NCT07610239Recruiting
Evaluation of an Information Management and Communication System for Population-wide Point-of-Care Infant Sickle Cell Disease Screening
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 24000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 20 May 2026
- Start date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jun 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Makerere University
- Diseases
- Sickle cell disease
- NCT number
- NCT07610239
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 24000
- From 25 Mar 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2027
- 1 site 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
- Decline of inability to provide informed consent
Who the study is looking for
- 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
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nalufenya Childrens Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jinja | Uganda | Recruiting |
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