Evaluation of an Information Management and Communication System for Population-wide Point-of-Care Infant Sickle Cell Disease Screening

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Conditions studied: Sickle Cell Disease

In brief

A cluster randomized trial (CRT) of the novel sickle cell disease (SCD), M-health based SCD Information Management and Communication system SIMCS vs routine new born screening strategy in health care centres in Uganda to evaluate impact on access screening, coordination of care and clinical outcomes

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07610239

Run by

Makerere University

People needed

24000

Starts

2026-03-25

Expected to finish

2027-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Providers of child health and maternity services at selected hospitals Infants born or attending child health and maternity services at selected hospitals . Infants are the targeted age-group in this study because this is the ideal age to screen for SCD and prevent complications and mortality that generally occurs early, by 5 years old. The infants will be recruited at birth or at vaccination visits

You may not qualify if…

• Decline of inability to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• Nalufenya Childrens — Jinja, Uganda (enrolling)

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