Efficacy of an Ayurvedic Intervention as an Adjunct to Standard Care in Preventing Acute Pain Crises in Sickle Cell Anemia: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

U R Sekhar Namburi   ¹ , MD ;   Priya Thakare   ¹ , MD ;   Vaishali Kuchewar   ² , MD ;   Manish Deshmukh   ³ , MPharm ;   Kalpana Kachare   ⁴ , MD ;   Madhukar Tikas   ⁵ , MD ;   Deepa Makhija   ⁴ , MD ;   Bhogavalli Chandra Sekhara Rao   ⁴ , MD ;   MN Suryawanshi   ¹ , MD ;   Satish Mahajan   ⁶ , MD ;   Abha Sharma   ⁴ , MD ;   N Srikanth   ⁴ , MD ;   Ravinarayana Acharya   ⁴ , MD

¹ Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Nagpur, India

² Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College Hospital and Research centre, Wardha, India

³ Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education & Research (Deemed to be University), Wardha, India

⁴ Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science, New Delhi, India

⁵ Datta Meghe Medical College, Wanadongari, Nagpur, India

⁶ Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India