Status:

COMPLETED

Treatment of Lead-Exposed Children Trial

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Conditions:

Lead Exposure

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-33 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The Treatment of Lead-Exposed Children (TLC) clinical trial compared the effect of lead chelation with succimer to placebo therapy. TLC was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical tria...

Detailed Description

At TLC enrollment, the children were between 12 and 33 months of age with baseline blood lead levels (PbB) between 20 and 44 microg/dl. Of 1,854 referred children who were screened for eligibility, 78...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • The study population will reflect the population known to be at greatest risk to lead exposure, i.e., low income, urban, African-American children.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Linguistic minorities will be excluded in all centers except Newark, where Hispanic children make up a sizable portion of the population and will be included.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 15 1994

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    June 10 2015

    Estimated Enrollment :

    780 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00342849

    Start Date

    July 15 1994

    End Date

    June 10 2015

    Last Update

    April 5 2018

    Active Locations (4)

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    Kennedy Krieger Institute

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205

    2

    University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

    Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07103

    3

    Childrens Hospital, Columbus

    Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205-2696

    4

    Childrens Hospital, Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104