Sickle Cell Anemia in an Arab Bedouin Village in the Northern Israel

Sickle Cell Anemia in an Arab Bedouin Village in the Northern Israel- An Observational Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00481039

Enrollment

300

Registered

2007-06-01

Start date

2007-05-31

Completion date

2008-12-31

Last updated

2009-09-04

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Conditions

Sickle Cell Disease

Keywords

Sickle cell disease, Sickle cell thalassemia, Population screening

Brief summary

Sickle cell anemia and sickle cell thalassemia are frequent diseases among the israeli arab population. The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical characteristics of the patients in one arab village and the laboratory characteristics in the carriers of this gene based in the screening for pregnant women that is carried out in the population of northern Israel. The results can be useful in order to institute universal screening for sickle cell anemia in northern Israel.

Interventions

PROCEDUREMedical history and basic laboratory analysis

Medical history and basic laboratory analysis

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All the patients that were diagnosed as having sickle cell disease in the specific village and all the population screened for hemoglobinopathies in the same location

Countries

Israel

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026