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Sickle Cell DiseaseNCT05407805

A Study to Learn About Sickle Cell Disease In Adult Patients

An observational study of Sickle Cell Disease, run by Pfizer at 4 sites in United States.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate the performance of the sickle cell disease (SCD) electronic diary in people with SCD who are on treatment that will change SCD and those not on such a treatment. SCD is a type of condition when there are fewer red blood cells to carry oxygen around the body. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Sickle Cell Disease
What is being tested?
Electronic Diary
How many people
98 participants
Where
4 sitesUnited States
Study dates
10 Feb 2022to 24 Jun 2024
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Participants with a confirmed diagnosis of stable Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) (hemoglobin S inherited from both parents [HbS/S] or hemoglobin S inherited from one parent and hemoglobin beta thalassemia inherited from the other parent [HbS/beta-zero-thalassemia] genotype) who are either not on disease modifying treatment or on a stable dose of a SCD disease modifying treatment regimen.

Who may be able to join

  • Confirmed diagnosis of stable SCD (HbS/S or HbS/beta-zero-thalassemia).
  • Additional Inclusion Criteria (No Disease Modifying Treatment Control Group):
  • Have experienced ≥1 episode(s) of medical utilization (MU) VOC within 12 months prior to Screening.
  • Data available for number of MU VOC(s) during the 12-month interval prior to Screening and a value for %fetal hemoglobin (HbF) collected subsequent to 1 year of age in the absence of recent transfusion.
  • Additional Inclusion Criteria (SCD Disease Modifying Treatment Group):
  • Have experienced ≥1 episode(s) of MU VOC within 12 months prior to initiation of HU and/or crizanlizumab (whichever was initiated earlier).
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  • Must be on a stable dose of their SCD treatment regimen ≥8 weeks prior to Day 1 with the intent of remaining on the same dose throughout the study, unless adjustments are medically necessary due to bone marrow suppression, in accordance with published guidelines and/or product specific guidance (eg, package label). Accepted SCD disease modifying treatment regimens include:
  • HU alone and/or in combination with crizanlizumab, L-glutamine and/or voxelotor; or
  • Crizanlizumab alone and/or in combination with HU, L-glutamine and/or voxelotor.
  • Data available for number of MU VOC(s) during the 12-month interval prior to initiation of any SCD disease modifying treatment, as described above, and a value for %HbF collected subsequent to 1 year of age, prior to initiation of any HU treatment, and in the absence of recent transfusion.

Who cannot join

  • Evidence or history of ongoing (condition or sequelae) clinically significant hematological (non-SCD), renal, endocrine, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular (including overt stroke but excluding silent cerebral infarct), hepatic (excluding cholelithiasis), psychiatric or neurological disease as assessed from medical records.
  • Marked ongoing bone marrow suppression as evidenced by any of the following as per medical record: severe anemia, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <1000 mm3 white blood cell (WBC), thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100,000 mm3) within ≤8 weeks prior to Day 1 enrollment.
  • History of hematopoietic stem cell transplant or treatment with gene therapy as assessed from medical records.
  • History of simple transfusion within ≤4 weeks prior to Day 1 enrollment as assessed from medical records or participant self-report.
  • History of chronic transfusion/exchange transfusion within ≤12 weeks prior to Day 1 enrollment as assessed from medical records or participant self-report and/or plan to initiate such treatment during the 6-month observation period.
  • Additional Exclusion Criteria (No Disease Modifying Treatment Control Group):
  • Participant received HU and/or crizanlizumab at any time within ≤18 months of Day 1 enrollment and treatment(s) was discontinued due to lack of efficacy (no reduction in the frequency of VOCs, documented or perceived) and/or plan to initiate said treatment(s) during the 6-month observation period.
  • Participant received voxelotor or L-glutamine within ≤4 weeks of Day 1 enrollment and/or plan to initiate said treatment(s) during the 6-month observation period.

Trial locations and contacts

4 sites in 1 country.

United States4 sites
  • Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research

    Hollywood, Florida, 33024

  • Cohen Children's Medical Center

    New Hyde Park, New York, 11040

  • Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group Largo Medical Center

    Upper Marlboro, Maryland, 20774

  • Sanguine Biosciences, Inc.

    Waltham, Massachusetts, 02451

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About this study

Official title: A LOW-INTERVENTIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AN ELECTRONIC SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES IN ADULT PARTICIPANTS AGED ≥18 YEARS OF AGE ON AND OFF HYDROXYUREA

The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate the performance of the sickle cell disease (SCD) electronic diary in people with SCD who are on treatment that will change SCD and those not on such a treatment.

SCD is a type of condition when there are fewer red blood cells to carry oxygen around the body.

Read more

This disease can be passed on from parent to child and may cause pain, infections and damage to organs.

This study is seeking participants who:

  • are confirmed with SCD
  • are on a stable regimen of disease changing treatment or have not received any disease changing treatment before the start of the study and do not plan any changes in their treatment during the 6-month study observation period For 6 months, participants will be asked to complete a daily electronic diary to report on their experience in the past 24 hours with sickle cell pain crisis (if they got any treatment and what medications they took), worst pain, worst tiredness, and their ability to perform usual physical activities. We will compare the experiences of people who are taking SCD-modifying therapy to those that are not taking a SCD-modifying therapy.
Being tested
Electronic Diary
Keywords
Vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), Hemoglobin S (HbS)
Medical subject headings
Anemia, Sickle Cell, Vaso-Occlusive Crises, Sickle Cell Trait

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Electronic DiaryOther

    Also called SCD electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO)

    Participants will be asked to complete a daily electronic patient reported outcome diary entry to report on their experience in the past 24 hours.

Study groups in NCT05407805
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Control GroupSCD participants not on disease modifying treatment.
Receives: Other: Electronic Diary
SCD Disease Modifying Treatment GroupSCD participants on a stable dose of a SCD disease modifying treatment regimen.
Receives: Other: Electronic Diary

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Physician-reported Medical Utilization (MU) Vaso-occlusive Crisis (VOC) Rate

    Physician-reported MU VOC: defined as an acute episode of pain with no other cause other than a VOC event that required a medical facility visit or contact with a health care professional and treatment with oral or parenteral narcotics, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Acute chest syndrome, hepatic sequestration, splenic sequestration, and priapism (requiring a visit to a medical facility) were also considered MU VOC. Contact with healthcare professional included: called healthcare provider (or telemedicine visit) and received treatment, went to clinic and received treatment, went to emergency department and received treatment, admitted to the hospital and received treatment. VOC rate was derived as annualized rate. Annualized MU VOC rate = (Number of MU VOC events * 365)/ (number of days in the observation period).

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 180

  2. VOC Day Rate

    A VOC was a complication of SCD characterized by vaso-occlusion presenting as recurrent pain episodes. VOC day was a self-report by the participant of experiencing a VOC during the past 24 hours. This was assessed through a dichotomous (Yes/No) item on the SCD ePRO system, "Did you have a pain crisis in the past 24 hours?" A response of "Yes" indicated a VOC day. VOC day rate was derived as annualized rate. VOC day rate = (Number of VOC days * 365)/ (number of days in the observation period).

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 180

  3. Patient-reported VOC Event Rate

    A VOC was a complication of SCD characterized by vaso-occlusion presenting as recurrent pain episodes. Patient reported VOC Event is used to define a sequence of VOC days that could also include single intervening days with no pain crisis. The subsequent occurrence of two consecutive days with no pain crisis operationally defines the end of the respective VOC event. Rate were derived as annualized rate. Annualized VOC event rate = (Number of VOC events * 365)/ (number of days in the observation period).

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 180

  4. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Electronic Patient Reported Outcome (ePRO) Daily Worst Pain Scores by VOC Status

    A VOC was a complication of SCD characterized by vaso-occlusion presenting as recurrent pain episodes. VOC day was defined as the day on which a SCD participant self-reports sickle pain crisis that was recorded in the SCD ePRO. A non-VOC day was defined as the day on which a SCD participant does not self-reports sickle pain crisis. Participants rated their pain by selecting the one number that best described their pain at its worst in the past 24 hours from 0-10, where 0= no pain and 10= as bad as you can imagine. Higher scores indicated worse pain. Data in this outcome measure was presented separately for VOC state and non-VOC state.

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 180

  5. Sickle Cell Disease Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Daily Worst Tiredness Scores by VOC Status

    A VOC was a complication of SCD characterized by vaso-occlusion presenting as recurrent pain episodes. VOC day was defined as the day on which a SCD participant self-reports sickle pain crisis that was recorded in the SCD ePRO. A non-VOC day was defined as the day on which a SCD participant does not self-reports sickle pain crisis. Participants rated their tiredness by selecting the one number that best described their tiredness at its worst in the past 24 hours from 0-10, where 0= no tiredness and 10= as bad as you can imagine. Higher scores indicated worse tiredness. Data in this outcome measure was presented separately for VOC state and non-VOC state.

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 180

  6. Sickle Cell Disease Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Daily Rating for Ability to Perform Usual Physical Activity (UPA) by VOC Status

    A VOC was a complication of SCD characterized by vaso-occlusion presenting as recurrent pain episodes. VOC day was defined as the day on which a SCD participant self-reports sickle pain crisis that was recorded in the SCD ePRO. A non-VOC day was defined as the day on which a SCD participant does not self-reports sickle pain crisis. A measure of participant's ability to perform their UPA (e.g. walking, climbing stairs, or household chores) during a VOC event was assessed on SCD ePRO recorded by participants using a scale ranging from 1-4 scale, where 1= able to perform with no difficulty and 4= unable to perform usual physical activities, where higher score indicated worse status. Data in this outcome measure was presented separately for VOC state and non-VOC state.

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 180

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Percent Change in Physician-reported MU VOC Rate Per Unit of Change in VOC Day Rate

    MU VOC: acute episode of pain with no other cause other than VOC event that required medical facility visit/contact with health care professional and treatment with oral/parenteral narcotics/NSAIDs. Acute chest syndrome,hepatic/splenic sequestration, priapism also considered MU VOC. MU VOC derived as annualized rate by:(Number of MU VOC events*365)/(number of days in observation period). VOC day rate: VOC day was self-report by participant experiencing VOC during past 24 hours. It was assessed by dichotomous (Yes/No) item on SCD ePRO system, "Did you have pain crisis in past 24 hours?" Response "Yes" indicated VOC day. VOC day rate derived as annualized rate by: (Number of VOC days*365)/(number of days in observation period). Parameter of interest was % change of MU VOC rate per unit of change in VOC Day rate. It was estimated via Negative Binomial model to evaluate association between physician-reported MU VOC rate and SCD ePRO VOC Day rate and was reported with corresponding 95% CI.

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 180

  2. Percent Change in Physician-reported MU VOC Rate Per Unit of Change in Patient-reported VOC Event Rate

    MU VOC: acute episode of pain with no other cause other than VOC event that required medical facility visit/contact with health care professional and treatment with oral/parenteral narcotics/NSAIDs. Acute chest syndrome, hepatic/splenic sequestration, priapism also considered MU VOC. MU VOC derived as annualized rate by:(Number of MU VOC events*365)/(number of days in observation period). VOC Event rate: Patient-reported VOC Event is used to define a sequence of VOC days. The subsequent occurrence of two consecutive days with no pain crisis operationally defines the end of the respective VOC event. Rate were derived as annualized rate by: (Number of VOC events * 365)/ (number of days in the observation period). Parameter of interest was % change of MU VOC rate per unit of change in VOC Event rate. It was estimated via Negative Binomial model to evaluate association between physician-reported MU VOC rate and SCD ePRO VOC Event rate and was reported with corresponding 95% CI.

    Measured: Baseline up to Day 180

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted7 Jun 2022
  2. Study start10 Feb 2022
  3. Primary completion24 Jun 2024
  4. Study completion24 Jun 2024

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
98 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05407805
Sponsor's protocol ID
C4071008
Other IDs
NCT05407805
Status last verified
May 2026
First submitted
18 May 2022
Last updated
10 Jun 2026
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No: Pfizer will provide access to individual de-identified participant data and related study documents (e.g. protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP), Clinical Study Report (CSR)) upon request from qualified researchers, and subject to certain criteria, conditions, and exceptions. Further details on Pfizer's data sharing criteria and process for requesting access can be found at: https://www.pfizer.com/science/clinical\_trials/trial\_data\_and\_results/data\_requests.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Sickle Cell Disease, run by Pfizer at 4 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 4 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 10 Jun 2026). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Physician-reported Medical Utilization (MU) Vaso-occlusive Crisis (VOC) Rate (time frame: Baseline up to Day 180). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 10 Jun 2026.

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