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Sickle Cell DiseaseESCORT-HUNCT02516579

European Sickle Cell Disease Cohort - Hydroxyurea

An observational study of Sickle Cell Disease, run by Theravia at 60 sites in 7 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

In the context of the Risk Management Plan (RMP), as requested from Addmedica by the EMEA, to collect information about long-term safety of Siklos® (hydroxycarbamide) when used in patients with Sickle Cell Disease. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 2 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Sickle Cell Disease
What is being tested?
Siklos
How many people
1,906 participants
Where
60 sitesin 7 countries
Study dates
Jan 2009to 20 Mar 2019
Phase
Observational

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 2 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patient with sickle-cell disease

Who may be able to join

  • Male or female ambulatory patients, aged 2 years and more (children, adolescents or adults)
  • With symptomatic sickle cell syndrome
  • Treated with Siklos®
  • Having been informed of the study by the initiating physician and consenting to participate to the cohort.

Who cannot join

None listed.

Trial locations and contacts

60 sites in 7 countries.

60 sites in 7 countries

France41 sites
  • CHU d'Amiens - Picardie - Site sud

    Amiens

  • Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger, pédiatrie et néonatalogie

    Aulnay-sous-Bois, 93602

  • Hôpital Avicenne; médecine interne

    Bobigny, 93009

  • Hôpital Jean Verdier; médecine interne

    Bondy, 93143

  • Hôpital Jean Verdier; pédiatrie

    Bondy, 93143

  • CHU Bordeaux, urgences pédiatriques

    Bordeaux, 33000

  • Hôpital Saint-André

    Bordeaux

  • CHU Estaing, pédiatrie

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63003

  • Hôpital Louis Mourier; pédiatrie

    Colombes, 92700

  • Hôpital Louis Mourier; service de pédiatrie

    Colombes, 92700

  • Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Créteil

    Créteil, 94010

  • Hôpital Henri Mondor, centre de la Drépanocytose

    Créteil, 94010

  • Centre Hospitalier de Gonesse, médecine interne

    Gonesse, 95500

  • Centre Hospitalier de Gonesse, pédiatrie

    Gonesse, 95500

  • CHU de Grenoble, hôpital Couple Enfant

    Grenoble, 38700

  • CHU de Grenoble

    Grenoble

  • CHU de Limoges

    Limoges

  • Hôpital Mère-Enfant

    Limoges

  • Hôpital Edouard Herriot, hémovigilance

    Lyon, 69003

  • Institut d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie Pédiatrique

    Lyon, 69373

  • CHU Timone

    Marseille, 13385

  • Hôpital de la Conception, médecine interne

    Marseille, 13385

  • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal André Grégoire

    Montreuil, 93100

  • CHU Nantes, Hôpital Hôtel Dieu

    Nantes, 44093

  • Hôpital Trousseau; pédiatrie générale

    Paris, 75012

  • Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou

    Paris, 75015

  • Hôpital Necker enfants, maladies infectieuses et tropicales

    Paris, 75015

  • Hôpital Necker; biothérapie

    Paris, 75015

  • Hôpital Necker; maladies infectieuses et tropicales

    Paris, 75015

  • Hôpital Robert Debré, immunologie-hématologie pédiatrique

    Paris, 75935

  • CHR Reims, American Memorial Hospital

    Reims, 51100

  • CHU Rennes, Hôpital Pontchaillou

    Rennes, 35033

  • CHU Rennes, hôpital Sud

    Rennes, 35203

  • CHU Charles Nicolle

    Rouen, 76000

  • CHU de Rouen - Hôpital Charles Nicolle

    Rouen, 76031

  • Centre Hospitalier Delafontaine, médecine interne

    Saint-Denis, 93205

  • Centre Hospitalier Delafontaine, pédiatrie

    Saint-Denis, 93205

  • CHRU Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre

    Strasbourg, 67098

  • CHU Toulouse; hôpital des enfants

    Toulouse, 31059

  • Institut Universitaire du cancer; médecine interne

    Toulouse, 31059

  • CHU Nancy, Brabois enfants

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511

Other trials in France

Germany6 sites
  • Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin

    Berlin

  • Pädiatrie Klinikum Delmenhorst

    Delmenhorst

  • Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf

  • University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

    Hamburg

  • München

    München

Other trials in Germany

French Guiana3 sites
  • CH André Rosemon

    Cayenne, 97306

  • CMCK

    Kourou, 97387

  • CH Ouest Guyanais

    Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, 97320

Other trials in French Guiana

Guadeloupe3 sites
  • CH Basse-Terre, adultes

    Basse-Terre, 97100

  • CH Basse-Terre, enfants

    Basse-Terre, 97100

  • CHU Pointe à Pitre

    Pointe-à-Pitre, 97159

Other trials in Guadeloupe

Italy3 sites
  • Clinica Pediatrica AOU

    Naples

  • Azienda Ospedaliera-University of Padova

    Padova

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata (AOUI Verona)

    Verona

Other trials in Italy

Martinique3 sites
  • CHU Fort de France

    Fort-de-France, 97200

  • Hôpital Pierre Zobda-Quitman

    Fort-de-France

  • CH Lamentin

    Le Lamentin, 97232

Other trials in Martinique

Greece1 site
  • Laiko General Hospital

    Athens

Other trials in Greece

About this study

Official title: ESCORT-HU : European Sickle Cell Disease Cohort - Hydroxyurea

In the context of the Risk Management Plan (RMP), as requested from Addmedica by the EMEA, to collect information about long-term safety of Siklos® (hydroxycarbamide) when used in patients with Sickle Cell Disease.

Being tested
Siklos
Medical subject headings
Anemia, Sickle Cell

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • SiklosDrug

    Also called hydrocarbamide

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. % of Patient-years With Malignancies

    Measured: During the follow-up of participant, up to 10 years

  2. % of Patient-years With Skin Ulcerations

    Patients with at least one skin ulceration

    Measured: During the follow-up of participant, up to 10 years

  3. % of Patient-years With Myelosuppressions

    Patients with at least one myelosuppression

    Measured: During the follow-up of participant, up to 10 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 Aug 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2009
  3. Primary completion20 Mar 2019
  4. Study completion20 Mar 2019

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
1,906 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02516579
Sponsor's protocol ID
ESCORT-HU
Acronym
ESCORT-HU
Status last verified
Mar 2020
First submitted
23 Jul 2015
Last updated
19 Mar 2020
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Allali S, Galacteros F, Oevermann L, Cannas G, Joseph L, Loko G, Elenga N, Benkerrou M, Etienne-Julan M, Castex MP, Brousse V, de Montalembert M. Hydroxyurea is associated with later onset of acute splenic sequestration crisis in sickle cell disease: Lessons from the European Sickle Cell Disease Cohort-Hydroxyurea (ESCORT-HU) study. Am J Hematol. 2024 Apr;99(4):555-561. doi: 10.1002/ajh.27214. Epub 2024 Jan 22.

    PubMed 38247384
  • de Montalembert M, Voskaridou E, Oevermann L, Cannas G, Habibi A, Loko G, Joseph L, Colombatti R, Bartolucci P, Brousse V, Galacteros F; All ESCORT HU Investigators. Real-Life experience with hydroxyurea in patients with sickle cell disease: Results from the prospective ESCORT-HU cohort study. Am J Hematol. 2021 Oct 1;96(10):1223-1231. doi: 10.1002/ajh.26286. Epub 2021 Jul 23.

    PubMed 34224583

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