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A Phase 2 Study of the Effects of 6R-BH4 in Subjects With Sickle Cell Disease

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00445978

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Official title

A Phase 2a, Multicenter, Open-label, Dose-escalation Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of 6R-BH4 in Subjects With Sickle Cell Disease

Brief summary

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This Phase 2a, multicenter, open-label, dose-escalation study is designed to assess the safety and biologic activity of daily oral administration of 4 escalating doses of sapropterin dihydrochloride over 16 weeks in subjects with sickle cell disease. During an optional extension phase, the study will assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of extended treatment with sapropterin dihydrochloride, for a total of up to 2 years; The extension phase of this study was terminated.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00445978
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
BioMarin Pharmaceutical
Industry
Enrollment
32 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
15 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
May 2007 (Actual)
Primary completion
Aug 2008 (Actual)
Completion
Jun 2009 (Actual)
Last update posted
Feb 25, 2021

2007 – 2009

United States locations

U.S. sites
12
U.S. states
9
U.S. cities
12
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Not listed Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20060 —
Not listed Augusta Georgia 30912 —
Not listed Savannah Georgia 31404 —
Not listed Indianapolis Indiana 46260 —
Not listed Detroit Michigan 48201 —
Not listed Flint Michigan 48503 —
Not listed Hackensack New Jersey 07601 —
Not listed Chapel Hill North Carolina 27599 —
Not listed Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19134 —
Not listed Galveston Texas 77555 —
Not listed Norfolk Virginia 23507 —
Not listed Richmond Virginia 23298 —

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