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we didnt recieved the medicine
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The investigators would like to study the endothelial function in sickle cell patients without pulmonary hypertension in an in vivo method during a steady state condition before and after sildenafil treatment for 1 month, and to study the effects of this nitric oxide donor by measuring the Flow Mediated Dilatation, by measuring endothelial progenitor stem cells colonies, and by measuring the effect of therapy on markers of inflammation (cell adhesion molecules and cytokines).
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| viagra | Experimental | viagra versus placebo will be given to patients with sickle cell anemia |
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| placebo | Placebo Comparator | viagra versus placebo will be given to patients with sickle cell anemia |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viagra (Sildenafil) | Drug | Viagra treatment to patients with sickle cell anemia. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| endothelial function before and after viagra treatment to patients with sickle cell anemia without pulmonary hypertension | January 2009 till January 2011 |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baruch Padeh Poria Medical Center | Tiberias | Lower Galilee | 15208 | Israel |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000755 | Anemia, Sickle Cell |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000745 | Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital |
| D000743 | Anemia, Hemolytic |
| D000740 | Anemia |
| D006402 | Hematologic Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000068677 | Sildenafil Citrate |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D013449 | Sulfonamides |
| D000577 | Amides |
| D009930 | Organic Chemicals |
| D013450 | Sulfones |
| D013457 |
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| placebo |
| Drug |
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| D006425 |
| Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases |
| D006453 | Hemoglobinopathies |
| D030342 | Genetic Diseases, Inborn |
| D009358 | Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities |
| Sulfur Compounds |
| D010879 | Piperazines |
| D006573 | Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring |
| D006571 | Heterocyclic Compounds |
| D011687 | Purines |
| D006574 | Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring |
| D000072471 | Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring |