NCT05031780Active, not recruitingPhase 2/3
A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Mitapivat (AG-348) in Participants With Sickle Cell Disease (RISE UP)
A Phase 2/3, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Mitapivat in Subjects With Sickle Cell Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This clinical trial is a Phase 2/3 study that will determine the recommended dose of mitapivat and evaluate the efficacy and safety of mitapivat in sickle cell disease by testing how well mitapivat works compared to placebo to increase the amount of hemoglobin in the blood and to reduce or prevent the occurrence of sickle cell pain crises. In addition, the long-term effect of mitapivat on efficacy and safety will be explored in an open-label extension portion.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2/3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 286 (actual)
- First submitted
- 29 Jul 2021
- Start date
- Feb 2022
- Primary completion date
- Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Diseases
- Sickle cell disease
- NCT number
- NCT05031780
- EU CT number
- 2024-515202-84-00
- EudraCT number
- 2021-001674-34
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2/3
- Participants enrolled: 286
- From Feb 2022 to the primary completion date, Oct 2025
- 88 sites in 16 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Receiving regularly scheduled transfusions;
- Prior exposure to gene therapy or prior bone marrow or stem cell transplantation;
- Currently receiving treatment with a disease-modifying therapy for SCD (eg, voxelotor, crizanlizumab, L-glutamine), with the exception of hydroxyurea. The last dose of voxelotor, crizanlizumab, and L-glutamine must have been administered at least 90 days before randomization;
- Currently receiving treatment with hematopoietic stimulating agents; the last dose must have been administered at least 90 days before starting study drug;
- Received treatment on another investigational trial within 90 days prior to start of study drug or plans to participate in another investigational drug trial;
- Taking medications that are strong inhibitors of CYP3A4/5 or strong inducers of CYP3A4 that cannot be stopped in an acceptable timeframe before starting study drug (timeframe will be discussed with your doctor).
Other illness
- Hepatobiliary disorders including but not limited to significant liver disease or gallbladder disease;
- Severe kidney disease;
Other
- Pregnant, breastfeeding, or parturient;
Who the study is looking for
- Age 16 years or older (18 years or older \[France and Germany\]); participants age 16 or 17 years must physically have completed puberty;
- Documented diagnosis of sickle cell disease (SCD) (HbSS, HbSC \[combined heterozygosity for hemoglobins S and C\], HbS/beta 0- thalassemia, HbS/ beta plus thalassemia, or other sickle cell syndrome variants);
- At least 2 SCPCs and no more than 10 SCPCs in the past 12 months;
- Hemoglobin at least 5.5 and 10.5 gram per deciliter (g/dL) at the most. Hemoglobin concentration must be based on an average of at least 2 Hb concentration measurements (separated by ≥7 days) collected during the Screening Period;
- If taking hydroxyurea, the hydroxyurea dose must be stable for at least 90 days before starting study drug. Discontinuation of hydroxyurea requires a 90-day washout prior to informed assent/consent;
- Women capable of becoming pregnant must agree to use 2 forms of contraception.
Age in the registry: 16 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (88)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopital Erasme Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Anderlecht | Belgium | Active, not recruiting |
| Het Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Antwerp | Belgium | Active, not recruiting |
| Antwerp University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edegem | Belgium | Active, not recruiting |
| CHC MontLégia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Liège | Belgium | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Liège | Belgium | Active, not recruiting |
| Hospital de Clínicas da UNICAMP Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Campinas | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre HCPA PPDS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Hospital Sao Lucas Da Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio Grande Do Sul (PUCRS) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Unknown status |
| MultiHemo Servicos Medicos S.A Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Recife | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto - USP Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ribeirão Preto | Brazil | Unknown status |
| HEMORIO Instituto Nacional de Hematologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Praxis Pesquisa Médica Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santo André | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidad de São Paulo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| McMaster University / St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamilton | Canada | Unknown status |
| McGill University Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| CHU Montreal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| University Health Network Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| Universitaetsklinikum Essen (AoR) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Essen | Germany | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bordeaux | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Creteil Cedex | France | Active, not recruiting |
| CHU Guadeloupe Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Les Abymes | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Marseille | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Paris Cedex 15 | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Oncopole Claudius Regaud Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toulouse Cedex 9 | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cambridge | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Hammersmith Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Evelina Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Manchester | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Haemek Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Afula | Israel | Unknown status |
| Rambam Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haifa | Israel | Unknown status |
| Ziv Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Safed | Israel | Unknown status |
| Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera Di Genova Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Genoa | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Modena | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Antonio Cardarelli Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria - Universita degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia - Cervello Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palermo | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Kondele Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kisumu | Kenya | Unknown status |
| Kemri Usamru Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kisumu | Kenya | Unknown status |
| Victoria Biomedical Research Institute (VIBRI) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kisumu | Kenya | Unknown status |
| Gertrude's Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nairobi | Kenya | Unknown status |
| Strathmore University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nairobi | Kenya | Unknown status |
| KEMRI/CRDR Siaya Clinical Research Annex Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nairobi | Kenya | Unknown status |
| KEMRI CRDR Clinical Research Clinic Nairobi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nairobi | Kenya | Unknown status |
| American University of Beirut Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beirut | Lebanon | Unknown status |
| Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sidon | Lebanon | Unknown status |
| Nini Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tarablus | Lebanon | Unknown status |
| University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Abuja | Nigeria | Unknown status |
| National Hospital, Abuja Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Abuja | Nigeria | Unknown status |
| Lagos University Teaching Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Surulere | Nigeria | Unknown status |
| Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Active, not recruiting |
| Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Utrecht | Netherlands | Active, not recruiting |
| Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Hematology Department, COM&HS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Muscat | Oman | Unknown status |
| King Khalid University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Unknown status |
| King Abdullah International Medical Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Unknown status |
| University of Michigan Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Unknown status |
| National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bethesda | United States | Unknown status |
| Boston Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Boston Medical Center & Boston University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Children's Hospital of Michigan Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Detroit | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Connecticut Health Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Farmington | United States | Unknown status |
| Southern Specialty Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Flowood | United States | Unknown status |
| East Carolina University - Brody School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Greenville | United States | Unknown status |
| Texas Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Riley Hospital for Children Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California San Diego Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Jolla | United States | Unknown status |
| Kaiser Permanente - Largo Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Largo | United States | Unknown status |
| Cure 4 The Kids Foundation, A Division of Roseman University of Health Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Las Vegas | United States | Unknown status |
| UCLA Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madison | United States | Unknown status |
| Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Miami Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
| Children's Hospital Oakland Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oakland | United States | Unknown status |
| Penn Medicine: University of Pennsylvania Health System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| Lifespan at Rhode Island Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Providence | United States | Unknown status |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Richmond | United States | Unknown status |
| Seattle Cancer Care Alliance- University of Washington Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seattle | United States | Unknown status |
| LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shreveport | United States | Unknown status |
| Children's National Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Unknown status |
| MedStar Washington Hospital Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Unknown status |
| Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ankara | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Hacettepe University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ankara | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Acibadem Adana Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seyhan | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
Related publications
- Efficacy and safety of mitapivat in patients with sickle cell disease (RISE UP): a phase 3, double-blind, global, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.Lancet · 2026 · PMID 42913682
- Long-term mitapivat treatment is safe and efficacious in patients with sickle cell disease.Blood Red Cells Iron · 2025 · PMID 41809202
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