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Sickle Cell DiseaseDREPNANONCT05530239

Nano-rheological Biomarkers for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Versus Control Subjects (Other Constitutional Red Blood Cell Diseases and Healthy Subjects)

An observational study of Sickle Cell Disease, run by University Hospital, Grenoble.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Numerous pathologies (sickle cell disease, thalassemia, spherocytosis, etc.) lead to changes in the rheological properties of the blood, in particular via alterations in the deformability of red blood cells. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Sickle Cell Disease
What is being tested?
Blood sample collection
How many people
40 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
Oct 2022to Nov 2025
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Study population will be patient with sickle cell disease (SCD) in comparaison of two populations : healthy volunteers (living donor of kidney) and patient with a constitutional non-sickle cell disease of the red blood cell, or an acquired red blood cell disease

Who may be able to join

  • Patient age ≥ 18 years
  • With social care protection
  • Living donor recruited for kidney donation with normal blood count
  • Patient age ≥ 18 years
  • With social care protection
  • SCD patient with documented phenotype: SS, S°, S+, SC, SLepore, SOrab, SDPundjab, ASantilles... with or without specific treatment
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  • Inclusion Criteria for patient with a constitutional non-sickle cell disease of the red blood cell, or an acquired red blood cell disease :
  • Patient age ≥ 18 years
  • With social care protection
  • With any of the following conditions :
  • Patient being managed for anemia due to martial deficiency, and prior to oral or intravenous replacement therapy
  • Patient being followed for myeloproliferative syndrome at diagnosis, and prior to any specific treatment (hemodilution or hydroxycarbamide or other specific treatment)
  • A patient with a MCGRE other than a major sickle cell syndrome, whether or not under specific treatment
  • Hemoglobinopathy: transfusion-dependent or independent thalassemias (major or intermediate), thalassemias minor, heterozygous sickle cell trait A/S, other heterozygous hemoglobin variants (C, E, Lepore...), hyperaffine hemoglobin
  • Membrane disorders (hereditary spherocytosis)
  • Canalopathies (stomatocytosis with dehydrated or hyperhydrated erythrocytes, melanesian ovalocytosis...)
  • Enzyme deficiencies (G6PD, PK, GPI...)

Who cannot join

  • Patient age < 18 years
  • Subject under guardianship, or subject deprived of freedom
  • Linguistic or literacy status not allowing for informed consent despite patient information in "Easy to Read and Understand" format
  • Known history of HIV, HTLV, syphilis, or positive serology and active viral hepatitis B or C.
  • Additional Exclusion Criteria for healthy volunteers :
  • Abnormal blood count, or possible martial deficiency with ferritin levels below 50µg/l, or current treatment with hydroxycarbamide, or transfusion within 4 months prior to inclusion.
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  • Additional Exclusion Criteria for SCD patient :
  • 5) Treatment with hydroxycarbamide started less than 6 months ago 6) Anemia with hemoglobin level <60g/l in the absence of cardiorespiratory pathology, <70g/l in pregnancy, or in the presence of cardiorespiratory pathology that may alter the tolerance of anemia.
  • Additional Exclusion Criteria for patient with a constitutional non-sickle cell disease of the red blood cell, or an acquired red blood cell disease :
  • 5) Anemia with hemoglobin level <60g/l, <70g/l in pregnancy, or in the presence of cardio-respiratory pathology that may alter the tolerance of anemia.
  • 6) Diagnosis not finalized (in progress), or uncertain nosological framework, or diagnostic wandering.

Trial locations and contacts

No sites are listed yet.

Caroline MAKOWSKI, Md contact

+33476767640

cmakowski@chu-grenoble.fr

Bruna DUCOTTERD, CRA contact

+3376767838

bducotterd@chu-grenoble.fr

About this study

Official title: Single-center Pilot Study: Nano-rheological Biomarkers for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Versus Control Subjects (Other Constitutional Red Blood Cell Diseases and Healthy Subjects)

Numerous pathologies (sickle cell disease, thalassemia, spherocytosis, etc.) lead to changes in the rheological properties of the blood, in particular via alterations in the deformability of red blood cells. These alterations lead to circulatory complications of which an emblematic example is the sickle cell crisis which manifests itself by microcirculatory occlusions. Several authors suggest that the deformability of erythrocytes is a key parameter for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients. Numerous studies, especially in vitro, show that the mechanical properties of the red blood cell significantly influence its dynamics in flow (blood viscosity, distribution in capillary networks). Moreover, concerning the specific problem of vaso-occlusion, the proportion of the most rigid red blood cells is a determining factor of the probability of occlusion more than the average value of this rigidity which can hide great disparities.

There is no clinically usable test to assess the alteration of the fine rheology of the red blood cell in a patient. Functional tests such as ektacytometry require heavy equipment and teams of specialized biologists; this technique is therefore only available in 3 biological reference centers in France. "Mechanical phenotyping" seems to be a potentially simpler and more accessible technique, and has already shown promising prospects in other nosological settings than red blood cell pathologies.

Today, there is no specific marker of sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis, nor marker of severity, that would be useful for pathophysiological understanding but also for clinical management.

Read the detailed description

This study aims to characterize the microfluidic flow and intra-erythrocyte viscosity of sickle cell red blood cells, and to identify specific biological phenotype or clinical severity profiles. The techniques used are microfluidic circuits for the study of flow and molecular rotors for the measurement of intra-erythrocyte viscosity, using deoxygenation cycles in order to model physio-pathological situations.

The first part will allow the calibration of the microfluidic techniques used (microfluidic circuit and molecular rotors), testing blood from healthy subjects (without constitutional or acquired red blood cell pathology) and blood from SCD patients. The aim is to define the reproducibility and sensitivity of the techniques.

A second part is aimed at establishing a rheological profile of the blood of patients with SCD in comparison with blood from control subjects, i.e. with other constitutional or acquired red blood cell pathology.

Being tested
Blood sample collection
Keywords
Hemorheology, Microfluidics, Blood viscosity, Red blood cell, Sickle cell disease
Medical subject headings
Anemia, Sickle Cell

What participants receive

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

  • Blood sample collectionOther

    Blood sample collection

Study groups in NCT05530239
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Healthy subjectsSubjects with no documented hematological pathology (neither constitutional nor acquired). From the recruitment of living kidney donors, transplantation unit of Grenoble Alpes University Hospital
Receives: Other: Blood sample collection
SCD patientsPatients with SCD
Receives: Other: Blood sample collection
Control patientsWith a constitutional non-sickle cell disease of the red blood cell, or an acquired red blood cell disease.
Receives: Other: Blood sample collection

What is being measured

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

  1. Study of the intra-erythrocyte viscosity dispersion and rheological profile of red blood cells

    Measure of the intra-erythrocyte viscosity dispersion using molecular rotors technique, study of rheological profile of red blood cells in microfluidic circuit : measure of the speed of flowing, and DI deformability Index [DI = (L-W)/(L+W)] of each red blood cell, DI dispersion in each sample, in basal state and after exposure to deoxygenation cycles of blood SCD patients versus control subjects.

    Measured: 30 months

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Study of the intra-erythrocyte viscosity dispersion and rheological profile of red blood cells

    Measure of the intra-erythrocyte viscosity dispersion using molecular rotors technique, study of rheological profile of red blood cells in microfluidic circuit : measure of the speed of flowing, and DI deformability Index [DI = (L-W)/(L+W)] of each red blood cell, DI dispersion in each sample, in basal state and after exposure to deoxygenation cycles in different conditions : congenital red blood cell disorders, acquired red blood cell disorders and clinical events (vasoocclusive crisis, pregnancy, infection).

    Measured: 24 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted7 Sep 2022
  2. Study startOct 2022 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionMar 2024 (estimated)
  4. Study completionNov 2025 (estimated)

Resources

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
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
40 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05530239
Sponsor's protocol ID
38RC22.0135
Acronym
DREPNANO
Status last verified
Jul 2022
First submitted
25 Jul 2022
Last updated
22 Sep 2022
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Arlet JB. [A new therapeutic era in sickle cell disease]. Rev Med Interne. 2017 Sep;38(9):569-571. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2017.05.006. Epub 2017 Jun 16. No abstract available. French.

    PubMed 28624233
  • Ataga KI, Kutlar A, Kanter J. Crizanlizumab in Sickle Cell Disease. N Engl J Med. 2017 May 4;376(18):1796. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1703162. No abstract available.

    PubMed 28467874
  • Ballas SK, Barton FB, Waclawiw MA, Swerdlow P, Eckman JR, Pegelow CH, Koshy M, Barton BA, Bonds DR. Hydroxyurea and sickle cell anemia: effect on quality of life. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2006 Aug 31;4:59. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-59.

    PubMed 16942629
  • Ballas SK. The Evolving Pharmacotherapeutic Landscape for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2020 Jan 1;12(1):e2020010. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2020.010. eCollection 2020.

    PubMed 31934320
  • Baez S, Kaul DK, Nagel RL. Microvascular determinants of blood flow behavior and HbSS erythrocyte plugging in microcirculation. Blood Cells. 1982;8(1):127-37. No abstract available.

    PubMed 7115970
  • Banerjee R, Nageshwari K, Puniyani RR. The diagnostic relevance of red cell rigidity. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc. 1998 Sep;19(1):21-4.

    PubMed 9806729
  • Bartolucci P, Brugnara C, Teixeira-Pinto A, Pissard S, Moradkhani K, Jouault H, Galacteros F. Erythrocyte density in sickle cell syndromes is associated with specific clinical manifestations and hemolysis. Blood. 2012 Oct 11;120(15):3136-41. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-04-424184. Epub 2012 Aug 23.

    PubMed 22919030
  • Briole A, Podgorski T, Abou B. Molecular rotors as intracellular probes of red blood cell stiffness. Soft Matter. 2021 May 5;17(17):4525-4537. doi: 10.1039/d1sm00321f.

    PubMed 33949619
  • Connes P, Alexy T, Detterich J, Romana M, Hardy-Dessources MD, Ballas SK. The role of blood rheology in sickle cell disease. Blood Rev. 2016 Mar;30(2):111-8. doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2015.08.005. Epub 2015 Aug 28.

    PubMed 26341565
  • Du E, Diez-Silva M, Kato GJ, Dao M, Suresh S. Kinetics of sickle cell biorheology and implications for painful vasoocclusive crisis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Feb 3;112(5):1422-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1424111112. Epub 2015 Jan 20.

    PubMed 25605910
  • Faivre M, Renoux C, Bessaa A, Da Costa L, Joly P, Gauthier A, Connes P. Mechanical Signature of Red Blood Cells Flowing Out of a Microfluidic Constriction Is Impacted by Membrane Elasticity, Cell Surface-to-Volume Ratio and Diseases. Front Physiol. 2020 Jun 12;11:576. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00576. eCollection 2020.

    PubMed 32595519
  • Gladwin MT, Vichinsky E. Pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease. N Engl J Med. 2008 Nov 20;359(21):2254-65. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra0804411. No abstract available.

    PubMed 19020327
  • Guo Q, Duffy SP, Matthews K, Santoso AT, Scott MD, Ma H. Microfluidic analysis of red blood cell deformability. J Biomech. 2014 Jun 3;47(8):1767-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.03.038. Epub 2014 Apr 5.

    PubMed 24767871
  • Gossett DR, Tse HT, Lee SA, Ying Y, Lindgren AG, Yang OO, Rao J, Clark AT, Di Carlo D. Hydrodynamic stretching of single cells for large population mechanical phenotyping. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 May 15;109(20):7630-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1200107109. Epub 2012 Apr 30.

    PubMed 22547795
  • Hamideh D, Alvarez O. Sickle cell disease related mortality in the United States (1999-2009). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Sep;60(9):1482-6. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24557. Epub 2013 Apr 23.

    PubMed 23637037

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Sickle Cell Disease, run by University Hospital, Grenoble.

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 17 inclusion and 11 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Sep 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Caroline MAKOWSKI, Md (+33476767640, cmakowski@chu-grenoble.fr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Study of the intra-erythrocyte viscosity dispersion and rheological profile of red blood cells (time frame: 30 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05530239, which also lists 30 linked publications.

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 22 Sep 2022.

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