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Participants
Start Date
December 31, 2004
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2010
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2010
Monthly blood transfusion regimen
Participants will receive blood transfusions at 3- to 4-week intervals for 6 months for the treatment of SCD-related anemia; the total number of transfusions that participants will receive will vary between six and eight.
Usual care
Participants will receive usual care for the treatment of SCD.
Howard University, Washington D.C.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
Duke University Medical Center, Durham
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
Memorial Cancer Institute, Hollywood
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati
Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University, Detroit
Washington University, St Louis
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, Oakland
Boston Medical Center, Boston
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
OTHER