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NCT06345638Completed

Sex Hormones and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Aug 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study aims to characterize sex differences in the pathophysiology of vaso-occlusive crises (VOC) occurring among individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD). * The study will compare CRP and other biomarkers between females with SCD in the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle and males with SCD. * The study will explore potential sex differences in biomarker changes between females and males with SCD during and following resolution of VOC. * The study will compare neutrophil and platelet adhesion to the endothelium and real time fibrin deposition in the blood.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
52 (actual)
First submitted
12 Mar 2024
Start date
1 Mar 2024
Primary completion date
17 Jun 2025
Lead sponsor
University of Pennsylvania
NCT number
NCT06345638

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Participants enrolled: 52
  • From 1 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 17 Jun 2025
  • 3 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other

  • Currently pregnant, pregnant within the last month, or seeking to become pregnant

Who the study is looking for

  • Adult males and females aged 18-45
  • Diagnosis of sickle cell disease
  • current hospitalization for vaso-occlusive pain episode or current outpatient infusion at the recruiting sites
  • Able to read and understand English
  • Willing to comply with study procedures

Age in the registry: 18 years to 45 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (3)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Pennsylvania Hospital
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status
Penn Medicine University City
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status

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