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Survey in a Population of Sickle Cell Disease Patients to Evaluate the Transition Between the Queen Fabiola Children Hospital and the CHU Brugmann Hospital, and the Quality of the Hospital Care Within the CHU Brugmann Hospital.

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02608580
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 18, 2015
Last Update Posted : July 12, 2018
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Andre Efira, Brugmann University Hospital

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

Sickle cell disease is a genetic disease responsible for an abnormal hemoglobin.The anomaly has several consequences: a low hemoglobin rate (chronic anemia), plugs formed by red blood cells in blood vessels (extremely painful vaso-occlusive crises) and greater susceptibility to infections.

Patients with this disease should be monitored medically continuously from birth. At adulthood, they will pass from a pediatric medical care system to an adult medical care system.This transition can be experienced with more or less ease, depending on the organization within the pediatric and adult hospitals.

This questionnaire aims to assess the quality of the transition between pediatric and adult services.The investigators want to better estimate hospital work and improve the quality of care for this type of patients, throughout their entire medical history.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Sickle Cell Disease Other: Survey Not Applicable

Detailed Description:

Sickle cell disease is a genetic disease responsible for an abnormal hemoglobin. It particularly affects populations with an African ascent (300 000 African children are born every year with this genetic anomaly).

The anomaly has several consequences: a low hemoglobin rate (chronic anemia), plugs formed by red blood cells in blood vessels (extremely painful vaso-occlusive crises) and greater susceptibility to infections.

The severity of sickle cell disease is variable among children. Some develop frequent and serious complications, while others don't. A child with sickle cell disease is hospitalized about a week a year in average (for a painful crisis, infection or worsening of anemia).

Patients with this disease should be monitored medically continuously from birth. At adulthood, they will pass from a pediatric medical care system to an adult medical care system.This transition can be experienced with more or less ease, depending on the organization within the pediatric and adult hospitals.

This questionnaire aims to assess the quality of the transition between pediatric and adult services.The investigators want to better estimate hospital work and improve the quality of care for this type of patients throughout their entire medical history.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 30 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Other
Official Title: Survey in a Population of Sickle Cell Disease Patients to Evaluate the Transition Between the Queen Fabiola Children Hospital and the CHU Brugmann Hospital, and the Quality of the Hospital Care Within the CHU Brugmann Hospital.
Actual Study Start Date : December 1, 2013
Actual Primary Completion Date : July 2018
Actual Study Completion Date : July 2018

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Patients with sicke cell disease

Adult sickle cell disease patients will fill in a survey about the quality of their hospital care, in the transition period between the pediatric to an adult hospital care system.

Since filling in this survey is not part of the standard of care, this study has been defined as interventional.

 Other: Survey


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Factors impacting the quality of transition between the pediatric and adult care system [ Time Frame: 1 day at the first scheduled hospital visit within the CHU Brugmann (according to standard of care for adults) ]
    The factors will be evaluated with a survey (questionnaire to be filled in)


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   16 Years and older   (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Sickle cell disease patients, beeing admitted in the CHU Brugmann Hospital (Horta site) after having been followed in the Queen Fabiola Children Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02608580


Locations
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Belgium
CHU Brugmann
Brussels, Belgium, 1020
Sponsors and Collaborators
Brugmann University Hospital
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Marie-Agnès Azerad, MD CHU Brugmann
More Information
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Responsible Party: Andre Efira, Head of Clinic, Brugmann University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02608580    
Other Study ID Numbers: CHUB-Transition
First Posted: November 18, 2015    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: July 12, 2018
Last Verified: July 2018

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Keywords provided by Andre Efira, Brugmann University Hospital:
pediatric hospital care
adult hospital care
sickle cell disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Anemia, Sickle Cell
Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital
Anemia, Hemolytic
Anemia
 Hematologic Diseases
Hemoglobinopathies
Genetic Diseases, Inborn