L-Glutamine Therapy Reduces Hospitalization for Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle ÃÂ²-Thalassemia Patients at Six Months -A Phase II Randomized Trial

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L-Glutamine Therapy Reduces Hospitalization for Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle ÃÂ²-Thalassemia Patients at Six Months -A Phase II Randomized Trial

Background: Increased oxidant stress plays an important role in the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease. Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD) is an important anti-oxidant that protects hemoglobin as demonstrated in diseases such as methemoglobinemia. Early in-vitro studies have shown that L-glutamine, a precursor for NAD, reduced oxidant stress via improvement of NAD redox status in red blood cells.Oral administration of L-glutamine in early clinical studies supported in-vitro findings of improving NAD redox potential, therefore, a larger proof of concept clinical trial was designed and conducted.

Citation: Niihara Y, Macan H, Eckman JR, Koh H, Cooper ML, et al. (2014) L-Glutamine Therapy Reduces Hospitalization for Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle β°-Thalassemia Patients at Six Months – A Phase II Randomized Trial. Clin Pharmacol Biopharm 3:116. doi: 10.4172/2167-065X.1000116