Assessment of Pain in People With Thalassemia Who Are Treated With Regular Blood Transfusions

Completed

Conditions studied: Thalassemia

In brief

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that can result in mild to severe anemia. Regular blood transfusions, which refresh the healthy red blood cell supply, are one treatment for thalassemia. People with thalassemia often experience pain, but the exact source of pain remains unknown. This study will examine how pain varies during the blood transfusion cycle in people with thalassemia who are treated with regular blood transfusions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00872833

Run by

Carelon Research

People needed

32

Starts

2009-07-01

Expected to finish

2010-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-10-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participating in the Thalassemia Clinical Research Network Assessment of Pain study
• Has a transfusion dependence of at least eight transfusions per year
• Diagnosis of beta thalassemia or E-beta-thalassemia
• Experiences at least "mild" pain in the 1 month before study entry, as measured by the response to the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) question #6 from the Assessment of Pain study

You may not qualify if…

• Unwillingness or inability to complete the Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (BPI-SF) on a daily basis

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Children's Hospital Research Center Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
• Stanford University - School of Medicine — Stanford, California, United States
• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Weill Medical College of Cornell — New York, New York, United States
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States
• University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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