ANEMIA

This study will test whether sending health education via mobile phones (texts and calls) can help improve hemoglobin levels in pregnant women with mild to moderate anemia in rural Bangladesh. Researchers will enroll 160 anemic pregnant women and randomly assign half to receive t…

This study is testing if giving an intravenous (IV) iron infusion right after heart surgery helps prevent long-term anemia and improves recovery. It will involve 180 adults who have low iron or anemia before surgery and low blood counts after surgery. Participants will be randoml…

This study is testing whether a newer iron supplement called ferric citrate works better and causes fewer side effects than the standard iron pill (ferrous fumarate) for treating anemia in pregnant women. It will involve 680 pregnant women in Bangladesh who have moderate to sever…

This study aims to see if adding digital education to a standard vitamin pill program can better reduce anemia in teenagers. It will enroll 1,200 adolescents in Tanzania, giving all participants nutrition advice and vitamin tablets. Some will also get weekly text messages, and ot…

This study is testing whether giving patients with low iron or anemia a combination of intravenous iron, a hormone (EPO), and a bleeding-reducing drug before bone tumor surgery can improve their blood counts and reduce the need for blood transfusions. It will involve 160 adults w…

This study is testing whether adding a supplement called levocarnitine to standard care can help reduce the amount of expensive anemia medication needed by people on kidney dialysis. It will involve 94 adults who have been on dialysis for at least six months and have anemia. Part…

This study compares two ways to treat anemia before heart surgery: taking oral iron capsules at home versus receiving standard intravenous iron injections at the hospital. Researchers want to see if the oral treatment works as well as the IV treatment at increasing red blood cell…

This study looks back at medical records to see if a drug called roxadustat, used to treat anemia in kidney disease, might also help people who have heart failure. Researchers will check if patients who took the drug for over a year had fewer major heart problems or improvements …

This study tests a school-based program to prevent malnutrition and anemia in teenagers. It will involve 1,500 adolescents and their mothers in Tanzania. The program provides school meals, nutrition education, school gardens, community workshops, and vitamin supplements to see if…

This study aims to understand if having different types of anemia causes the HbA1c blood test—commonly used to screen for diabetes—to give falsely high or low readings in people who do not have diabetes. Researchers will compare test results from 100 non-diabetic adults with vari…

This study is creating a national registry to track how 200 patients with myelofibrosis (a rare bone marrow cancer) and anemia are treated in real-world German clinics. It will follow patients for up to three years to document which treatment sequences doctors use, how patients r…