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CompletedNCT02672540Updated May 23, 2018

A Study of SANGUINATE for the Treatment of Vaso-occlusive Crisis (VOC) in Adult Sickle Cell Disease Patients

A Phase 2 interventional study of SANGUINATE 320 mg/kg and Normal Saline in Anemia, Sickle Cell, sponsored by Prolong Pharmaceuticals. Completed at 4 sites in 4 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-05-23.

Primary conditionVaso-Occlusive CrisesRegistry: Anemia, Sickle CellReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Anemia, Sickle Cell — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Vaso-Occlusive Crises
Why
  1. The study's title name Vaso-Occlusive Crises, a narrower term within Anemia, Sickle Cell.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own title. Of 46 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 72% were exactly right and 89% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 4% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by Prolong Pharmaceuticals · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
34
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Safety and effect of SANGUINATE on Sickle Cell Disease patients experiencing a vaso-occlusive crisis who are admitted to the hospital for treatment.

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A single-blind, multicenter, randomized, placebo-control study in which 30 Sickle Cell disease patients having a vaso-occlusive crisis will either receive SANGUINATE 320 mg/kg/patient (8 mL/kg/patient) or Normal Saline on Day 1 (Visit 1) and Day 2 (Visit 2) infused over 2 hours each day. Patients are to remain in the hospital for up to 7 days but can be discharged at any time after receiving the second dose of SANGUINATE, provided their vaso-occlusive crisis has resolved and the patient has completed discharge procedures. Patients will have a follow-up phone call 7 days after discharge from the hospital to obtain safety, concomitant medication and pain assessments.

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Conditions studied

  • Anemia, Sickle Cell

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Keywords

  • Sickle Cell
  • Anemia
  • VOC
  • Vaso occlusive crisis
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In context

Vaso-Occlusive Crises Reclassified

104 studies on the registry are indexed under Vaso-Occlusive Crises; 31 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 34 is below the median of 81 across 86 interventional studies indexed under Vaso-Occlusive Crises.

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Lead sponsor

Prolong Pharmaceuticals is the lead sponsor of 15 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Compared within Vaso-Occlusive Crises, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Anemia, Sickle Cell. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 65 years of age
  2. Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease (-SS or any Genotype)
  3. Pain-score due to vaso-occlusive pain crisis (VOC) ≥ 8 on a 10 point scale
  4. VOC pain location ≥ 1 sites typical of vaso-occlusive crisis
  5. Patients with Priapism, acute chest syndrome, and/or with other Sickle Cell Disease comorbidities can be enrolled with good judgment of the Investigator.
  6. Signed and dated informed written consent by the subject
  7. Able to receive intravenous infusion of SANGUINATE or Normal Saline
  8. Women of with a negative serum pregnancy test and using a reliable method of during the study period and for 30 days thereafter. Male study participants also agree to use contraception for 30 days after the study period

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. In the judgment of the investigator, the patient is not a good candidate for the study
  2. Females who are lactating and/or breastfeeding
  3. Fewer than 14 days since prior infusion pain medication treatment for VOC
  4. Medical history or evidence of moderate to severe renal insufficiency (estimated \< 60 mL/min) or chronic kidney disease, or of moderate to severe hepatic disease (ALTs > 5 x )
  5. Concurrent or prior treatment within 30 days of Screening with an medication.
  6. Symptoms or (ECG)-based signs of acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, decompensated heart failure, third degree heart block or cardiac arrhythmia associated with hemodynamic instability;
  7. Severe or unstable concomitant condition or disease (e.g., known significant neurologic deficit, cancer, hematologic, metabolic or coronary disease), or chronic condition (e.g., psychiatric disorder), that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may increase the risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, or may interfere with the interpretation of study results;
  8. Evidence or history of regular alcohol abuse
  9. Screening laboratory result indicating serologic positivity for antibodies or surface antigens, unless explained by a documented vaccination.
  10. Unable to comply with study attendance, protocol procedures or other study requirements;
  11. Abnormal Echocardiogram at Study Entry (defined as Tricuspid Regurgitant Jet Velocity >3.1 m/sec).
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
34 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    SANGUINATE 320 mg/kg

    Two-hour infusion of SANGUINATE on Day 1 and Day 2

    Drug: SANGUINATE 320 mg/kg

  • Placebo comparator
    Normal Saline

    Two-hour infusion of Normal Saline and Day 1 and Day 2

    Drug: Normal Saline

Interventions

  • DrugSANGUINATE 320 mg/kg

    Drug page: PEGylated carboxyhemoglobin bovine

    Two-hour infusion of SANGUINATE on Day 1 and Day 2

    Also known as: pegylated carboxyhemoglobin bovine

  • DrugNormal Saline

    Two-hour infusion of Normal Saline and Day 1 and Day 2

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Time to readiness for discharge from in hospital stay following treatment with SANGUINATE and Normal Saline.

    Defined as the patient's response that their pain episode has improved enough for discharge from the hospital, or the Investigator's assessment that the patient is ready for discharge from the hospital.

    Time frame: Up to 7 Days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Safety of treatment as defined by changes in vital signs, electrocardiographic, biochemical, hematological, and urinalysis measures, as well as reported increases in pain and other reported adverse events

    Composite endpoint with multiple vital signs, ECGs, echocardiograms, clinical assessments and bio-analytical lab measurements over the 7 day time frame

    Time frame: Up to 7 Days

  2. Proportion of patients who develop acute chest syndrome (ACS) during the study.

    Time frame: Up to 14 Days

  3. Proportion of patients who are re-hospitalized for their vaso-occlusive crisis episode.

    Time frame: Up to 7 Days

  4. Total length of stay (LOS) following treatment of SANGUINATE versus Normal Saline.

    Time frame: Up to 7 Days

  5. Percent reduction in total pain medication required during in-hospital stay following treatment with SANGUINATE and Normal Saline.

    Time frame: Up to 7 Days

  6. Percent reduction in pain score utilizing a visual analog scale following treatment with SANGUINATE and Normal Saline.

    Time frame: Up to 7 Days

  7. Reduction in the level of C-Reactive Protein following treatment of SANGUINATE versus Normal Saline.

    Time frame: Up to 7 Days

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Study locations

4 sites
  • Bogota, Colombia
  • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • San Pedro Sula, Honduras
  • Panama City, Panama
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jul 2016 to primary completion in May 2017, 10 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 1, 2016
First posted
Feb 3, 2016
StartActual
Jul 2016
Primary completionActual
May 31, 2017
CompletionActual
May 31, 2017
Last update
May 23, 2018
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 23, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02672540
Lead sponsor
Prolong Pharmaceuticals
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 3, 2016
Start date
Jul 2016
Primary completion
May 31, 2017
Completion
May 31, 2017
Last update
May 23, 2018

Study contacts

Hemant Misra, PhD
study director · Prolong Pharmaceuticals

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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