Anemia in the Elderly

Completed

Conditions studied: Anemia

In brief

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).

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00640172
Run by
Stanford University
People needed
343
Starts
2009-08-01
Expected to finish
2011-12-01
Last updated by the study team
2016-03-24

Who can join

Age: 20 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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