Achieving Understanding of the Natural History of Sickle Cell Trait (AUNT)
Part of paid clinical trials in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Sponsor
- National Alliance for Sickle Cell Centers
- Study ID
- NCT06071377
- Status
- Recruiting
Conditions
- Sickle Cell Trait
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- ALL
- Age
- 18 Years - N/A
- Healthy Volunteers
- Accepted
Interventions
- Biologic Specimen Collection — OTHERParticipants will have blood and urine collected at Baseline
Study Details
The main purpose of this study is to create a longitudinal cohort of those with Sickle Cell Trait (SCT) to better understand the hematologic phenotype for those that carry HbS, assess for differences in those with varying quantities of HbS and assess for potential clinical complications of SCT.
Key Dates
- Start date
- Apr 1, 2023
- Status verified
- Nov 2025
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2026
- Completion
- Feb 28, 2027
Study Design
- Enrollment
- 1,000 participants (estimated)
Arms
- Arm: Individuals with sickle cell trait
Primary Outcome Measure
Hemoglobin variant quantification [ Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 2 years ]
Central Contacts
- Julie Kanter, MD(202) 596-1548
Locations (10)
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site coordinators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama | Birmingham | Alabama | 35294 | Marteesa William Oliver Julie Kanter (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
| Loma Linda University Health Care | Loma Linda | California | 92354 | Monica Pizana Akshat Jain (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
| Nemours Children's Hospital | Wilmington | Delaware | 19803 | Nicole Wittmeyer Robin Miller, MD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
| Indiana University | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | Claire Kendrick Andrew O'Brien (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
| Functional Fluidics | Detroit | Michigan | 48202 | Jennell White, PhD Ifeoma Iwuagwu Patrick Hines, MD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
| University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599 | David Wichlan Patrick Ellison (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
| Duke University | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | Morgan Low JJ Strouse, MD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
| East Carolina University | Greenville | North Carolina | 27834 | Sean Segre Beng Fuh (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital | Columbus | Ohio | 43205 | Tiffany Rosetti Anthony Villella, MD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
| UT Health Houston | Houston | Texas | 77030 | Amanda Gregg Idowu Modupe, MD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR) |
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