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BMS-986470 for Sickle Cell Disease

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, pH and food effect, and preliminary efficacy of BMS-986470 in healthy volunteers and participants with sickle cell disease.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1, 2

184 Participants Needed

PET Imaging for Sickle Cell Crisis

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The purpose of this study is to find objective biomarkers of vaso-occlusion (blood vessel blockage) in people with SCD. Using information from earlier studies and work being done, researchers have developed a strategy to image VOC, using positron emission tomography (PET). The ability to see and measure VOC in SCD patients can help patient care, by showing when and how a VOC is occurring or going to occur. Studying this method will also help in future drug research, as it will allow researchers to deliver promising new medications that target hyper-adhesion and sickling in people with SCD.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1

20 Participants Needed

This trial is testing crovalimab, a medication, to see if it can help treat severe pain crises in people with sickle cell disease. The study focuses on adults and adolescents who need hospital care for their pain. Researchers will check how the body handles crovalimab and its effects to ensure it is safe and effective.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1
Age:12 - 55

30 Participants Needed

Feasibility and reliability of ultrasound in the inpatient hematology setting.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:< 25

30 Participants Needed

The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of transfusing hypoxic red blood cells manufactured with the Hemanext ONE system in patients with sickle cell anemia. The Hemanext ONE device was cleared through the De Novo process in September 2023.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:7+

48 Participants Needed

The proposed research is to determine the clinical efficacy and neurobiological mechanisms of acupressure analgesia in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:14 - 80

240 Participants Needed

The study, known as the Peer suppoRt for adolescents and Emerging adults with Sickle cell pain: promoting ENgagement in Cognitive behavioral thErapy (PRESENCE), aims to determine the effectiveness of digital CBT in reducing pain, opioid use, and healthcare utilization among AYAs with SCD. It also seeks to understand the role of personalized peer support in enhancing engagement and outcomes of digital CBT interventions. By leveraging existing infrastructure for delivering virtual peer support interventions, tailored digital CBT programs for individuals with SCD, and partnerships with CBOs, the study aims to provide valuable insights into the feasibility and effectiveness of digital CBT as a pain management strategy for this vulnerable population.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:16 - 30

470 Participants Needed

This study will validate the diagnostic accuracy of a cutaneous hydration sensor. This sensor will also be evaluated for its feasibility as a point-of-care device for the assessment of hydration status and its potential to guide hydration therapy in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:12+

30 Participants Needed

MitoQ for Sickle Cell Disease

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MitoQ is commercially available as a dietary supplement and it has been tested as a potential drug in other diseases, but it has never been tested in patients with sickle cell disease. The goal of this research is to study if MitoQ, a molecule that works as an antioxidant by removing potentially damaging agents in a living organism, improves platelet function in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased

15 Participants Needed

The proposed study is a Phase 1/2 multi-center study evaluating the safety and efficacy of erythropoietin (EPO) in combination with hydroxyurea in the treatment of chronic anemia in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD).
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting

17 Participants Needed

The proposed research is to determine the clinical efficacy and neurobiological mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia in patients with sickle cell disease.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Not Yet Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:14 - 80

120 Participants Needed

This study consists of two parts: phase 2 (Part A) and phase 3 (Part B). It is a multicenter study designed to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of CSL889 (human hemopexin) when given intravenously (IV) to adults and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) experiencing vaso-occlusive crises (VOC). The main objectives of the study are to assess how CSL889 affects the time it takes for VOC to resolve in participants with SCD, and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of CSL889 in study participants.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2, 3
Age:12+

260 Participants Needed

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of using a reduced-intensity condition (RIC) regimen with umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT), double cord UCBT, matched unrelated donor (MUD) bone marrow transplant (BMT) or peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT) in patients with non-malignant disorders that are amenable to treatment with hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). After transplant, subjects will be followed for late effects and for ongoing graft success.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:2 - 55

100 Participants Needed

The purpose of this study is to learn more about how the use of two different types of telemedicine (distance medical care) can address barriers to receiving comprehensive sickle cell care, and whether care can be improved. Aim 1: Adapt two telemedicine models (i.e., hub-and-spoke; direct-to-consumer) for use with children with SCD using caregiver input from our preliminary K12 work. Aim 2: Demonstrate the feasibility of the telemedicine models developed in Aim 1 as the models undergo successive stakeholder refinement during use in actual clinical care. Aim 3: Evaluate the effectiveness of the refined models from Aim 2 in a pre/post study by assessing (a) process of care measures, (b) provider satisfaction, (c) caregiver/patient-centered outcomes, and (d) clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:16 - 21

60 Participants Needed

The proposed research is to determine the clinical efficacy and neurobiological mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia in patients with sickle cell disease.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:14 - 80

60 Participants Needed

A phase III, multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study to assess efficacy and safety of crizanlizumab (5 mg/kg) versus placebo, with or without hydroxyurea/hydroxycarbamide therapy, in adolescent and adult Sickle Cell Disease patients with frequent vaso-occlusive crises.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 3
Age:12 - 100

315 Participants Needed

This study is designed to estimate the efficacy and toxicity of familial HLA mismatched bone marrow transplants in patients with non-malignant disease who are less than 21 years of age and could benefit from the procedure.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1, 2
Age:1 - 21

29 Participants Needed

The purpose of the Phase 2 CSEG101B2201 study is to confirm and to establish appropriate dosing and to evaluate the safety in pediatric participants ages 6 months to \<18 years with a history of VOC with or without HU/HC, receiving crizanlizumab for 2 years. The efficacy and safety of crizanlizumab was already demonstrated in adults with sickle cell disease. The approach is to extrapolate from the PK/pharmacodynamics (PD) already established in the adult population. The study is designed as a Phase II, multicenter, open-label study.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:6 - 17

118 Participants Needed

This trial uses genetically modified blood stem cells from patients to treat Sickle Cell Disease. It works by reducing a gene's activity to increase beneficial fetal hemoglobin, aiming to lessen disease complications. The treatment involves a gene therapy that helps produce a type of hemoglobin that reduces the effects of the disease.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Age:2 - 40

4 Participants Needed

The investigators are evaluating the role of a low dose of tocilizumab in treating acute chest syndrome in patients with sickle cell disease. Tocilizumab inhibits interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptors and is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and severe cytokine release syndrome, which can be seen with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, and it is also authorized for treatment of COVID-19. Since IL-6 levels are elevated in the sputum of patients with acute chest syndrome, the investigators are hopeful that this will be an effective strategy. The investigators will be looking at how a low dose of tocilizumab affects oxygen status, clinical outcomes, and laboratory markers in patients admitted to the hospital with acute chest syndrome.
No Placebo Group
Prior Safety Data

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:12+

200 Participants Needed

Why Other Patients Applied

"I changed my diet in 2020 and I’ve lost 95 pounds from my highest weight (283). I am 5’3”, female, and now 188. I still have a 33 BMI. I've been doing research on alternative approaches to continue my progress, which brought me here to consider clinical trials."

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Obesity PatientAge: 58

"My orthopedist recommended a half replacement of my right knee. I have had both hips replaced. Currently have arthritis in knee, shoulder, and thumb. I want to avoid surgery, and I'm open-minded about trying a trial before using surgery as a last resort."

HZ
Arthritis PatientAge: 78

"As a healthy volunteer, I like to participate in as many trials as I'm able to. It's a good way to help research and earn money."

IZ
Healthy Volunteer PatientAge: 38

"I've tried several different SSRIs over the past 23 years with no luck. Some of these new treatments seem interesting... haven't tried anything like them before. I really hope that one could work."

ZS
Depression PatientAge: 51

"I've been struggling with ADHD and anxiety since I was 9 years old. I'm currently 30. I really don't like how numb the medications make me feel. And especially now, that I've lost my grandma and my aunt 8 days apart, my anxiety has been even worse. So I'm trying to find something new."

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ADHD PatientAge: 31
This trial is testing an oral medication called osivelotor to see if it can safely help people with sickle cell disease feel better. It will also study how the medication works in the body.
Pivotal Trial (Near Approval)

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2, 3
Age:6 - 65

429 Participants Needed

This trial uses gene therapy to treat patients with severe Sickle Cell Disease by modifying their own blood stem cells. The treatment aims to increase healthy hemoglobin levels by changing a specific gene. This approach could reduce painful episodes and improve overall health without needing a donor.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:13 - 40

25 Participants Needed

The investigators will conduct a hybrid type 1 effectiveness implementation trial to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture and guided relaxation on 360 people with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), while observing and gathering information on implementation in three health systems: University of Illinois Hospital \& Health Sciences System, University of Florida Health, and Duke University Health Systems. Each serves a large population with SCD, uses EPIC as their electronic health record, and has a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), which will help speed the translation of discovery into improved patient care. During the UH3 Implementation Phase, the 3-arm, 3-site randomized controlled trial will follow a quantitative modified SMART design, a pragmatic trial that evaluates adaptive interventions where the guided relaxation and acupuncture interventions respond to patients' characteristics and evolving pain status. The investigators rely on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to plan, execute, and evaluate associated implementation processes. The use of complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies by those with SCD to reduce pain and opioid use, to help enable them to better cope with their pain, is well known, but there are few studies that evaluate the effectiveness of these therapies, and none that also evaluates the implementation across multiple health care systems and patient populations as this study will. Aim 1: Determine the effectiveness of guided relaxation and acupuncture as compared to usual care in decreasing pain and opioid use for SCD patients. Hypothesis: At 6-weeks, SCD patients randomized to either CIH intervention will have a greater decrease in pain, opioid use, sleep, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and pain catastrophizing compared to SCD patients randomized to usual care. Aim 2: Identify the best adaptive intervention for improved outcomes by documenting outcomes among adaptive intervention sequences: (1) initiate guided relaxation and switch to acupuncture for non-responders at midpoint; (2) initiate guided relaxation and continue with guided relaxation for non-responders at midpoint; (3) initiate acupuncture and switch to guided relaxation for non-responders at midpoint or (4) initiate acupuncture and continue with acupuncture for non-responders at midpoint. Aim 3: Explore differences in response to the adaptive interventions by age and sex. Aim 4: Identify implementation facilitators, challenges, and solutions for structures and processes that contribute to the seamless integration of CIH therapies into the 3 health systems by conducting individual interviews with participants in the intervention group who responded to the intervention and those who did not. The investigators will also conduct focus groups with hospital personnel at 4 timepoints.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

379 Participants Needed

The study is a Phase II clinical trial. Patients will receive intensity modulated total body irradiation (TBI) at a dose of 3 Gy with standard fludarabine/ i.v. cyclophosphamide conditioning prior to human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). The primary objective of the study is to determine the engraftment at Day +60 following HLA-haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplant protocol using immunosuppressive agents and low-dose total body irradiation (TBI) for conditioning and post-transplant cyclophosphamide in patients with sickle cell disease.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:16 - 60

50 Participants Needed

The investigators propose to determine the engraftment and transplant related morbidity and mortality after a non-myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant protocol using immune- suppressive agents and low-dose total body irradiation (TBI) without standard chemotherapy in patients with aggressive sickle cell disease who are not candidates for or experienced complications from hydroxyurea therapy. Fully HLA matched siblings will be used as donors for hematopoietic stem cells to reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality in this cohort of patients.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1, 2
Age:16 - 60

45 Participants Needed

This trial tests a new medicine called NDec for people with sickle cell disease. NDec combines two drugs to help manage the disease. Participants will take capsules regularly over several months to see how well the medicine works and if it is safe.

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2

84 Participants Needed

This study is being done to determine the safety and outcome (long-term control) of a high-dose chemotherapy regimen followed by an infusion of CD34 selected (immune cells) stem cells from a partially matched adult family member donor, called haploidentical stem cell transplantation, in high-risk sickle cell disease patients. Funding Source - FDA OOPD
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 2
Age:2 - 20

21 Participants Needed

A randomized control trial in 20 subjects with sickle cell disease comparing oral THU-decitabine to nicotinamide and in combination (THU, decitabine and nicotinamide).
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting
Trial Phase:Phase 1

20 Participants Needed

The primary objective of this study is to better understand factors contributing to variations in hydroxyurea (HU) adherence behavior in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with sickle cell disease (SCD). To meet this objective, the researchers will conduct a prospective cohort study to determine the longitudinal relationship between HU adherence and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) overtime among AYA with SCD. The long-term goal of this research is to promote medication adherence behavior and improve health outcomes in AYA with SCD.
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Active Not Recruiting
Trial Phase:Unphased
Age:12 - 21

68 Participants Needed

This study is a single center, prospective exploratory pilot study of Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) participants. The study will enroll patients with early stages of sickle cell nephropathy (Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) stage 1 or 2) who are at the highest risk of CKD progression (presence of both hemoglobinuria and urine albumin concentration ≥ 30 mg/g creatinin
No Placebo Group

Trial Details

Trial Status:Recruiting

12 Participants Needed

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Sickle Cell clinical trials pay?

Each trial will compensate patients a different amount, but $50-100 for each visit is a fairly common range for Phase 2–4 trials (Phase 1 trials often pay substantially more). Further, most trials will cover the costs of a travel to-and-from the clinic.

How do Sickle Cell clinical trials work?

After a researcher reviews your profile, they may choose to invite you in to a screening appointment, where they'll determine if you meet 100% of the eligibility requirements. If you do, you'll be sorted into one of the treatment groups, and receive your study drug. For some trials, there is a chance you'll receive a placebo. Across Sickle Cell trials 30% of clinical trials have a placebo. Typically, you'll be required to check-in with the clinic every month or so. The average trial length for Sickle Cell is 12 months.

How do I participate in a study as a "healthy volunteer"?

Not all studies recruit healthy volunteers: usually, Phase 1 studies do. Participating as a healthy volunteer means you will go to a research facility several times over a few days or weeks to receive a dose of either the test treatment or a "placebo," which is a harmless substance that helps researchers compare results. You will have routine tests during these visits, and you'll be compensated for your time and travel, with the number of appointments and details varying by study.

What does the "phase" of a clinical trial mean?

The phase of a trial reveals what stage the drug is in to get approval for a specific condition. Phase 1 trials are the trials to collect safety data in humans. Phase 2 trials are those where the drug has some data showing safety in humans, but where further human data is needed on drug effectiveness. Phase 3 trials are in the final step before approval. The drug already has data showing both safety and effectiveness. As a general rule, Phase 3 trials are more promising than Phase 2, and Phase 2 trials are more promising than phase 1.

Do I need to be insured to participate in a Sickle Cell medical study?

Clinical trials are almost always free to participants, and so do not require insurance. The only exception here are trials focused on cancer, because only a small part of the typical treatment plan is actually experimental. For these cancer trials, participants typically need insurance to cover all the non-experimental components.

What are the newest Sickle Cell clinical trials?

Most recently, we added Hemanext ONE System for Sickle Cell Anemia, L-Citrulline for Sickle Cell Disease and CSL889 for Sickle Cell Disease During Pain Crisis to the Power online platform.

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