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Trial reportClinical biochemistry2013

Comparison of hematologic measurements between local and central laboratories: data from the BABY HUG trial.

Ram Kalpatthi, Bruce Thompson, Ming Lu, Winfred C Wang, Niren Patel, Abdullah Kutlar, Thomas Howard, Lori Luchtman-Jones, Scott T Miller, BABY HUG Investigators

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Clinical biochemistry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions for chronic kidney disease in people with sickle cell disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
    Pooled it
  2. Hydroxyurea (hydroxycarbamide) for sickle cell disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
    Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Interventions for chronic kidney disease in people with sickle cell disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  6. Hydroxyurea (hydroxycarbamide) for sickle cell disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Ram KalpatthiChildren's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO, USA. rvkalpatthi@cmh.edu
Bruce Thompson
Ming Lu
Winfred C Wang
Niren Patel
Abdullah Kutlar
Thomas Howard
Lori Luchtman-Jones
Scott T Miller
BABY HUG Investigators
Augusta University Health · USClinical Trials and Surveys Corporation · USChildren's Mercy Hospital · USChildren's National · USKings County Hospital Center · USSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

PEDRIATRIC HYDROXYUREA PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL CLINICALN01HB007155 · HB · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI WANG, WINFRED C · 2000 to 2001
$82k
NHLBI NIH HHS N01 HB007155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the concordance of blood count indices measured locally and at a central laboratory. DESIGN AND

methodsIn a multi-center clinical trial of hydroxyurea therapy in infants with sickle cell anemia (BABY HUG), the concordance between blood count indices measured locally and at a central laboratory was investigated.

resultsLocal laboratory measurements of neutrophil and monocyte counts were significantly higher (44% and 37%, respectively) compared to the central measurements (p<0.0001), and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) was higher centrally.

conclusionOvernight shipping with processing delay causes spurious reductions in absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and absolute monocyte count (AMC) that may result in incorrect monitoring decisions in multicenter clinical trials.

Indexed as

Laboratory Proficiency TestingAnemia, Sickle CellBlood Cell CountHematologyHumansHydroxyureaInfantLaboratoriesLymphocytesMonocytesNeutrophilsRegression AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsHydroxyurea

Identifiers

PMID23123915
PMCPMC4550480
OpenAlexW2066504822

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