NCT05861453CompletedPhase 2
Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Safety of Epeleuton in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
An Open-label Mechanistic Study to Assess the Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Safety of Orally Administered Epeleuton in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
To assess the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety of Epeleuton capsules in adult SCD patients who are aged ≥18 years.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 35 (actual)
- First submitted
- 26 Apr 2023
- Start date
- 10 Jan 2024
- Primary completion date
- 21 Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Afimmune
- Diseases
- Sickle cell disease
- NCT number
- NCT05861453
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Participants enrolled: 35
- From 10 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 21 Jan 2026
- 18 sites in 2 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Patients who are receiving regularly scheduled blood (RBC) transfusion therapy (also termed chronic, prophylactic, or preventive transfusion), have received an RBC transfusion for any reason within three months of the baseline visit
- Patients who have received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
Other
- Patients with inadequate venous access as determined by the Investigator
- Patients who are pregnant, planning pregnancy, breastfeeding and/or are unwilling to use adequate contraception during the trial.
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) including:
- 2 sickle hemoglobin genes \[HbSS\]
- HbSβ0 thalassemia
- HbSβ+ thalassemia
- Heterozygous for hemoglobin S and hemoglobin C \[HbSC\]
- Male or female patients aged 18 years and older on the day of signing the informed consent form (ICF)
- Patients who have had between 2 and 15 episodes of vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) in the past year (12 months)
- For patients taking hydroxyurea (HU), the dose of HU must be stable for at least 3 months prior to signing the ICD and with no anticipated need for dose adjustment during the study.
- Female patients and male patients with female partners of childbearing potential must use highly effective contraceptive methods for the duration of the study.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (18)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toronto | Canada | Unknown status |
| St. Paul's Hospital Hematology/Oncology Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vancouver | Canada | Unknown status |
| Emory University - Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Arthur M. Blank Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, A Division of American Oncology Partners, PA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bethesda | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
| UNC Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chapel Hill | United States | Unknown status |
| UI Health Sickle Cell Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Karmanos Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Detroit | United States | Unknown status |
| New England Sickle Cell Institute, UConn Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Farmington | United States | Unknown status |
| Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Largo | United States | Unknown status |
| Science 37 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Morrisville | United States | Unknown status |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Newark | United States | Unknown status |
| Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Rutgers) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Brunswick | United States | Unknown status |
| Jacobi Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | The Bronx | United States | Unknown status |
| MedStar Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Unknown status |
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