Study of Clotrimazole and Hydroxyurea in Patients With Sickle Cell Syndromes

NCT ID: NCT00004404

Last Updated: 2015-03-25

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1997-04-30

Study Completion Date

2002-09-30

Brief Summary

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OBJECTIVES:

Determine the effectiveness of the combined use of clotrimazole and hydroxyurea on a specific panel of red cell characteristics in patients with sickle cell syndromes.

Detailed Description

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PROTOCOL OUTLINE:

Patients receive oral hydroxyurea either once or twice daily plus oral clotrimazole twice daily after meals for 6 months. Patients are assessed at 3 and 6 months during treatment.

Completion date provided represents the completion date of the grant per OOPD records

Conditions

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Sickle Cell Anemia

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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clotrimazole

Intervention Type DRUG

hydroxyurea

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA:

--Disease Characteristics-- Sickle cell syndromes characterized by vaso-occlusive crises sufficiently severe to require prophylactic therapy Three or more crises per year sufficiently severe to require hospitalization Stable dose of hydroxyurea for at least 4 months required --Prior/Concurrent Therapy-- No treatment with any other antisickling agents within the past 4 months Biologic therapy: No transfusion within 90 days No concurrent chronic transfusions allowed (defined as more than one transfusion per month for 2 or more months) Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: No chronic medications that alter neurologic, renal, or hepatic functions

* Patient Characteristics-- Performance status: Karnofsky 70-100% Hematopoietic: WBC within normal limits Platelet count within normal limits Hepatic: No history of chronic liver disease Bilirubin less than 2 times normal SGOT and SGPT less than 2.5 times normal No severe hepatic damage Renal: Creatinine within normal limits No severe renal damage Neurologic: No severe neurologic impairment No recent or progressive neurologic impairment Other: Not pregnant Fertile patients must use effective contraception No allergies to hydroxyurea or clotrimazole
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Boston Children's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Carlo Brugnara

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Boston Children's Hospital

Locations

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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CH-B-97-052

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CH-B-FDR001022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

199/13288

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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