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A Dose-Finding Study of Tebapivat to Assess Efficacy, and Safety in Participants With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

A Phase 2, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Dose- Finding, Efficacy, and Safety Study of Tebapivat in Participants With Sickle Cell Disease

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06924970
Enrollment
59
Registered
2025-04-13
Start date
2025-05-01
Completion date
2027-05-01
Last updated
2026-08-20

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Conditions

Sickle Cell Disease

Brief summary

The main purpose of this study is to compare the effect of tebapivat versus placebo on anemia and to detect a dose-response for hemoglobin (Hb) response in participants with SCD.

Interventions

Oral tablets.

DRUGTebapivat Matched Placebo

Oral tablets.

Sponsors

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria: * Documented diagnosis of SCD (HbSS, HbSC \[combined heterozygosity for hemoglobins S and C\], sickle hemoglobin \[HbS\]/β0-thalassemia, HbS/β+-thalassemia, or other sickle cell syndrome variants). * Hemoglobin ≥5.5 and ≤10.5 grams per decilitre (g/dL). Hemoglobin concentration must be based on an average of at least 2 Hb concentration measurements (separated by ≥7 days) collected during the screening period. * If taking hydroxyurea, the hydroxyurea dose must be stable for at least 90 days before randomization. Discontinuation of hydroxyurea requires a 90-day washout before providing informed consent. Key

Exclusion criteria

* Receiving regularly scheduled red blood cell (RBC) transfusion therapy (also termed chronic, prophylactic, or preventative transfusion); episodic transfusion in response to worsened anemia or vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) is permitted. Additionally, a participant who requires episodic transfusion(s) may not have received a transfusion(s) within 60 days before providing informed consent or during the screening period. * \>10 sickle cell pain crisis (SCPCs) in the 12 months before providing informed consent. * Receiving anabolic steroids that have not been stopped for at least 4 weeks before randomization. Testosterone replacement therapy to treat hypogonadism is allowed; the testosterone dose and preparation must be stable for ≥10 weeks before randomization. * Hospitalized for an SCPC and/or other vaso-occlusive event within 14 days before providing informed consent or within 14 days before randomization. If an SCPC occurs during the screening period, the screening period may be extended with Medical Monitor approval. * Receiving treatment with voxelotor, crizanlizumab, or L-glutamine within 90 days before randomization. * Platelet count \<lower limit of normal (LLN) for the local laboratory or \<150×109/liter (L) (whichever is lower) during screening. Platelet transfusions received within 28 days before consent or during screening. * Receiving treatment with hematopoietic stimulating agents within 90 days before randomization. * Prior exposure to gene therapy or prior bone marrow or stem cell transplantation, including any conditioning regimen.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Percentage of Participants With Hb ResponseBaseline, Week 10 through Week 12

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Up to Week 72
Average Change From Baseline in Hb ConcentrationBaseline, Week 10 through Week 12
Average Change From Baseline in Indirect BilirubinBaseline, Week 10 through Week 12
Average Change From Baseline in Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)Baseline, Week 10 through Week 12
Average Change From Baseline in Absolute Reticulocyte CountBaseline, Week 10 through Week 12
Average Change From Baseline in Percent ReticulocytesBaseline, Week 10 through Week 12
Average Change From Baseline in ErythropoietinBaseline, Week 10 through Week 12
Average Change From Baseline in Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® (PROMIS) Fatigue 13a Short Form ScoreBaseline, Week 10 through Week 12
Average Change From Baseline in PROMIS Pain Intensity 1a ScoreBaseline, Week 10 through Week 12
Average Change From Baseline in Adult Sickle Cell Quality of Life Measurement Information System (ASCQ-Me) Pain Impact ScoreBaseline, Week 10 through Week 12
Plasma Concentration of TebapivatPre-dose and at multiple timepoints post-dose up to Week 8
Maximum (Peak) Concentration (Cmax) of TebapivatPre-dose and at multiple timepoints post-dose up to Week 8
Time to Cmax (tmax) of TebapivatPre-dose and at multiple timepoints post-dose up to Week 8
Area Under the Concentration-time Curve From Time Zero to the Time of Last Quantifiable Concentration (AUC0-t) of TebapivatPre-dose and at multiple timepoints post-dose up to Week 8
Whole Blood Concentrations of 2,3-Diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG)Pre-dose and at multiple timepoints post-dose up to Week 8
Whole Blood Concentrations of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)Pre-dose and at multiple timepoints post-dose up to Week 8

Countries

Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 21, 2026