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NCT01757418CompletedPhase 1/2

Intravenous Gammaglobulin for Sickle Cell Pain Crises

Phase 1-2 Trial of Gamunex (Intravenous Gammaglobulin) for Sickle Cell Acute Pain

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) is safe and effective in the acute treatment of pain crises in sickle cell disease. Funding Source: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD)

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
300 (actual)
First submitted
8 Nov 2012
Start date
Nov 2008
Primary completion date
18 Dec 2024
Lead sponsor
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
NCT number
NCT01757418

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
  • Participants enrolled: 300
  • From Nov 2008 to the primary completion date, 18 Dec 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Concomitant acute process, including acute chest syndrome, potential serious infection, or clinically significant bleeding
  • Any clinical evidence of prior stroke
  • Prior thromboses or current estrogen use
  • Current participation in another investigational drug study
  • Previous participation in current study less than 3 months ago
  • Current treatment with chronic transfusion

Other illness

  • Fever \> 38.5° C and clinical suspicion of infection
  • Known condition associated with renal dysfunction including but not limited to diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled hypertension, multiple myeloma, and congestive heart failure
  • Known Immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency or known allergy to gamma globulin
  • Documented history of illicit (e.g., heroin, cocaine) drug abuse
  • Subject is otherwise not an appropriate study candidate, in the investigator's judgement, such as concern for opioid addiction or comorbid psychiatric diagnoses that may contribute to secondary gain in prolonged use of opioids or hospital stay
  • Right to left cardiac shunting due to patent foramen ovale or other anatomic cause

Lab values

  • Serum alanine aminotransferase \>4x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)
  • Serum creatinine ≥1.3 mg/dL (or \> than 95th percentile for age) or \>300 mg/dL protein in spot urinalysis
  • Hb \< 5 g/dL or \> 10 g/dL

Age

  • Known magnetic resonance imaging/angiography (MRI/A) evidence of stroke or clinically significant central nervous system (CNS) vasculopathy at any age (Imaging done if clinically indicated)

Other

  • Current estrogen use
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Current enrollment in a hypertransfusion program
  • Vaccination with a live attenuated virus in the preceding 6 weeks
  • Greater than 24 hours from time of presentation to the hospital for VOC
  • Atrial fibrillation

Who the study is looking for

  • Documented Sickle Cell Disease (SS or S-β thalassemia genotype)
  • Age 12-65 years for Phase 1 (Completed), 6-13.99 years for Phase 2 (Ongoing)
  • Normal stroke risk as assessed by transcranial Doppler (TCD). A normal TCD in subjects 16 years of age and younger within the year prior to study drug administration are required
  • Uncomplicated acute vaso-occlusive crisis requiring hospital admission and parenteral narcotic analgesics
  • If prescribed Voxelotor: Consistent daily use of voxelotor in the past week AND able to continue Voxelotor inpatient OR no reported use in prior week

Criteria the registry did not label

  • Each subject must fulfill each of the following Inclusion/Exclusion criteria at screening and continue to fulfill these criteria prior to dosing:

Age in the registry: 6 years to 13 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Montefiore Medical Center
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The BronxUnited StatesUnknown status

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