SichReg: Sickle-cell Disease Registry of the GPOH
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Sickle cell disease is one of the most common hereditary diseases. Most severe complications can be avoided if the disease is detected early and treated appropriately.
The sickle cell disease registry of the Society for Paediatric Oncology/Haematology aims at describing the epidemiology of sickle cell disease in German-speaking central Europe. Patients with sickle cell disease will be characterized clinically and genetically and treatment will be documented with the aim to find predictors of the course of disease.
In addition, the registry results should provide a solid evidence base to incorporate sickle cell disease into routine newborn screening and to update the national guidelines for the management of patients suffering from sickle cell disease in Germany.
A consortium of five university hospitals (Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Ulm) has been mandated by the Society for Paediatric Oncology/Haematology to implement this registry.
The number of participating centers is constantly increasing and new centers that take care of either pediatric or adult patients with sickle cell disease are encouraged to support the registry.
For further information please refer to: http://www.sichelzellkrankheit.info/
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Patients with any sickling condition, including among others Sickle Cell Anemia, HbSC Disease, HbS-betaThal, excluding Sickle Cell Trait. |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Change in incidence of sickle-cell disease [Baseline and yearly, up to 10 years]
The incidence of sickle-cell disease will be reported every year in comparison to the preceding Report.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Complications of sickle-cell disease [Baseline and yearly, up to 10 years]
In addition to the incidence of the disease itself also possible complications will be reported in comparison to the preceding report (in case of the first report, only the prevalence will be reported as baseline).
- Treatment of sickle-cell disease [Baseline and yearly, up to 10 years]
In addition to the incidence of the disease itself also the treatment received will be reported in comparison to the preceding report (in case of the first report, only the prevalence will be reported as baseline).
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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signed informed consent
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current residency in either Germany, Austria or Switzerland
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sickle cell disease confirmed by hemoglobin analysis or molecular genetic analysis
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Homozygous sickle cell disease (HbSS)
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HbSC disease
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Sickle cell disease HbS / bThal
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Other, rare sickle cell syndromes such as HbS/OArab, HbS/HPFH, HbS/E, HbS/D Punjab, HbS/C Harlem, HbC/S Antilles, HbS/Quebec-CHORI, HbA/S Oman, HbA/Jamaica Plain
Exclusion Criteria:
- isolated heterozygous trait for HbS
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Heidelberg | Heidelberg | BW | Germany | 69124 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- University Hospital Heidelberg
- GPOH Consortium Sickle Cell Disease
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
- University Hospital Ulm
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
- Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Joachim Kunz, Dr., Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Heidelberg
- : Holger Cario, Prof. Dr., University Hospital Ulm
- : Regine Grosse, Dr., Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
- : Andrea Jarisch, Dr., Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital
- : Andreas Kulozik, Prof. Dr., University Hospital Heidelberg
- : Stephan Lobitz, Dr. MSc, Kiniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Additional Information:
Publications
- Frömmel C, Brose A, Klein J, Blankenstein O, Lobitz S. Newborn screening for sickle cell disease: technical and legal aspects of a German pilot study with 38,220 participants. Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:695828. doi: 10.1155/2014/695828. Epub 2014 Jul 23.
- Grosse R, Lukacs Z, Cobos PN, Oyen F, Ehmen C, Muntau B, Timmann C, Noack B. The Prevalence of Sickle Cell Disease and Its Implication for Newborn Screening in Germany (Hamburg Metropolitan Area). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Jan;63(1):168-70. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25706. Epub 2015 Aug 14.
- Kunz JB, Awad S, Happich M, Muckenthaler L, Lindner M, Gramer G, Okun JG, Hoffmann GF, Bruckner T, Muckenthaler MU, Kulozik AE. Significant prevalence of sickle cell disease in Southwest Germany: results from a birth cohort study indicate the necessity for newborn screening. Ann Hematol. 2016 Feb;95(3):397-402. doi: 10.1007/s00277-015-2573-y. Epub 2015 Dec 12.
- Kunz JB, Cario H, Grosse R, Jarisch A, Lobitz S, Kulozik AE. The epidemiology of sickle cell disease in Germany following recent large-scale immigration. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Jul;64(7). doi: 10.1002/pbc.26550. Epub 2017 Apr 6.
- Lobitz S, Frömmel C, Brose A, Klein J, Blankenstein O. Incidence of sickle cell disease in an unselected cohort of neonates born in Berlin, Germany. Eur J Hum Genet. 2014 Aug;22(8):1051-3. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.286. Epub 2014 Jan 8.
- Lobitz S. Neugeborenenscreening auf Sichelzellkrankheiten in Deutschland. Kinder- und Jugendmedizin 2017;17(2):82-86 [German]
- Register Sichelzellkrankheit