Effectiveness of Laying-on-of-hands for Sickle Cell Disease

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Sickle Cell Disease; Death; Pain Crisis Recurrent; Anemia; Infection
• Interventions: Behavioral: laying-on-of-hands

• Registration Number: NCT01518218
• Lead Sponsor: MOA Health Science Foundation

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of 1-year administration of laying-on-of-hands on the morbidity and mortality of patients with sickle cell disease in Africa.

Detailed Description

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) have a high risk of premature death in Africa, mainly due to insufficient medical services. SCD patients often visit emergency department and need hospitalization when they suffer from severe pain; however, they manage most of painful episodes at home. Appropriate pain management at home is, therefore, crucial to improve their clinical course and quality of life. Laying-on-of-hands may be a good candidate for home care management, because family member(s) can become a practitioner of laying-on-of-hands without difficulty and administer it to their loved one as an initial treatment whenever necessary. There are no reports concerning the effectiveness of laying-on-of-hands for the outcomes of SCD patients, as far as we have investigated.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-03
• Primary Completion: 2007-03
• Study Completion: 2009-12
• Status Verified: 2012-01
• Study First Submitted: 2012-01-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-01-21
• Study First Posted: 2012-01-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-04-09
• Last Update Posted: 2015-04-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with symptoms associated with sickle cell disease
• those able to receive laying-on-of-hands every weekday for 1 year
• those able to receive conventional medical treatment whenever necessary
• those able to receive blood test at the beginning, after 6 month and after 1 year

Exclusion Criteria

• those who wish to use other complementary and alternative therapies along with laying-on-of-hands

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
laying-on-of-hands	laying-on-of-hands	Patients of this arm received laying-on-of-hands twice a day (45 minutes each) every weekday for 1year, and received conventional medical treatment if necessary.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
disease-related episodes and mortality	3 years and 9 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
blood data	1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The national medical center for sickle cell disease; 🇨🇩 Kinshasa, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the