Sickle cell drug mitapivat faces Long-Term safety check in small study
NCT ID NCT04610866
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 08, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at the long-term safety and tolerability of the drug mitapivat in adults with stable sickle cell disease. Participants, who previously benefited from mitapivat in an earlier study, take the drug twice daily for up to 48 weeks, with an option to continue for another 48 weeks. The goal is to monitor side effects and see if the drug remains safe over time.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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15 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2020
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: Subjects completing Study 19H0097 will first be screened for eligibility. Eligibility criteria are identical with the exception of criteria 5.1.4, 5.2.2, and 5.2.3.p. If any of the 15 subjects completing the 19H0097 study are unable to participate in or complete the current extension study (defined as completing 24 weeks of treatment with study drug to allow for assessment of the primary endpoint), then additional new subjects naive to mitapivat treatment may be enrolled to replace them. Subjects will enroll onto the study and undergo screening. Subjects who do not meet any of the following criteria during screening will not receive the study intervention but will be counted toward study accrual. Screen failures may be rescreened at a later time. In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1.1 Have provided signed written informed consent prior to performing any study procedure, including screening procedures. 1.2 Age between 18-70 years 1.3 Unequivocal diagnosis of HbSS confirmed by hemoglobin electrophoresis performed on patients at least 90 days after a blood transfusion if previously transfused, or DNA genotyping 1.4 No transfusion in the 12 weeks prior to signing consent, or absence of Hb A on hemoglobin analysis (by high-performance liquid chromatography; HPLC) 1.5 Have adequate organ function, as defined by: 1. Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \<=2.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) (unless the increased AST is assessed by the Investigator as due to hemolysis) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) \<=2.5 x ULN. 2. Serum creatinine \<=1.25 x ULN. If serum creatinine is \>1.25 x ULN, then glomerular filtration rate (based on creatinine) must be \>=60 mL/min. 3. Absolute neutrophil count \>=1.0 x 10\^9/L. 4. Hemoglobin \>= 7 g/dL 5. Platelet count \>=100 x 10\^9/L. 6. Activated partial thromboplastin time and international normalized ratio \<=1.5 x ULN, unless the subject is receiving therapeutic anticoagulants. 1.6 For women of reproductive potential, have a negative serum pregnancy test during the screening period. Women of reproductive potential are defined as sexually mature women who have not undergone a hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, or tubal occlusion; or who have not been naturally postmenopausal (i.e., who have not menstruated at all for at least the preceding 1 year prior to signing informed consent unrelated to hormonal contraception). 1.7 For women of reproductive potential be abstinent as part of their usual lifestyle, or agree to use one highly effective form of contraception from the time of giving informed consent, during the study, and for 28 days following the last dose of study treatment. Furthermore, due to the potential for mitapivat to reduce the effectiveness of hormonal contraceptives, women using hormonal contraception as a highly effective method of contraception must also utilize an acceptable barrier method while enrolled in the study and for at least 28 days after their last dose of mitapivat. Women using nonhormonal methods of contraception as a highly effective method do not need to use an additional barrier method. 1.8 Be willing to comply with all study procedures for the duration of the study. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: 2.1 Documented pyruvate kinase deficiency 2.2 Screening hemoglobin level of \>= 11 g/dL 2.3 Have a significant medical condition that confers an unacceptable risk to participating in the study, and/or that could confound the interpretation of the study data. Such significant medical conditions include, but are not limited to the following: 1. Poorly controlled hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure \[BP\] \>150 mmHg or diastolic BP \>90 mmHg) refractory to medical management. 2. History of recent (within 24 weeks prior to signing consent) decompensated congestive heart failure; myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris; hemorrhagic, embolic, or thrombotic stroke; deep venous thrombosis; or pulmonary or arterial embolism. 3. Cardiac dysrhythmias judged as clinically significant by the Investigator. 4. Heart-rate corrected QT interval-Fredericia's method (QTcF) \>480 msec with the exception of subjects with right or left bundle branch block. 5. Clinically symptomatic cholelithiasis or cholecystitis. Prior cholecystectomy is not exclusionary. Subjects with symptomatic cholelithiasis or cholecystitis may be rescreened once the disorder has been treated and clinical symptoms have resolved. 6. History of drug-induced cholestatic hepatitis. 7. Iron overload sufficiently severe to result in a clinical diagnosis by the Investigator of cardiac (e.g., clinically significant impaired left ventricular ejection fraction), hepatic (e.g., fibrosis, cirrhosis), or pancreatic (e.g., diabetes) dysfunction. 8. Have a diagnosis of any other congenital or acquired blood disorder, or any other hemolytic process as defined by a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT), except mild allo-immunization as a consequence of transfusion therapy. 9. Positive test for hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody (Ab) with signs of active hepatitis B or C virus infection. If the subject is positive for HCVAb, a reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction test will be conducted. Subjects with hepatitis C may be rescreened after receiving appropriate hepatitis C treatment. 10. Positive test for human immunodeficiency virus 1 or 2 Ab. 11. Active infection requiring any use of systemic antimicrobial agents (parenteral or oral) or Grade \>=3 in severity (per National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events) within 8 weeks prior to signing consent. 12. Diabetes mellitus judged to be under poor control by the Investigator or requiring \>3 antidiabetic agents, including insulin (all insulins are considered 1 agent); use of insulin per se is not exclusionary. 13. History of any primary malignancy, with the exception of: curatively treated nonmelanomatous skin cancer; curatively treated cervical or breast carcinoma in situ; or other primary tumor treated with curative intent, no known active disease present, and no treatment administered during the last 3 years. 14. Current or recent history of psychiatric disorder that, in the opinion of the Investigator or Medical Monitor, could compromise the ability of the subject to cooperate with study visits and procedures. 15. Are currently enrolled in another therapeutic clinical trial involving ongoing therapy with any investigational or marketed product or placebo. SCD subjects on hydroxyurea or L-glutamine will also be considered, provided that they have been on an unchanged dose of hydroxyurea or LGlutamine for 12 weeks prior to signing consent. Use of the newer SCD therapies voxelotor or crizanlizumab will not be permitted on this study, and subjects who have received voxelotor or crizanlizumab in the 12 weeks prior to signing consent will be excluded. 16. Have exposure to any investigational drug (other than the current drug, mitapivat), device, or invasive procedure within 12 weeks prior to signing consent. All non-investigational invasive procedures within 12 weeks of signing consent may be considered as a potential exclusion criteria per the PI s discretion. 17. Have had a prior bone marrow or stem cell transplant. 18. Are currently pregnant or breastfeeding. 19. Are currently receiving products that are strong inhibitors of CYP3A4/5 that have not been stopped for (Bullet)5 days or a time frame equivalent to 5 half-lives (whichever is longer), or strong inducers of CYP3A4 that have not been stopped for (Bullet)28 days or a time frame equivalent to 5 half-lives (whichever is longer), prior to signing consent. 20. Are currently receiving hematopoietic stimulating agents (e.g., erythropoietins, granulocyte colony stimulating factors, thrombopoietins) that have not been stopped for a duration of at least 90 days prior to signing consent. 21. Have a history of allergy to sulfonamides if characterized by acute hemolytic anemia, drug-induced liver injury, anaphylaxis, rash of erythema multiforme type or Stevens-Johnson syndrome, cholestatic hepatitis, or other serious clinical manifestations. 22. Have a history of allergy to mitapivat or its excipients (microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, sodium stearyl fumarate, and mannitol).
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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