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ClinicalTrials.gov 95 recruiting now early-phase tilt #43 of 28,707 conditions

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 3 of 5

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 173 participants

Sickle Cell Disease and CardiovAscular Risk - Red Cell Exchange Trial (SCD-CARRE)

University of Pittsburgh

NCT04084080

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 148 participants

Prevention of Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Disease

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT06397118

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 102 participants

Epidemiology of Silent and Overt Strokes in Sickle Cell Disease

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT03376893

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 90 participants

A Study Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Crovalimab as Adjunct Treatment in Prevention of Vaso-Occlusive Episodes (VOE) in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT05075824

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 75 participants

Glucose Metabolism in Sickle Cell Disease

University of Illinois at Chicago

NCT02922296

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 70 participants

Identifying Barriers and Strategies to Support Self-efficacy for Medication Adherence With Text Messaging

Vanderbilt University

NCT02785848

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 68 participants

The Longitudinal Relationship of HU Adherence to HRQOL, Barriers to Adherence and Habit in SCD.

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

NCT04691323

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Integrative Medicine in Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease

Indiana University

NCT05045820

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 57 participants

Nonmyeloablative Haploidentical Peripheral Blood Mobilized Hematopoietic Precursor Cell Transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NCT03077542

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 56 participants

Nonmyeloablative Peripheral Blood Mobilized Hematopoietic Precursor Cell Transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease and Beta-thalassemia in People With Higher Risk of Transplant Failure

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NCT02105766

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 53 participants

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Bone Pain Study

University of California, Davis

NCT05283148

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 53 participants

Stem Cell Transplant in Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia

Columbia University

NCT00408447

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 45 participants

Sickle Cell Hemoglobinopathies and Bone Health

UConn Health

NCT02306993

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 45 participants

Ph I/II Study of Allogeneic SCT for Clinically Aggressive Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

University of Illinois at Chicago

NCT01499888

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 45 participants

A Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of EDIT-301 in Participants With Severe Sickle Cell Disease (RUBY)

Editas Medicine

NCT04853576

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 43 participants

Early Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Matched Sibling Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Emory University

NCT04018937

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 40 participants

The Feasibility of the Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH) Intervention-OUTPATIENT

University of Florida

NCT06580067

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 36 participants

Exploring Adherence Monitoring in Sickle Cell Disease

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT03708731

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 35 participants

A Study Evaluating Gene Therapy With BB305 Lentiviral Vector in Sickle Cell Disease

Genetix Biotherapeutics

NCT04293185

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Safety of Epeleuton in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

Afimmune

NCT05861453

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

An Extension Study of IMR-687 in Adult Patients With Sickle Cell Anemia

Imara

NCT04053803

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Study on Use of Omega-3 Fatty Acids to Improve Outcomes in Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT05758766

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 28 participants

Sickle Cell, Pain and Mediterranean Diet

University of Illinois at Chicago

NCT06886477

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 28 participants

iPeer2Peer Program for Youth With Sickle Cell Disease

The Hospital for Sick Children

NCT03989986

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 25 participants

A Gene Transfer Study Inducing Fetal Hemoglobin in Sickle Cell Disease (GRASP, BMT CTN 2001)

David Williams

NCT05353647

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 21 participants

Haplo T-Cell Depleted Transplantation in High-Risk Sickle Cell Disease

New York Medical College

NCT01461837

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

BEACON: A Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of BEAM-101 in Patients With Severe Sickle Cell Disease

Beam Therapeutics

NCT05456880

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 15 participants

Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of Long-term Mitapivat Dosing in Subjects With Stable Sickle Cell Disease: An Extension of a Phase I Pilot Study of Mitapivat

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NCT04610866

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 13 participants

Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of CTX001 in Pediatric Participants With Severe Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

NCT05329649

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 12 participants

Study of the Effect of Etavopivat on Cerebral Hemodynamic Response in Children With Sickle Cell Disease

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT05725902

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 11 participants

Haploidentical Transplantation With Pre-Transplant Immunosuppressive Therapy for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT03279094

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 10 participants

Gene Transfer for Sickle Cell Disease

David Williams

NCT03282656

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 9 participants

Pilot Study PBSCT with TCRab Depletion for Hemoglobinopathies

Timothy Olson

NCT04523376

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 6 participants

Assessing Physical Function in Sickle Cell Patients Taking Voxelotor

Inova Health Care Services

NCT06023199

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 6 participants

Non-myeloablative Haploidentical HCT Study for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease, Including Compromised Organ Function

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NCT06145282

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 5 participants

Safety of Blood Stem Cell Mobilization With Plerixafor in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT03664830

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 4 participants

Long-term Follow-up (LTFU) of Patients Treated With Genome-edited Autologous Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells (HSPC)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT06155500

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 3 participants

A Blood Stem Cell Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT03249831

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 2 participants

TMLI and Alemtuzumab for Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT05384756

COMPLETED 498 participants

A 3-year, Prospective, Non-interventional, Multicenter Registry in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Patients

Novartis

NCT01220115

COMPLETED 423 participants

Multi-Center Study of Iron Overload: Survey Study (MCSIO)

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

NCT01913548

COMPLETED 390 participants

Long Term Effects of Erythrocyte Lysis

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT00842621

COMPLETED 350 participants

The Afolabi Stroke Registry for Children and Young Adults With SCD in Northern Nigeria

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT04800809

COMPLETED 297 participants

Patient Characteristics and Treatment Patterns From Early Crizanlizumab Use in Real-world Setting: Preliminary Analysis From Select Sickle Cell Centers

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT05833022

COMPLETED NA 279 participants

Implementing an Individualized Pain Plan (IPP) for ED Treatment of VOE's in Sickle Cell Disease

Duke University

NCT04584528

COMPLETED 252 participants

Validating Pain Scales in Children and Young Adults

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT01639950

COMPLETED 248 participants

The Brigance Assessment Of Individual Neurodevelopment In Young Children With Sickle Cell Disease- 2

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCT01123863

COMPLETED Phase 3 241 participants

A Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Inclacumab in Participants With Sickle Cell Disease Experiencing Vaso-occlusive Crises

Pfizer

NCT04935879

COMPLETED NA 222 participants

Peer i-Coaching for Activated Self-Management Optimization in Adolescents and Young Adults With Chronic Conditions

Duke University

NCT03938324

COMPLETED Phase 2 198 participants

Study to Assess Safety and Impact of SelG1 With or Without Hydroxyurea Therapy in Sickle Cell Disease Patients With Pain Crises

Reprixys Pharmaceutical Corporation

NCT01895361

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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.