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Effect of Blood Storage Age on the Resolution of Lactic Acidosis in Children With Severe Malarial Anemia at Mulago Hospital

NCT01580111 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2012-04-18

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Summary

In resolving lactic acidosis among children with severe malarial anemia, there is no difference between those transfused with blood of longer storage compared to shorter storage age

Conditions

  • Compare Blood Age for Transfusion

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Blood transfusion

The short storage arm; children were transfused with packed red cells of storage age 1-10 days; while for the Long storage arm; were transfused with packed red cells of 21- 35 days in storage.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Makerere University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • AGGREY DHABANGI, MBChB, M.Med · Makerere University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
59 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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