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A Phase II Trial of Regadenoson in Sickle Cell Anemia

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01788631

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Official title

A Phase II, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Regadenoson in Sickle Cell Anemia

Brief summary

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This research study is a Phase II clinical trial, which tests the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug called Regadenoson (or Lexiscan) to learn whether the drug works in treating a specific disease, in this case Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). "Investigational" means that the drug is being studied. It also means that the FDA has not yet approved the drug for your type of disease. SCD is an inherited blood disorder that causes the red blood cells to change their shape from a round shape to a half-moon/crescent or sickled shape. People who have SCD have a different type of protein that carries oxygen in their blood (hemoglobin) than people without SCD. This different type of hemoglobin makes the red blood cells change into crescent shape under certain conditions. Sickle-shaped cells are a problem because they often get stuck in the blood vessels blocking the flow of blood, and cause inflammation and injury to important areas in the body. Regadenoson (trade name Lexiscan) is a drug that may prevent this inflammation and injury caused by the sickle shaped cells. This drug is approved by the FDA to be used as a fast infusion during a heart stress test in people who are unable to exercise enough to put stress on their heart by making the heart beat faster. Regadenoson has been studied as a long infusion at this dose in adults, and no safety issues have been identified (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01085201). This is the first study to look at patient benefit with the long infusion of the drug. This drug has been used in laboratory experiments and information from those other research studies suggests that this drug may help to protect the body from damage caused by sickle-shaped cells in this research study. In this research study, the investigators are specifically looking to see if Regadenoson is an effective treatment for pain crises and acute chest syndrome in SCD.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01788631
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
100 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
10 Years to 70 Years
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
Jun 30, 2013
Primary completion
Nov 9, 2016
Completion
Dec 11, 2016
Last update posted
Feb 6, 2018

2013 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
12
U.S. states
10
U.S. cities
10
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland Oakland California 94609
University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois 60612
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland 21205
Boston Children's Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02215
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02215
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston Massachusetts 02215
Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute Detroit Michigan 48201
Washington University in St. Louis St Louis Missouri 63110
Duke University Durham North Carolina 27705
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati Ohio 45229
Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas 77030
Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee Wisconsin 53226

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