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Sickle Cell Disease clinical trials

95 of 214 indexed Sickle Cell Disease trials are currently recruiting.

214 US clinical trials · 95 currently 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.

The research picture

Sickle Cell Disease has 214 registered US clinical trials, 95 of them open to new participants right now, about 44% of the total.

95
recruiting participants now
44%
of trials open to enrollment
14
in Phase 3–4 (later-stage)
17
top sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Phase 139Phase 248Phase 311Phase 43

Active & 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

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

Reading the Sickle Cell Disease Trial Landscape

214 indexed Sickle Cell Disease studies · 95 recruiting (44%).

Phase mix: 14 late (III/IV) vs 87 early (I/II).

Top sponsor: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (17 trials), 9 others listed. 50 shown below, recruiting first.

How to read this condition's trial landscape

That ratio is a useful proxy for activity level: a high share of recruiting studies often signals that research interest is current and that new enrollment opportunities are appearing, while a low share typically means the field is dominated by completed or follow-up work where most participant spots have already been filled. These counts reflect the public registry only and include studies at every stage of design, so they should be read as an index of research attention rather than as a measure of treatment availability.

Phase 1 and Phase 2 studies focus on early safety signals, dosing, and preliminary effect, while Phase 3 studies are typically the larger efficacy and safety trials submitted toward regulatory review, and Phase 4 studies follow approved interventions in real-world use. A condition weighted toward later phases often reflects a mature research pipeline with several interventions already close to or past approval, whereas a heavier early-phase tilt suggests the field is still exploring new mechanisms and candidate approaches.

All figures are derived from the public ClinicalTrials.gov dataset maintained by the National Library of Medicine and are reproduced here for reference. Inclusion of a trial, sponsor, or intervention on this page is neither an endorsement nor a recommendation, eligibility, protocol changes, and site-level status can shift frequently, so always verify current details on ClinicalTrials.gov and consult a qualified healthcare provider before acting on anything you see here.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many clinical trials are there for Sickle Cell Disease?

PlainTrial tracks 214 US clinical trials for Sickle Cell Disease, of which 95 are currently recruiting participants. Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov.

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH/NLM) ClinicalTrials.gov AACT registry · 2026 Trial counts and statuses sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Sponsor counts include both industry and federal/academic sponsors.

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