A Study of Etavopivat in Patients With Thalassemia or Sickle Cell Disease

Last updated: May 20, 2025
Sponsor: Forma Therapeutics, Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Red Blood Cell Disorders

Sickle Cell Disease

Thalassemia

Treatment

Etavopivat tablets

Clinical Study ID

NCT04987489
4202-HEM-201
  • Ages 12-65
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This clinical trial is a Phase 2 study that will evaluate the safety and clinical activity of etavopivat in patients with thalassemia or sickle cell disease and test how well etavopivat works to lower the number of red blood cell transfusions required and increase hemoglobin.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Provision of consent

  • Female patients of childbearing potential must use acceptable methods ofcontraception, male patients are willing to use barrier methods of contraception

Cohort A (Sickle Cell Disease Transfusion Cohort)

  • Confirmed diagnosis of sickle cell disease

  • Chronically red blood cell transfused (sample or exchange [manual or viaelectrophoresis]) for primary stroke prevention or due to previous stroke. Chronicred blood cell transfusion is defined as: ≥ 6 red blood cell units in the previous 24 weeks before the first dose of study treatment and no transfusion-free period for > 35 days during that period

  • At least 24 months of chronic monthly red blood cell transfusions for secondarystroke prevention/treatment of primary stroke (initial completed overt clinicalstroke with documented infarction on brain computed tomography [CT] or magneticresonance imaging [MRI])

  • Prior to screening OR at least 12 months of chronic RBC transfusions for primarystroke prevention (abnormal TCD) prior to screening

  • Documented adequate monthly transfusions with average HbS ≤ 45% (the upper limit ofthe established academic community standard) for the previous 12 weeks of red bloodcell transfusions before the first dose of study treatment

Cohort B (Thalassemia Transfusion Cohort)

  • Documented diagnosis of β-thalassemia, Hemoglobin E/ β-thalassemia or Hemoglobin H (α-thalassemia), or other thalassemia variant

  • Chronically transfused, defined as: ≥ 6 red blood cell units in the previous 24weeks before the first dose of study treatment and no transfusion-free period for > 35 days during that period

Cohort C (Thalassemia Non-transfused Cohort)

  • Documented diagnosis of β-thalassemia, Hemoglobin E/ β-thalassemia or Hemoglobin H (α-thalassemia), or other thalassemia variant

  • Hemoglobin ≤ 10 g/dL

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Female who is breast feeding or pregnant

  • Hepatic dysfunction characterized by:

  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 4.0 × upper limit of normal (ULN)

  • Direct bilirubin > 3.0 × ULN

  • History of cirrhosis

  • Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity

  • Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection

  • Severe renal dysfunction or on chronic dialysis

  • History of malignancy within the past 2 years prior to treatment Day 1 requiringsystemic chemotherapy and/or radiation.

  • Patients with malignancy considered surgically cured are eligible (eg, non-melanoma skin cancer, cancer of the cervix in-situ, ductal carcinoma in situ [Stage 1], Grade 1 endometrial cancer)

  • History of unstable or deteriorating cardiac or pulmonary disease within 6 monthsprior to consent including but not limited to the following:

  • Unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction or elective coronaryintervention

  • Congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization

  • Uncontrolled clinically significant arrhythmias

  • Symptomatic pulmonary hypertension

Study Design

Total Participants: 60
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Etavopivat tablets
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
March 20, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
September 03, 2025

Study Description

Etavopivat is a potent, selective, orally bioavailable, small-molecule activator of pyruvate kinase red blood cell (PKR) being developed by Forma Therapeutics, Inc and is intended for use as a treatment for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) or other inherited hemoglobinopathies or refractory anemias. This study is a multicenter, Phase 2, open-label, multiple-cohort study examining the safety and efficacy of etavopivat for the treatment of patients, age 12 to 65 years, with SCD or thalassemia. Three treatment cohorts based on the patients hemoglobinopathy (SCD or thalassemia) and transfusion requirements will be evaluated.

Connect with a study center

  • Master Centre for Canada

    Mississauga, Ontario L4W 4XI
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • CHU Sainte-Justine

    Montréal, H3T 1C5
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Abu El-Reesh El-Mounira Children University Hospital

    Cairo, 11471
    Egypt

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cairo University

    Cairo, 12613
    Egypt

    Site Not Available

  • Abu El-Reesh El-Mounira Children University Hospital

    Cairo, Egypt, 4241317
    Egypt

    Site Not Available

  • Galliera Hospital Centro Anemie Congenite

    Genova, 16128
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Fondazione IRCSS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

    Milano, 20122
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • A.O.U. Università Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

    Naples, 80138
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • AORN A. Cardarelli

    Napoli, 80131
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Chronic Care Center

    Baabda, RGWX 4CG
    Lebanon

    Site Not Available

  • Chronic Care Center

    Hazmiyeh, 213
    Lebanon

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Nini

    Tripoli, 1434
    Lebanon

    Site Not Available

  • Nini Hospital

    Tripoli,
    Lebanon

    Active - Recruiting

  • Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust SCAT/ haematology

    Birmingham, B18 7QH
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Barts Health NHS Trust - The Royal London Hospital

    London, E1 1FR
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

    London,
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - Hammersmith Hospital

    London, W12 0HS
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Kings College London

    London, SE5 9RS
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • University College Hospital - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    London, NW1 2PG
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    London,
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

    Manchester, M13 9WL
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • TOI Clinical Research

    Cerritos, California 90703
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Oncology Institute of Hope & Innovation

    Downey, California 90241
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California 90027
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCLA - David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    Los Angeles, California 90095
    United States

    Terminated

  • University of Californ LA-UCLA

    Los Angeles, California 90095
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California 90095
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • [Legal] Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California 90027
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UCSF Oakland Benioff ChildHosp

    Oakland, California 94609
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of California - San Francisco

    Oakland, California 94609
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital of Orange County

    Orange, California 92868
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UCI Health

    Orange, California 92868
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • [Legal] Children's Hospital of Orange County on behalf of CHOC Children's Hospital of Orange County

    Orange, California 92868
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Innovative Clinical Research Institute (ICRI)

    Whittier, California 90603
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • TOI Clinical Research

    Whittier, California 15111
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's National

    Washington, District of Columbia 20010
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's National Health Hospital

    Washington, District of Columbia 20010
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's National Hospital

    Washington, District of Columbia 20010
    United States

    Terminated

  • Children's Hospital of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia 30342
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • [Legal] Children's Hospital of Michigan

    Detroit, Michigan 48201-2018
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    New York, New York 10065
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Duke Adult Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center

    Durham, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Terminated

  • Duke University

    Durham, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • ECU - East Carolina University - Brody School of Medicine

    Greenville, North Carolina 27834
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • East Carolina University

    Greenville, North Carolina 27858
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • [Legal] Children's Hospital Medical Center dba Cincinnati Children's

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia_Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Children's Hosptl Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
    United States

    Site Not Available

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