128
Participants
Start Date
June 30, 2004
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2007
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2008
Arginine
Depending on the weight of the child or adult, the patients took any where between 4-10 capsules 2 times a day. Patients weighing less than 45 kilograms were on the low dose active (or placebo) so the capsules were smaller. Patients greater than or equal to 45 kgs were on the high dose active or placebo, so these capsules were larger.
Placebo
Depending on the weight of the child or adult, the patients took any where between 4-10 capsules 2 times a day. Patients weighing less than 45 kilograms were on the low dose active (or placebo) so the capsules were smaller. Patients greater than or equal to 45 kgs were on the high dose active or placebo, so these capsules were larger.
Montefiore Medical Center, The Bronx
Children's Hospital of Montefiore, The Bronx
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
St. Christopher's Children's Research Hospital, Philadelphia
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
Duke University Medical Center, Durham
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis
University of Mississippi Medical Center (Adult), Jackson
University of Mississippi Medical Center (Pediatric), Jackson
Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville
Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center--Sickle Cell Treatment and Research Center, Denver
University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco
Children's Hospital of Oakland and Research Institute, Oakland
Boston Medical Center, Boston
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
OTHER