A Rehabilitation Program in Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cognitive Deficits: a Pilot Study

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Conditions studied: Sickle Cell Disease

In brief

The overall goal of this project is to determine the feasibility of conducting a cognitive intervention for children with sickle cell disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00895154

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

21

Starts

2003-09-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-15

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Sickle cell disease that is confirmed by hemoglobin analysis
• Has a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) document reading by a neuroradiologist
• Cognitive deficits, which are defined by one standard deviation lower than the normal ranges of an age-based standard score in cognitive tests that are evaluated by a psychologist
• Must be a student who will remain in school for at least 2 years
• Must provide informed consent with assent in accordance with the institutional policies (institutional review board approval)

You may not qualify if…

• Known developmental delays (these participants are ineligible because their learning potential may be biased from a prior insult)
• Intelligent quotient is less than 50 (may have impaired learning potential)
• Aphasic (i.e., unable to produce intelligible speech)

Where it is running

• Washington University School of Medicine/St. Louis Children's Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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