New hope for kids tied to blood transfusions: trial aims to cut lifeline need
NCT ID NCT05144256
Summary
This study is testing whether a drug called mitapivat can help children with pyruvate kinase deficiency (PK deficiency), a rare genetic disorder that destroys red blood cells, rely less on regular blood transfusions. About 49 children, aged 1 to 18, who currently need frequent transfusions will receive either the study drug or a placebo for 32 weeks to see if it reduces their transfusion needs. The main goal is to see if the drug can safely cut the total volume of blood they need by at least one-third.
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Locations
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Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Central Jutland, 8200, Denmark
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Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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CHUV University Hospital of Lausanne
Lausanne, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
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Charite - UB - CVK - Medizinische Klinik
Berlin, 13353, Germany
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Emory
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Comprehensive Hemophilia Care Clinic at CHEO (Children's Hospital Eastern Ontario)
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 5B2, Canada
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Cure 4 the Kids Foundation, A Division of Roseman University of Health Sciences
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89135, United States
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Ege University Faculty of Medicine
Izmir, Adana, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Fakultní Nemocnice Olomouc
Olomouc, 779 00, Czechia
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Hacettepe University
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
Madrid, 30120, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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King's College Hospital NHS
London, SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
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Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona, 85016, United States
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Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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Stanford Medicine
Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Utrecht, 3584 CX, Netherlands
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Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi [Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine] Çocuk Sağlığı Enstitüsü [Institute of Child Health]
Istanbul, 34093, Turkey (Türkiye)
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