Endocrine and Nutritional Assessment in B Thalassemia Major

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel133 enrolled

Overview

B Thalassemia patients developed short stature and low weight in spite no evident endocrine abnormalities. One hypothesis is that they developed some degree of malnutrition,then the purpose of this study is to assess the nutritional status before nutritional intervention and after one year. Siblings of the patients will serve as a control group. BMI, lipid and endocrine profile and leptin levels will be analysed in the study group only.

The nutritionist will advice the patients about calories requirement and intake, balance diet and follow up the patients during the study period of one year. No special medicaments or drug therapy will be provided as part of the study protocol

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

133

Conditions

Thalassemia

Interventions

Nutritional recommendationsOTHER

Nutritional status assessment including complete endocrine and lipid laboratory profile and after one year of nutritional follow up a secondary assessment will be done

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All patients above age 5 ys treated in the clinic.

Locations (1)

Pediatric Hematology Unit - HaEmek Medical Center

Afula, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

BMI

Time frame: 1 year study

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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