Abciximab (ReoPro) as a Therapeutic Intervention for Sickle Cell Vaso-Occlusive Pain Crisis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether giving abciximab (ReoPro) to children with sickle cell disease who are hospitalized for acute pain crisis will improve their pain and shorten the time spent in the hospital, when compared with standard supportive care.

Timeline

Start

2013-11

Primary completion

2015-03

Completion

2015-03

Publications

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• Background Dean J, Schechter AN. Sickle-cell anemia: molecular and cellular bases of therapeutic approaches (second of three parts). N Engl J Med. 1978 Oct 12;299(15):804-11. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197810122991504. No abstract available.
• Background Bunn HF. Pathogenesis and treatment of sickle cell disease. N Engl J Med. 1997 Sep 11;337(11):762-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199709113371107. No abstract available.
• Background Lane PA. Sickle cell disease. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1996 Jun;43(3):639-64. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(05)70426-0.
• Background Platt OS, Brambilla DJ, Rosse WF, Milner PF, Castro O, Steinberg MH, Klug PP. Mortality in sickle cell disease. Life expectancy and risk factors for early death. N Engl J Med. 1994 Jun 9;330(23):1639-44. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199406093302303.
• Background Platt OS, Thorington BD, Brambilla DJ, Milner PF, Rosse WF, Vichinsky E, Kinney TR. Pain in sickle cell disease. Rates and risk factors. N Engl J Med. 1991 Jul 4;325(1):11-6. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199107043250103.
• Background Steinberg MH. Management of sickle cell disease. N Engl J Med. 1999 Apr 1;340(13):1021-30. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199904013401307. No abstract available.
• Background Rees DC, Olujohungbe AD, Parker NE, Stephens AD, Telfer P, Wright J; British Committee for Standards in Haematology General Haematology Task Force by the Sickle Cell Working Party. Guidelines for the management of the acute painful crisis in sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2003 Mar;120(5):744-52. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04193.x. No abstract available.
• Background Hebbel RP. Perspectives series: cell adhesion in vascular biology. Adhesive interactions of sickle erythrocytes with endothelium. J Clin Invest. 1997 Jun 1;99(11):2561-4. doi: 10.1172/JCI119442. No abstract available.
• Background Kaul DK, Tsai HM, Liu XD, Nakada MT, Nagel RL, Coller BS. Monoclonal antibodies to alphaVbeta3 (7E3 and LM609) inhibit sickle red blood cell-endothelium interactions induced by platelet-activating factor. Blood. 2000 Jan 15;95(2):368-74.
• Background Finnegan EM, Barabino GA, Liu XD, Chang HY, Jonczyk A, Kaul DK. Small-molecule cyclic alpha V beta 3 antagonists inhibit sickle red cell adhesion to vascular endothelium and vasoocclusion. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Aug;293(2):H1038-45. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01054.2006. Epub 2007 May 4.
• Background Ataga KI, Orringer EP. Hypercoagulability in sickle cell disease: a curious paradox. Am J Med. 2003 Dec 15;115(9):721-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2003.07.011.
• Background Ataga KI, Key NS. Hypercoagulability in sickle cell disease: new approaches to an old problem. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2007:91-6. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2007.1.91.

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