9, 2026
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