# Evaluation of Low-cost Techniques for Detecting Sickle Cell Disease and β-thalassemia in Nepal and Canada

> **NCT05506358** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of British Columbia** · enrollment: 145 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Sickle Cell Disease
- Sickle Cell Trait
- Beta-Thalassemia
- Sickle Cell-Beta Thalassemia
- Sickle Cell-SS Disease

## Interventions

- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** High performance liquid chromatography
- **DEVICE:** Automated sickling test
- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** HbS solubility test
- **DEVICE:** HemoTypeSC
- **DEVICE:** Sickle SCAN
- **DEVICE:** Gazelle Hb Variant Test

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05506358
- **Lead sponsor:** University of British Columbia
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2022-09-20
- **Primary completion:** 2023-03-30
- **Final completion:** 2023-03-30
- **Target enrollment:** 145 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2024-06-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05506358

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05506358, "Evaluation of Low-cost Techniques for Detecting Sickle Cell Disease and β-thalassemia in Nepal and Canada". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05506358. Licensed CC0.

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