A Multicenter, Clinical Trial to Evaluate Crizanlizumab in Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Latest Information Update: 24 Jun 2020
At a glance
- Drugs Crizanlizumab (Primary)
- Indications Sickle cell anaemia
- Focus Therapeutic Use
- 24 Jun 2020 New trial record
- 18 Jun 2020 According to a Novartis media release, the company plans to conduct two clinical trials in Ghana and Kenya for its next-generation treatment for SCD, crizanlizumab.The trials are expected to start in 2020, this will be the first time that a biologic therapy, which is not a vaccine, enters multicenter clinical trials in sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa).