Discriminating between Thalasssemia from patients with iron deficiciency with red blood cell measurements.
- Conditions
- Alpha-ThalassemiaBeta-ThalassemiaIron deficiencyHereditary hemochromatosis
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON22102
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 132
Inclusion Criteria
1. > 18 years
2. No blood transfusion within the past 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
1. Suffering from a serious condition
2. Fever at time of venepuncture
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Red blood cell deformability
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Investigating underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of RBCs in thalassemia and iron disorders. Correlating clinical data, morphology of RBCs, haematological parameters and iron status to red blood cell deformability.