A Study of FT-4202 in Adults and Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease (Hibiscus Study)

Last updated: December 22, 2021
Sponsor: Forma Therapeutics, Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2/3

Condition

Sickle Cell Disease

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

TX289878
  • Ages 12-65
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This clinical trial is a Phase 2/3 study that will evaluate the efficacy and safety of FT-4202 and test how well FT-4202 works compared to placebo to improve the amount of hemoglobin in the blood and to reduce the number of vaso-occlusive crises (times when the blood vessels become blocked and cause pain).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

    • Provision of consent
  • Patient has a confirmed diagnosis of sickle cell disease
  • At least 2 episodes of vaso-occlusive crises in the past 12 months
  • Hemoglobin 5.5 and 10 g/dL (55 and 100 g/L) during screening
  • Patients taking hydroxyurea, must demonstrate a stable dose for at least 90 days prior to start of study treatment
  • Female patients of childbearing potential must use highly effective methods of contraception; male patients are willing to use barrier methods of contraception

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

    • More than 10 vaso-occlusive crises within the past 12 months
  • Female who is breast feeding or pregnant
  • Hepatic dysfunction characterized by alanine aminotransferase (ATL) > 4.0 upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Hepatic dysfunction characterized by direct bilirubin > 3.0 upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Known HIV positive
  • Active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection
  • Severe renal dysfunction or on chronic dialysis
  • History of unstable or deteriorating cardiac or pulmonary disease within 6 months prior to consent including but not limited to: a.) Unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction or elective coronary intervention; b.) Congestive heart failure requiring hospitalization; c.) Uncontrolled clinically significant arrhythmias; d.) Symptomatic pulmonary hypertension
  • History of overt clinical stroke within previous 2 years or any history of an intracranial hemorrhage
  • Prior/concomitant therapy
  • Patients receiving regularly scheduled blood (RBC) transfusion therapy (also termed chronic, prophylactic, or preventative transfusion)
  • Receiving or use of concomitant medications that are strong inducers or moderate/strong inhibitors of CYP3A4/5 within 2 weeks of starting study treatment or anticipated need for such agents during the study
  • Use of voxelotor within 28 days prior to starting study treatment or anticipated need for this agent during the study
  • Use of a selectin antagonist (eg, crizanlizumab or other monoclonal antibody or small molecule) within 28 days of starting study treatment or anticipated need for such agents during the study
  • Use of erythropoietin or other hematopoietic growth factor treatment within 28 days of starting study treatment or anticipated need for such agents during the study
  • Receipt of prior cellular-based therapy (eg, hematopoietic cell transplant, gene modification therapy)

Study Design

Study Start date:
March 26, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
December 01, 2026

Study Description

FT-4202 is designed to activate PKR and thereby modulate RBC metabolism by impacting two critical pathways in RBCs. The FT-4202 clinical development program will investigate whether decreasing 2,3-DPG may help oxygen bind to hemoglobin (i.e. increasing oxygen affinity), and thereby increase ATP and impact RBC function.

This study is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter Phase 2/3 study of patients age 12 to 65 years (inclusive), with sickle cell disease. There are two planned interim analyses in this study design.

Initially, patients will be randomized at 1:1:1 to one of two dose levels of FT-4202 or placebo. At the first interim analysis, one of the two FT-4202 dose levels will be selected for the Phase 3 portion of the study, in which patients will be randomized at 1:1 to the selected FT-4202 dose or placebo.

Efficacy on hemoglobin will be evaluated at the second interim analysis, and then will be tested along with evaluation of efficacy on vaso-occlusive crises at the final analysis. Following completion of 52 weeks of double-blind treatment, patients may enter a 52-week FT-4202 open-label extension period.

For more information, please visit hibiscusstudy.com.

Connect with a study center

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) - Phase 1 Clinical Trials Unit

    Birmingham, Alabama 35249
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital

    Phoenix, Arizona 85016
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Collaborative Neuroscience Research, LLC

    Long Beach, California 90806
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UC Davis Medical Center - UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center - Hemotology/Oncology Clinic

    Sacramento, California 95817
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Connecticut (UCONN) Health

    Farmington, Connecticut 06030
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research

    Hollywood, Florida 33023
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Advanced Pharma CR LLC

    Miami, Florida 33147
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta - Pediatric Research Center

    Atlanta, Georgia 30342
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Sonar Clinical Research

    Atlanta, Georgia 30315
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health)

    Chicago, Illinois 60612
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Children’s Hospital New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Maryland School of Medicine

    Baltimore, Maryland 21201
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Boston Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02118
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

    Detroit, Michigan 48201
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St. Louis, Missouri 63110
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, Nebraska 68198
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Children's Hospital at Montefiore

    Bronx, New York 10467
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Jacobi Medical Center

    Bronx, New York 10461
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • NYC Health + Hospitals, Kings County

    Brooklyn, New York 11203
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Queens Hospital Center

    Jamaica, New York 11432
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Columbia University Medical Center

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UNC School of Medicine

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Levine Cancer Institute

    Charlotte, North Carolina 28204
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Duke University - Sickle Cell Center

    Durham, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Neuro-Behavioral Clinical Research

    North Canton, Ohio 44720
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Lynn Institute of Tulsa

    Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

    Charleston, South Carolina 29425
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Prisma Health-Upstate Comprehensive Sickle Cell Disease Program

    Greenville, South Carolina 29605
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Mary Bridge Children's Health Center

    Tacoma, Washington 98405
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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