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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transl Res. 2022 Mar 27;246:1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2022.03.010

Table 2:

Clinical Trials for Gene therapy and editing in sickle cell disease

Strategy NCT Number Phase/Enrollment/Status Results Citations
Lentiviral transfer of γ-globinG16D – ARU-1801 NCT02186418 Phase 1/2
Enrollment- 10
Status: open
Increased F-cells, no VOE Grimley M, et al. 2020. Blood
Lentiviral transfer of modified HBB encoding antisickling variant βA87Thr:Gln[βA-T87Q] LentiGlobin BB305 NCT02151526 Phase 1/2
Enrollment- 7
Status: closed
Stable CBC,
Decreased reticulocyte, decreased RBC sickling under hypoxia and improved RBC deformability
Ribel JA et al. 2017. NEJM
NCT02140554 Phase 1/2
Enrollment- 50
Status: not recruiting*
NCT04293185 Phase 3
Enrollment- 35
Status: recruiting*
AS3-FB vector transduced peripheral blood CD34+ cells NCT02247843 Phase 1/2
Enrollment- 6
Status: not recruiting
None reported Pre-clinical: decreased sickling, engraftment of mice Romero Z. et al. 2013. JCI
Lentiviral targeting of γ-globin repressor BCL11A with BCH-BB694 BCL11A shmiR vector NCT03282656 Phase 1
Enrollment- 15
Status: SUSPENDED*
Increased HbF, increased % F-cells, increased HbF per F cells Esrick, EB. Et al. 2021. NEJM
Reactivation of fetal hemoglobin by using Crisper-Cas (CTX001) editing to suppress BCL11A β-globin switch NCT03745287 Phase 1/2
Enrollment- 45
Status: recruiting
Increased HbF, reduced transfusion needs and no VOE Frangoul, H. et al. 2021. NEJM
*

Studies were paused in March 2021 due to the development of myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia in patients in NCT02140554 and NCT04293185 prompting suspension of NCT03282656 out of caution. NCT02140554 and NCT04293185 currently active.