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Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Hematol. 2018 Jun 20;11(7):547–565. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2018.1486703

Table 5.

Active and Open Trials for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Sickle Cell Disease

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier Title Status Regimen Donor Source Age N Start Date Study Objective Location
NCT03279094 Haploidentical Transplantation With Pre-Transplant Immunosuppressive Therapy for Patients With SCD Recruiting Myeloablative Haploidentical 1–30 15 October 2017 To evaluate safety and toxicity of 2 cycles of pre-transplant immunosuppressive therapy followed by myeloablative preparative regimen and allogeneic HSCT from a haploidentical donor USA, California
City of Hope Medical Center
NCT02678143 A Pilot Study of Nonmyeloablative Conditioning for Mismatched HSCT for Severe SCD Recruiting Non-myeloablative Haploidentical, Mismatched unrelated >19 20 April 26, 2016 To evaluate safety and feasibility of non-myeloablative conditioning in haploidentical or one antigen mismatch unrelated HSCT for adult patients with severe SCD USA, Missouri
Washington University
NCT02867800 Abatacept for GVHD Prophylaxis After HSCT for Pediatric SCD Recruiting Reduced Intensity Unrelated 3–20 10 July 2016 To assess tolerability of the costimulation blocking agent abatacept (CTLA4-Ig) when added to standard GVHD prophylaxis USA and Canada, multicenter
NCT03298399 MSCs for Haploidentical HSCT for SCD Recruiting NR Haploidentical 12–40 18 September 1, 2017 To determine safety, tolerability, and effects on engraftment and GVHD of autologous, BM derived MSCs in patients with SCD undergoing haploidentical HSCT USA, Georgia
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory
NCT03214354 Nonmyeloablative SCT in Children With SCD and a Major ABO-Incompatible Matched Sibling Donor (Sickle-MAID) Recruiting Non-myeloablative Matched related 1–19 12 July 5, 2017 To evaluate safety and efficacy of nonmyeloablative conditioning for allogeneic HSCT in pediatric patients with SCD who have a matched related major ABO-incompatible donor Canada, Alberta
Alberta Children’s Hospital
NCT01499888 Ph I/II Study of Allogeneic SCT for Clinically Aggressive SCD Recruiting Non-myeloablative Matched related 16–60 15 November 11, 2011 To determine engraftment and transplant related morbidity and mortality after non-myeloablative allogeneic HSCT using immune-suppressive agents and low-dose TBI without standard chemotherapy in patients with aggressive SCD USA, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
NCT02435901 HSCT For Patients with High Risk Hemoglobinopathies Using Reduced Intensity Recruiting Reduced Intensity Related or unrelated BM, matched or mismatched BM 1–21 19 December 2008 To evaluate use of RIC regimen in patients with high risk hemoglobinopathy SCD and B-Thalassemia Major in combination with standard immunosuppressive medications, followed by a routine SCT USA, New York
Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York
NCT03121001 Study of HLA-SCT to Treat Clinically Aggressive SCD Recruiting Reduced Intensity Haploidentical 16–60 50 April 28, 2017 To determine engraftment at Day +60 following HLA-haploidentical HSCT protocol using immunosuppressive agents and low-dose TBI for conditioning and post-transplant cyclophosphamide USA, Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago
NCT02165007 Haploidentical HSCT Recruiting Reduced Intensity Haploidentical, CD34+ selected graft Up to age 22 15 January 2015 To assess safety and toxicity of RIC haploidentical HSCT using CD34+ selected graft USA, D.C.
Children’s National Medical Center
NCT02105766 Nonmyeloablative PB Mobilized HPCT for SCD and Beta-thalassemia in People with Higher Risk of Transplant Failure Recruiting Non-myeloablative HLA-matched 16–80 162 April 1, 2014 To see if low dose radiation (300 rads), oral cyclophosphamide, pentostatin, and sirolimus help a body to better accept donor stem cells USA, Maryland
National Institutes of Health
NCT02038478 Allograft for SCD and Thalassemia Recruiting Non-myeloablative HLA-matched 18–45 50 January 2014 To determine safety and therapeutic potential of a nonmyeloablative PB Mobilized HPCT USA, Texas
UT Southwestern Medical Center
NCT03077542 Nonmyeloablative Haploidentical PB Mobilized HPCT for SCD Recruiting Non-myeloablative Haploidentical 2–80 84 April 6, 2017 To evaluate safety, efficacy, and tolerance of a nonmyeloablative Haploidentical PB Mobilized HPCT for SCD USA, Maryland
National Institutes of Health
NCT02766465 BMT vs Standard of Care in Patients with Severe SCD (BMT CTN 1503) (STRIDE2) Recruiting Myeloablative HLA-matched related or unrelated donor 15–40 200 November 2016 To compare BMT to standard care USA, multicenter
NCT01917708 BMT Abatacept for Non-Malignant Diseases Recruiting Reduced Intensity Unrelated adult donor (marrow or PBSC) or an unrelated CB unit Up to age 21 20 January 2014 To assess the tolerability of abatacept when combined with CsA and MMF as GVHD prophylaxis USA, Georgia
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
NCT02757885 Transplantation Using Reduced Intensity Approach for Patients with SCD Disease From Mismatched Family Donors of Bone Marrow (TRANSFORM) Recruiting Reduced Intensity Mismatched family donor BM 15–40 15 April 2016 To learn if it is possible and safe to treat persons with severe SCD by HSCT from human leukocyte antigen (HLA) half-matched related donors USA, Georgia
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
NCT00061568 Improving the Results of Bone Marrow Transplantation for Patients with Severe Congenital Anemias Recruiting Non-myeloablative HLA-matched 2–80 150 May 23, 2003 Evaluate nonmyeloablative conditioning in adults with severe SCD USA, Maryland
National Institutes of Health
NCT01962415 RIC for Non-Malignant Disorders Undergoing UCBT, BMT or PBSCT (HSCT+RIC) Recruiting Reduced Intensity 4/6, 5/6 or 6/6 HLA matched related or unrelated UCB or 8/8 or 7/8 HLA matched unrelated donor BM or PB progenitor graft 2mo-35 30 February 4, 2014 To evaluate efficacy of using a RIC regimen with UCBT, double cord UCBT, matched unrelated donor, BM transplant or PBSC transplant in patients with non-malignant disorders USA, Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
NCT01850108 Non-Myeloablative Conditioning and BMT Recruiting Non-myeloablative HLA-matched related donor or Haploidentical 2–70 25 May 2013 To evaluate efficacy of a non-myeloablative regimen for partially HLA-mismatched and HLA-matched BM USA, Tennessee
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
NCT01049854 CD34+Selection for Partially Matched Family or Matched Unrelated Adult Donor HSCT Recruiting Myeloablative Arm and Reduced Intensity Arm NR Up to age 70 35 September 2011 To evaluate efficacy of CD34+ selection for patients with a partially matched or matched unrelated donor USA, New York
New York Medical College
NCT03249831 Non-Myeloablative Conditioning Regimen with Haploidentical T-Cell-Depleted PB Transplant for Patients with Severe SCD Not yet recruiting Non-myeloablative Haploidentical 18–45 6 November 2017 To evaluate safety and feasibility of non-myeloablative conditioning and CD4+ T cell depleted grafts for haploidentical HSCT
USA, California
City of Hope Medical Center
NCT00745420 Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of BMT in Children with SCD (BMT CTN 0601) Active, not recruiting Reduced Intensity Unrelated BM 3–19 39 August 2008 To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using BM from unrelated donors in children with severe SCD who receive RIC USA, multicenter
NCT00977691 Nonmyeloablative Haploidentical PB Mobilized HPCT for Severe Congenital Anemias Including SCD and Beta-Thalassemia Active, not recruiting Non-myeloablative Haploidentical >2 59 September 9, 2009 To determine if a haploidentical BMT, low-intensity radiation, immunosuppressant drugs, and no chemotherapy will be effective in patients with SCD and Beta-thalassemia. To determine the effectiveness of cyclophosphamide in preventing rejection of the donor cells USA, Maryland
National Institutes of Health
Gene Therapy Trials
NCT02140554 A Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of the LentiGlobin BB305 Drug Product in Severe SCD Recruiting NR Gene Therapy >18 29 August 2014 To evaluate gene therapy by transplantation of autologous CD34+ stem cells transduced ex vivo with the LentiGlobin BB305 lentiviral vector in subjects with severe SCD USA, multicenter
NCT03282656 Gene Transfer for SCD Recruiting NR Gene Therapy 3–35 7 November 30, 2017 To evaluate feasibility of HSC gene transfer for SCD using autologous BM derived CD34+ HSCs transduced with a lentiviral vector containing a short-hairpin RNA targeting BCL11a USA, Massachusetts
Boston Children’s Hospital
NCT02186418 Gene Transfer for Patients With SCD Recruiting NR Gene Therapy 18 10 July 2014 To determine whether transfer of a fetal hemoglobin gene using a Gamma Globin Lentivirus Vector into human blood making cells is safe and feasible in patients with SCD USA and Jamaica,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
NCT02247843 Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Recruiting Cytoreductive Gene Therapy >18 6 July 2014 Assess the safety and initial evidence for efficacy of an autologous transplant of βAS3-FB vector transduced BM CD34+ cells for adults with severe SCD USA, California
University of California, Los Angeles
NCT02151526 A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of LentiGlobin BB305 Drug Product in Beta-Thalassemia Major and SCD Active, not recruiting NR Gene Therapy 5–35 7 July 2013 To evaluate safety and efficacy of the administration of LentiGlobin BB305 Drug Product to subjects with either beta-thalassemia major or severe SCD Paris, France

BM: bone marrow, BMT: bone marrow transplant, CsA: cyclosporine, HPCT: hematopoietic precursor cell transplantation, HSCT: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, MMF: mycophenolate mofetil, PB: peripheral blood, PBSC: peripheral blood stem cells, MSC: mesenchymal stromal cells, NR: not reported, RIC: reduced intensity conditioning, SCD: sickle cell disease, TBI: total body irradiation, UCBT: umbilical cord blood transplant