Voxelotor Neurocognitive Function Study
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05228834 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : February 8, 2022
Last Update Posted : February 8, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Sickle Cell Disease | Drug: Voxelotor Only Product in Oral Dose Form Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 80 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 3b, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Treatment Effect of Voxelotor on Neurocognitive Function in Pediatric Participants 8 to < 18 Years of Age With Sickle Cell Disease |
Estimated Study Start Date : | February 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | October 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | October 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Active Drug
Voxelotor 1500mg or equivalent daily as a tablet or powder for oral suspension
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Drug: Voxelotor Only Product in Oral Dose Form
During the Randomized Treatment Period, participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive 1500 mg of voxelotor (or the weight-adjusted equivalent dose for participants < 12 years old), once daily (administered orally as tablets/PFOS) or matching placebo for 12 weeks in addition to ongoing standard of care (SOC) treatment. |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Matching Placebo
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Drug: Placebo
During the Randomized Treatment Period, participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive 1500 mg of voxelotor (or the weight-adjusted equivalent dose for participants < 12 years old), once daily (administered orally as tablets/PFOS) or matching placebo for 12 weeks in addition to ongoing standard of care (SOC) treatment. |
- Change in the executive abilities composite score [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 12 ]Change from baseline at Week 12 in the executive abilities composite score (using Dimensional Change Card Sort Test, Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test, and List Sorting Test) as assessed by the NIH Toolbox Cognition Module.
- Change in processing speed [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 12 ]Change from baseline at Week 12 in processing speed as measured by Pattern Comparison Test score as assessed by the NIH Toolbox Cognition Module.
- Change in nonexecutive cognitive abilities [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 12 ]Change from baseline to Week 12 in nonexecutive cognitive abilities (Picture Vocabulary Test, Oral Reading Recognition Test, and Picture Sequence Memory Test) composite score as assessed by the NIH Toolbox Cognition Module.
- Change in Hb level over time [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 12 ]Change from baseline in Hb level over time up to Week 12
- Change in clinical measures of hemolysis [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 12 ]Change and percent change from Baseline over time up to Week 12 in clinical measures of hemolysis, including unconjugated bilirubin, absolute reticulocyte, % reticulocytes, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
- Correlation between change from baseline in Hb level and change from baseline in executive abilities composite score. [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 12 ]
- Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Scores [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 12 ]
HRQOL scores using:
- Patient Global Impression of Change (PGI-C)
- Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Scores [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 12 ]
HRQOL scores using:
- Pediatric quality of life in neurological disorders (Neuro-QOL) score
- Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Scores [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 12 ]
HRQOL scores using:
- Clinician Global Impression of Change (CGI-C)
- Incidence and severity of treatment emergent adverse events (AEs) [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 16 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 8 Years to 17 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female participants with confirmed diagnosis of SCD (all genotypes). Documentation of SCD genotype is required and may be based on documented history of laboratory testing or confirmed by laboratory testing during Screening.
- Aged 8 to < 18 years.
- Screening Hb level 5.5 to 10.5 g/dL.
- Able to answer NIH Toolbox Module questions validated and normed based on age and maternal education on tablet.
- If participant is receiving HU they must have been on a stable dose for at least 90 days prior to signing the ICF/AF, with no dose modifications or initiation of HU planned or anticipated by the Investigator.
- If participant is receiving erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) they must have been on a stable dose for at least 12 weeks before enrollment with no dose modifications planned or anticipated by the Investigator.
- Participants, who if female and of child-bearing potential, agree to use highly effective methods of contraception from study start to 30 days after the last dose of study drug and who if male, agree to use barrier methods of contraception and refrain from donating sperm from study start to 30 days after the last dose of study drug.
- Females of child-bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test before the administration of study drug.
- Parental/guardian consent and participant assent (between ≥ 12 and < 18 years) per Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Independent ethics committee (IEC) policy and requirements, consistent with International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines.
- Capable of complying with the requirements and restrictions in the protocol, and willing to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Receiving chronic transfusion therapy.
- Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion within 3 months before initiation of study drug or receives scheduled RBC transfusion therapy (also termed chronic, prophylactic, or preventive transfusion).
- History of overt stroke including hemorrhagic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) or spinal cord injury, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)-defined vasculopathy, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/transcranial doppler (TCD)-documented silent cerebral infarcts.
- Congenital brain malformation, previously diagnosed severe developmental disability (eg, autism and/or intelligence quotient [IQ] < 60, and/or severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD]), or impairment that would prevent the use of a computer tablet.
- Participant is taking or has received voxelotor (Oxbryta®) within 90 days prior to the Screening Visit.
- Surgery within 8 weeks before Day 1 or planned elective surgery during the study.
- Anemia due to bone marrow failure (eg, myelodysplasia).
- Absolute reticulocyte count (ARC) < 100 × 10^9/L.
- Screening alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) > 4× upper limit of normal (ULN).
- Severe renal dysfunction (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] < 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2) or is on chronic dialysis.
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Clinically significant bacterial, fungal, parasitic, or viral infection which requires therapy.
- Patients with acute bacterial infection requiring antibiotic use should delay screening /enrollment until the course of antibiotic therapy has been completed.
- Patients with known active hepatitis A, B, or C or who are known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive.
- Symptomatic coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) infection.
- Females who are breast-feeding or pregnant.
- History of hematopoietic stem cell transplant or gene therapy.
- Participants taking concomitant medications such as sensitive cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4 substrates with a narrow therapeutic range, or strong CYP3A4 inducers
- Participated in another clinical trial of an investigational product (or medical device) within 30 days or 5 half-lives of date of informed consent, whichever is longer, or is currently participating in another trial of an investigational product (or medical device).
- Medical, psychological, or behavioral condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would confound or interfere with evaluation of safety and/or efficacy of the study drug, prevent compliance with the study protocol; preclude informed consent; or, render the participant unable/unlikely to comply with the study procedures.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05228834
Contact: Neal Collins, MD | 973-417-9475 | ncollins@gbt.com | |
Contact: Cesar Cisneros | 919-621-2604 | ccisneros@gbt.com |
United States, Maryland | |
University of Maryland Medical Center | Recruiting |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201 | |
Contact: Dana Beach, RN 410-328-7635 dbeach3@som.umaryland.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Gentry Wilkerson, MD |
Responsible Party: | Global Blood Therapeutics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05228834 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GBT440-044 |
First Posted: | February 8, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | February 8, 2022 |
Last Verified: | January 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Anemia, Sickle Cell Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital Anemia, Hemolytic Anemia |
Hematologic Diseases Hemoglobinopathies Genetic Diseases, Inborn |