The BENeFiTS Trial in Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
Beta Thalassemia IntermediaSickle Cell DiseaseBeta-thalassemias and hemoglobinopathies are serious inherited blood diseases caused by abnormal or deficiency of beta A chains of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells which delivers oxygen throughout the body.The diseases are characterized by hemolytic anemia, organ damage, and early mortality without treatment. Increases in another type of (normal) hemoglobin, fetal globin (HbF), which is normally silenced in infancy, reduces anemia and morbidity. Even incremental augmentation of fetal globin is established to reduce red blood cell pathology, anemia, certain complications, and to improve survival. This trial will evaluate an oral drug discovered in a high throughput screen, which increases fetal globin protein (HbF and red blood cells expressing HbF)and messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) to high levels in anemic nonhuman primates and in transgenic mice. The study drug acts by suppressing 4 repressors of the fetal globin gene promoter in progenitor cells from patients. The drug has been used for 50 years in a combination product for different actions - to enhance half-life and reduce side effects of a different active drug- and is considered safe for long-term use. This trial will first evaluate 3 dose levels in small cohorts of nontransfused patients with beta thalassemia intermedia. The most active dose will then be evaluated in larger subject groups with beta thalassemia and other hemoglobinopathies, such as sickle cell disease.
Clinical Study to Evaluate the Possible Efficacy and Safety of L- Carnitine and Sildenafil in Children...
Beta Thalassemia With Increased Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet VelocityThis study aims to investigate the possible efficacy and safety of L_Carnitine and Sildenafil on patient with Beta thalassemia complicated with increased Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet Velocity
T-Cell Depleted Alternative Donor Bone Marrow Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and Other...
Sickle Cell AnemiaBeta-thalassemia Major1 moreThe purpose of this study is to evaluate what effect, if any, mismatched unrelated volunteer donor and/or haploidentical related donor stem cell transplant may have on severe sickle cell disease and other transfusion dependent anemias. By using mismatched unrelated volunteer donor and/or haploidentical related donor stem cells, this study will increase the number of patients who can undergo a stem cell transplant for their specified disease. Additionally, using a T-cell depleted approach should reduce the incidence of graft-versus-host disease which would otherwise be increased in a mismatched transplant setting.
A Study to Evaluate Long-term Safety in Participants Who Have Participated in Other Luspatercept...
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)Beta-thalassemia1 moreA Phase 3b, open-label, single-arm, rollover study to evaluate the long-term safety of luspatercept, to the following participants: Participants receiving luspatercept on a parent protocol at the time of their transition to the rollover study, who tolerate the protocol-prescribed regimen in the parent trial and, in the opinion of the investigator, may derive clinical benefit from continuing treatment with luspatercept Participants in the follow-up phase previously treated with luspatercept or placebo in the parent protocol will continue into long-term post-treatment follow-up in the rollover study until the follow-up commitments are met The study design is divided into the Transition Phase, Treatment Phase and Follow-up Phase. Participants will enter transition phase and depending on their background will enter either the treatment phase or the Long-term Post-treatment Follow-up (LTPTFU) phase Transition Phase is defined as one Enrollment visit Treatment Phase: For participants in luspatercept treatment the dose and schedule of luspatercept in this study will be the same as the last dose and schedule in the parent luspatercept study. This does not apply to participants that are in long-term follow-up from the parent protocol Follow-up Phase includes: - 42 Day Safety Follow-up Visit During the Safety Follow up, the participants will be followed for 42 days after the last dose of luspatercept, for the assessment of safety-related parameters and adverse event (AE) reporting - Long-term Post-treatment Follow-up (LTPTFU) Phase Participants will be followed for overall survival every 6 months for at least 5 years from first dose of luspatercept in the parent protocol, or 3 years of post-treatment from last dose, whichever occurs later, or until death, withdrawal of consent, study termination, or until a subject is lost to follow-up. Participants will also be monitored for progression to AML or any malignancies/pre-malignancies. New anticancer or disease related therapies should be collected at the same time schedule Participants transitioning from a parent luspatercept study in post-treatment follow-up (safety or LTPTFU) will continue from the same equivalent point in this rollover study. The rollover study will be terminated, and relevant participants will discontinue from the study when all participants fulfill at least 5 years from the first dose of luspatercept in the parent protocol, or 3 years of post-treatment from last dose, whichever occurs later.
Thalassemic Iron Overload Cardiomyopathy is Ameliorated by Taurine Supplementation
Thalassemia MajorHypothesis: Taurine, in combination with standard iron chelation therapy, is more effective than chelation therapy alone in reducing cardiac iron overload, oxidative stress and cardiac damage in β-Thalassemia. Protocol: Sixty subjects with transfusion dependent β-Thalassemia receiving deferasirox iron chelation therapy will be recruited and randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either (1) placebo and continuation of their iron chelation or (2) a combination of iron chelation plus taurine. Transfusion and safety visits will be scheduled monthly with clinical/biochemical assessment visits every three months. The efficacy of taurine combined with standard chelation therapy will be assessed at baseline and 12 months posttreatment by both cardiac T2*MRI, and cardiac function. The recruitment period is projected to be 12 months from initiation.
A Study of Immune Suppression Treatment for People With Sickle Cell Disease or β-Thalassemia Who...
Sickle Cell DiseaseThalassemia2 moreHematopoietic Cell Transplantation/HCT involves receiving healthy blood-forming cells (stem cells) from a donor to replace the diseased or damaged cells in participants' bone marrow. The researchers think giving participants treatment with fludarabine and dexamethasone, drugs that lower the activity of the body's immune system (immune suppression), before standard conditioning therapy and HCT may help prevent serious side effects, including graft failure and GvHD. In this study, depending on how participants' body responds to the fludarabine and dexamethasone, the study doctor may decide participants should receive another drug, called cyclophosphamide, instead of fludarabine. In addition, depending on the results of participants' routine blood tests, participants may receive the drugs bortezomib and rituximab, which also help with immune suppression.
the Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of HGI-001 Injection in Patients With Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia...
β-thalassemiaThis is an open label study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of β-globin Restored Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cells in ß-Thalassemia Major Patients
Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of a Single Dose of CTX001 in Participants With Transfusion-Dependent...
Beta-ThalassemiaThalassemia6 moreThis is a single-dose, open-label study in participants with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) or severe sickle cell disease (SCD). The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of autologous CRISPR-Cas9 modified CD34+ human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (hHSPCs) using CTX001.
PK of SOF/LED in HCV - Infected Adolescents With Haematological Disorders
HCV InfectionBeta Thalassemia MajorThis is a prospective, controlled, open-label, pharmacokinetic study. This study aims at studying the PK of sofosbuvir, ledipasvir and sofosbuvir metabolite (GS-331007) in HCV infected children with hematological Disorders. to develop predictive pharmacokinetic model for the 3 moieties in the studied population. In this study, patients in both treatment groups will receive 12 weeks of treatment with a fixed-dose combination tablet containing 400 mg of sofosbuvir and 90 mg of ledipasvir(SOF/LED) orally, once daily with food.
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for High Risk Hemoglobinopathies
Sickle Cell DiseaseTransfusion Dependent Alpha- or Beta- Thalassemia6 moreThis is a study to collect the outcomes of stem cell transplantation for patients with hematologic diseases other than cancer.