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Sickle Cell Disease: early-phase trial registry

95 of 214 indexed Sickle Cell Disease trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #43 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

214 US clinical trials · 95 currently recruiting · #43 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Sickle Cell Disease: 214 US clinical trials tracked, 95 recruiting.

Sickle Cell Disease is the subject of 214 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 95 of them currently open to new participants. 14 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 87 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, running 17 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition sickle-cell-disease

OPEN 95 | RECR 44% | LATE 14 | EARLY 87 | RANK #43 | SPON 17

Nearest open-share peer: Acute Ischemic Stroke (44% recruiting · 27 trials)

Mild Cognitive Impairment48.5%Sickle Cell Disease (this)44%Atrial Fibrillation29.4%Coronary Artery Disease25.9%Diabetes Mellitus23.3%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle Cell Disease lists 95 open slots (44% of 214 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Sickle Cell Disease on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Sickle Cell Disease is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    95 of 214 indexed trials (44.4%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.1% average across 139 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Sickle Cell Disease trials is spread across many organizations.

    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital accounts for 17 of 214 trials (7.9%). 101 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Sickle Cell Disease trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 50 among the 214 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 150 of those (70.1%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Sickle Cell Disease research is mostly interventional.

    160 interventional and 54 observational studies make up this index (74.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 139Phase 248Phase 311Phase 43

Open and recent trials

214 total, page 2 of 5

RECRUITING Phase 1 52 participants

Cannabidiol in Sickle Cell Disease

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

NCT06930703

RECRUITING Phase 4 50 participants

Prophylactic Transfusion In Pregnant in Women With Sickle Cell Disease

Emory University

NCT06979492

RECRUITING 50 participants

Study to Understand the Genetic Risk of Developing an Immune Response After Blood Transfusions Among Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

NCT06944067

RECRUITING Phase 2 50 participants

Study of HLA-Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation to Treat Clinically Aggressive Sickle Cell Disease

University of Illinois at Chicago

NCT03121001

RECRUITING NA 50 participants

Stress Management and Mindfulness Intervention for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

University of Pennsylvania

NCT07316478

RECRUITING NA 50 participants

Advancing Feasibility and Acceptability of Digital Cognitive Rehabilitation in Sickle Cell Disease

Children's National Research Institute

NCT06770010

RECRUITING 50 participants

A Long-term Follow-up Study in Patients Who Received BEAM-101

Beam Therapeutics

NCT07373639

RECRUITING 50 participants

Bone Loss, Physical Function and Frailty in Older Women With Sickle Cell Trait Sickle Cell Trait

UConn Health

NCT07083531

RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

Relationship Between Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion and Diastolic Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease Using PET

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT05583721

RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

Myeloablative Conditioning, Prophylactic Defibrotide and Haplo AlloSCT for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

New York Medical College

NCT02675959

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

An mHealth Strategy to Improve Medication Adherence in Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

NCT04688411

RECRUITING NA 36 participants

School Readiness Intervention for Preschool Children With Sickle Cell Disease

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT06367192

RECRUITING NA 36 participants

Virtual Reality As Adjunct Therapy for Vaso-Occlusive Pain

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans

NCT06773715

RECRUITING Phase 2 34 participants

Zinc Supplementation in Sickle Cell Disease: A Precursor to the Think Zinc for Bones Trial

University of California, San Francisco

NCT06260891

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Cutaneous Hydration Assessment in SCD

Enrico Novelli

NCT05210114

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Writing Relaxing Beats in Adolescents Who Have Sickle Cell Disease

Mayo Clinic

NCT07222475

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Virtual Reality Devices as an Adjunct to Usual Care for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Experiencing Vaso-Occlusive Crises

University of Maryland, Baltimore

NCT06184126

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Alendronate for Osteonecrosis in Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

University of California, Davis

NCT06016634

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Ultrasound Acute Chest Syndrome Sickle Cell Disease

Indiana University

NCT06880679

RECRUITING Phase 3 26 participants

Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of a Single Dose of CTX001 in Participants With Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia and Severe Sickle Cell Disease

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

NCT05477563

RECRUITING NA 25 participants

Promoting Resilience Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

Boston Children's Hospital

NCT06555939

RECRUITING Phase 1 25 participants

Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Escalating Doses of Fostamatinib in Subjects With Stable Sickle Cell Disease

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NCT05904093

RECRUITING Phase 1 25 participants

Gene Editing For Sickle Cell Disease

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT06506461

RECRUITING Phase 2 24 participants

A Study of Immune Suppression Treatment for People With Sickle Cell Disease or β-Thalassemia Who Are Going to Receive an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT05736419

RECRUITING Phase 1 24 participants

Single-dose Pharmacokinetics of Pociredir in Participants With Sickle Cell Disease

Fulcrum Therapeutics

NCT07431398

RECRUITING Phase 2 24 participants

Losartan for Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis in Sickle Cell Disease

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

NCT05012631

RECRUITING Phase 1 24 participants

A Phase 1b, Open-Label Study of DISC-3405 in Participants With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

Disc Medicine

NCT07187973

RECRUITING Phase 4 22 participants

Effects of the Contraceptive Implant in Women With Sickle Cell Disease

University of Pennsylvania

NCT05730205

RECRUITING Phase 1 21 participants

Arginine Therapy for the Treatment of Pain in Children With Sickle Cell Disease

Emory University

NCT02447874

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Early Life Exposures Among Children With Sickle Cell Disease

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT05377372

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Sickle Cell Children's Exercise Study (SuCCESs)

University of Maryland, Baltimore

NCT06074198

RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

PET Imaging of Vaso-Occlusive Crisis (VOC) in SCD

Enrico Novelli

NCT04925492

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Trans-auricular Nerve Stimulation as an Innovative Approach to the Treatment of Pain in Pediatric Patients Suffering From Sickle Cell Disease

Emory University

NCT07090668

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Pain and Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

University of Illinois at Chicago

NCT07402811

RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

A Study of Nicotinamide With Oral Tetrahydrouridine and Decitabine to Treat High Risk Sickle Cell Disease

EpiDestiny

NCT04055818

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Feasibility and Efficacy of Attentional-Control Training in Sickle Cell Disease

Children's National Research Institute

NCT05099874

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

AlloSCT for Malignant and Non-malignant Hematologic Diseases Utilizing Alpha/Beta T Cell and CD19+ B Cell Depletion

Mitchell Cairo

NCT04099966

RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

Study of Panobinostat (LBH589) in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

Abdullah Kutlar

NCT01245179

RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

Gene Correction in Autologous CD34+ Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HbS to HbA) to Treat Severe Sickle Cell Disease

Kamau Therapeutics

NCT04819841

RECRUITING NA 15 participants

Effect of MitoQ on Platelet Function and Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Patients With Sickle Cell Anemia

University of Pittsburgh

NCT04109820

RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

SCD Stem Cell Mobilization and Apheresis Using Motixafortide

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT06442761

RECRUITING Phase 2 12 participants

Sickle Cell Disease Transplant Using a Nonmyeloablative Approach for Patients With Anti-donor Red Cell Antibody

Children's National Research Institute

NCT06358638

RECRUITING Phase 1 10 participants

Hematopoietic Stem Cell BCL11A Enhancer Gene Editing for Severe β-Hemoglobinopathies

Daniel Bauer

NCT06647979

RECRUITING Phase 1 9 participants

Transplantation of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Modified Hematopoietic Progenitor Stem Cells (CRISPR_SCD001) in Patients with Severe Sickle Cell Disease

Mark Walters, MD

NCT04774536

RECRUITING 8 participants

A Pilot Study on Neuroimaging in SCD: Part of The Boston Consortium to Cure Sickle Cell Disease

Boston Children's Hospital

NCT04166526

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 506 participants

CHOICES3: Sickle Cell Disease Parenting CHOICES

University of Florida

NCT05292781

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 450 participants

A Study of Etavopivat in Adults and Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease (HIBISCUS)

Forma Therapeutics

NCT04624659

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 300 participants

Kidney Function in Sickle Cell Anemia

Kenneth Ataga MD

NCT03277547

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 286 participants

A Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Mitapivat (AG-348) in Participants With Sickle Cell Disease (RISE UP)

Agios Pharmaceuticals

NCT05031780

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 250 participants

Stroke Prevention in Young Adults With Sickle Cell Anemia

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT04808778

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 39
Phase 2 48
Phase 3 11
Phase 4 3

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Sickle Cell Disease records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
15 trials
Alemtuzumab Drug
10 trials
Fludarabine Drug
7 trials
Sirolimus Drug
5 trials
Cyclophosphamide Drug
5 trials
Hydroxyurea Drug
4 trials
Pentostatin Drug
3 trials
Total Body Irradiation Radiation
3 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Sickle Cell Disease trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 41 trials
Illinois 39 trials
Georgia 39 trials
New York 37 trials
Tennessee 36 trials
Maryland 35 trials
North Carolina 34 trials
Ohio 27 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Sickle Cell Disease page

214 registered trials, 95 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Sickle Cell Disease condition card totals 214 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.