The BENeFiTS Trial in Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1Phase 2
- Design
- Allocation: Non-RandomizedIntervention Model: Sequential AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Each higher dose level cohort will be enrolled after 2 weeks of treatment in the lower dose level. Additional doses or regimens may be added. Expansion cohorts at the most active dose will be evaluated.Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
The study will first evaluate 3 doses of the investigational drug which are considered safe with chronic use in a combination therapeutic used widely for a different disease in Europe and Canada. The doses to be studied are human equivalent doses of doses that are active in nonhuman primates in indu...
The study will first evaluate 3 doses of the investigational drug which are considered safe with chronic use in a combination therapeutic used widely for a different disease in Europe and Canada. The doses to be studied are human equivalent doses of doses that are active in nonhuman primates in inducing high level fetal globin messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), protein, and proportions of red blood cells expressing fetal globin protein (F-cells). Additive effects are observed with hydroxyurea in sickle cell patients' cells in vitro. The study will first evaluate the study therapeutic in male and female patients who are 18 years and older. After a screening period to obtain baseline medical and laboratory data, the study drug will be taken by mouth once per day, every other day. The first dose will be taken in a clinical unit, and thereafter will be taken at home for 12 weeks. Laboratory tests, physical exams, and tolerability will be assessed 6 times over 4 months, including for one month after completion of dosing. The cohorts will be enrolled sequentially. Each new cohort will begin after the prior lower dose cohort has received 2 weeks of treatment without serious adverse events related to the study drug. The dose that increases fetal globin assays to the highest degree will be evaluated in a larger group of subjects.Other regimens or test doses may be added as needed to identify an active dose and regimen. The study drug is expected to be safe when added to most other medications used to treat thalassemia.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04432623
- Collaborators
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- Investigators
- Study Director: Susan Perrine, MD Phoenicia BioScience Principal Investigator: Kevin Kuo, MD University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Principal Investigator: Sylvia Singer, MD UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital at Oakland