Early Screening and Treatment of Heart Complication in Sickle Cell Disease

Summary

This study tests whether early heart screening and treatment for iron overload in subjects with sickle cell disease can prevent heart problems and reduce hospitalizations.

Timeline

Start

2025-10-07

Primary completion

2026-06-30

Completion

2027-06-30

Publications

• Background Fitzhugh CD, Lauder N, Jonassaint JC, Telen MJ, Zhao X, Wright EC, Gilliam FR, De Castro LM. Cardiopulmonary complications leading to premature deaths in adult patients with sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol. 2010 Jan;85(1):36-40. doi: 10.1002/ajh.21569.
• Background Hamideh D, Alvarez O. Sickle cell disease related mortality in the United States (1999-2009). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Sep;60(9):1482-6. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24557. Epub 2013 Apr 23.
• Background Lanzkron S, Carroll CP, Haywood C Jr. Mortality rates and age at death from sickle cell disease: U.S., 1979-2005. Public Health Rep. 2013 Mar-Apr;128(2):110-6. doi: 10.1177/003335491312800206.
• Background Whipple NS, Naik RJ, Kang G, Moen J, Govindaswamy SD, Fowler JA, Dowdy J, Penkert R, Joshi VM, Hankins JS. Ventricular global longitudinal strain is altered in children with sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2018 Dec;183(5):796-806. doi: 10.1111/bjh.15607. Epub 2018 Nov 19.
• Background Darbari DS, Sheehan VA, Ballas SK. The vaso-occlusive pain crisis in sickle cell disease: Definition, pathophysiology, and management. Eur J Haematol. 2020 Sep;105(3):237-246. doi: 10.1111/ejh.13430. Epub 2020 May 19.
• Background Modell CB. Haemoglobinopathies. The pathophysiology of beta-thalassaemia major. J Clin Pathol Suppl (R Coll Pathol). 1974;8:12-8. No abstract available.
• Background Taher AT, Saliba AN. Iron overload in thalassemia: different organs at different rates. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2017 Dec 8;2017(1):265-271. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2017.1.265.

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