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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.
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

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

  • 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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (88)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hopital Erasme
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AnderlechtBelgiumActive, not recruiting
Het Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen
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AntwerpBelgiumActive, not recruiting
Antwerp University Hospital
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EdegemBelgiumActive, not recruiting
CHC MontLégia
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LiègeBelgiumActive, not recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle
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LiègeBelgiumActive, not recruiting
Hospital de Clínicas da UNICAMP
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CampinasBrazilUnknown status
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre HCPA PPDS
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Porto AlegreBrazilUnknown status
Hospital Sao Lucas Da Pontificia Universidade Catolica Do Rio Grande Do Sul (PUCRS)
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Porto AlegreBrazilUnknown status
MultiHemo Servicos Medicos S.A
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RecifeBrazilUnknown status
Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto - USP
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Ribeirão PretoBrazilUnknown status
HEMORIO Instituto Nacional de Hematologia
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Rio de JaneiroBrazilUnknown status
Praxis Pesquisa Médica
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Santo AndréBrazilUnknown status
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidad de São Paulo
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São PauloBrazilUnknown status
McMaster University / St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
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HamiltonCanadaUnknown status
McGill University Health Center
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
CHU Montreal
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MontrealCanadaUnknown status
University Health Network
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TorontoCanadaUnknown status
Universitaetsklinikum Essen (AoR)
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EssenGermanyActive, not recruiting
Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux
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BordeauxFranceActive, not recruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
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Creteil CedexFranceActive, not recruiting
CHU Guadeloupe
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Les AbymesFranceActive, not recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
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MarseilleFranceActive, not recruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
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Paris Cedex 15FranceActive, not recruiting
Oncopole Claudius Regaud
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Toulouse Cedex 9FranceActive, not recruiting
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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CambridgeUnited KingdomUnknown status
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
University College London Hospitals (UCLH)
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Hammersmith Hospital
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Evelina Children's Hospital
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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LondonUnited KingdomUnknown status
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust,
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ManchesterUnited KingdomUnknown status
Haemek Medical Center
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AfulaIsraelUnknown status
Rambam Medical Center
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HaifaIsraelUnknown status
Ziv Medical Center
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SafedIsraelUnknown status
Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera Di Genova
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GenoaItalyActive, not recruiting
Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
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ModenaItalyActive, not recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Antonio Cardarelli
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NaplesItalyActive, not recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria - Universita degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
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NaplesItalyActive, not recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia - Cervello
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PalermoItalyActive, not recruiting
Kondele Children's Hospital
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KisumuKenyaUnknown status
Kemri Usamru
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KisumuKenyaUnknown status
Victoria Biomedical Research Institute (VIBRI)
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KisumuKenyaUnknown status
Gertrude's Children's Hospital
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NairobiKenyaUnknown status
Strathmore University
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NairobiKenyaUnknown status
KEMRI/CRDR Siaya Clinical Research Annex
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NairobiKenyaUnknown status
KEMRI CRDR Clinical Research Clinic Nairobi
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NairobiKenyaUnknown status
American University of Beirut Medical Center
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BeirutLebanonUnknown status
Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center
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SidonLebanonUnknown status
Nini Hospital
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TarablusLebanonUnknown status
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
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AbujaNigeriaUnknown status
National Hospital, Abuja
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AbujaNigeriaUnknown status
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
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SurulereNigeriaUnknown status
Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Erasmus MC)
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RotterdamNetherlandsActive, not recruiting
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
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UtrechtNetherlandsActive, not recruiting
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Hematology Department, COM&HS
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MuscatOmanUnknown status
King Khalid University Hospital
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RiyadhSaudi ArabiaUnknown status
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
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RiyadhSaudi ArabiaUnknown status
University of Michigan
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Ann ArborUnited StatesUnknown status
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
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BethesdaUnited StatesUnknown status
Boston Children's Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Boston Medical Center & Boston University School of Medicine
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Chicago Medical Center
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's Hospital of Michigan
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DetroitUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Connecticut Health Center
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FarmingtonUnited StatesUnknown status
Southern Specialty Clinic
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FlowoodUnited StatesUnknown status
East Carolina University - Brody School of Medicine
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GreenvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
Texas Children's Hospital
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Texas Health Science Center of Houston
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
Riley Hospital for Children
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IndianapolisUnited StatesUnknown status
University of California San Diego
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La JollaUnited StatesUnknown status
Kaiser Permanente - Largo Medical Center
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LargoUnited StatesUnknown status
Cure 4 The Kids Foundation, A Division of Roseman University of Health Sciences
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Las VegasUnited StatesUnknown status
UCLA Health
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status
Mississippi Center for Advanced Medicine
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MadisonUnited StatesUnknown status
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Miami
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MiamiUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's Hospital Oakland
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OaklandUnited StatesUnknown status
Penn Medicine: University of Pennsylvania Health System
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status
Lifespan at Rhode Island Hospital
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ProvidenceUnited StatesUnknown status
Virginia Commonwealth University
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RichmondUnited StatesUnknown status
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance- University of Washington
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SeattleUnited StatesUnknown status
LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
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ShreveportUnited StatesUnknown status
Children's National Hospital
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Washington D.C.United StatesUnknown status
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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Washington D.C.United StatesUnknown status
Hacettepe Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi
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AnkaraTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status
Hacettepe University
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Acibadem Adana Hospital
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SeyhanTurkey (Türkiye)Unknown status

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