Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia (NAIT) Registry

Academic Leads:Professor Erica Wood
Head, Transfusion Research Unit

Professor Zoe McQuilten
Deputy Head, Transfusion Research Unit
Clinical Leads: Dr Helen Savoia
Director of Laboratory Services, The Royal Children’s Hospital
 
Dr Gemma Crighton
Paediatric Haematologist, Royal Children’s Hospital
Registry contact:Helen Haysom, Project Officer
Email: med-nait@monash.edu
Phone: 1800 811 326
Purpose / aims: The aims of the NAIT Registry are to:
  • better define the incidence, natural history and clinical outcome of NAIT
  • provide information on the range of therapeutic strategies in the treatment of NAIT
  • explore factors influencing clinical outcomes
  • better define optimal management of NAIT patients
  • inform and inspire future hypothesis-driven research in this area
Population captured: Mothers with pregnancies affected by NAIT and babies suffering from consequences of NAIT.
Outcomes collected: Diagnoses, clinical and laboratory and imaging results, therapy including intravenous immunoglobulin and platelet transfusions, complications of disease and therapy, and clinical outcomes.
Year established: 2009
Funding source: N/A
Unit website:monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/units/transfusionresearch