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Achieving Understanding of the Natural History of Sickle Cell Trait (AUNT)

National Alliance for Sickle Cell Centers · with Beam Therapeutics Inc. · NCT06071377

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
1000
US sites recruiting
8
Study start
April 1, 2023
Record last updated
October 7, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Biologic Specimen Collection

Conditions: Sickle Cell Trait

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Are willing to voluntarily participate and sign the study consent
  • Know/suspect they have SCT and are willing to get tested to confirm/learn about their SCT status
  • Adults ages 18 and older

Exclusion Criteria

  • Unwilling to sign consent
  • Known end-stage renal disease or dialysis
  • Known SCD (including sickle cell-beta thalassemia)
  • People who do not have SCT

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Alabama

    Birmingham, AL 35294

    Site contact: Marteesa William Oliver · marteesawilliams@uabmc.edu

  • Nemours Children's Hospital

    Wilmington, DE 19803

    Site contact: Nicole Wittmeyer · Nicole.Wittmeyer@nemours.org

  • Indiana University

    Indianapolis, IN 46202

    Site contact: Claire Kendrick · cjkendri@iu.edu

  • Functional Fluidics

    Detroit, MI 48202

    Site contact: Jennell White, PhD · jennell.white@functionalfluidics.com

  • University of North Carolina

    Chapel Hill, NC 27599

    Site contact: David Wichlan · david_wichlan@med.unc.edu

  • Duke University

    Durham, NC 27710

    Site contact: Morgan Low · morgan.low@duke.edu

  • East Carolina University

    Greenville, NC 27834

    Site contact: Chloe Wilde · wildec26@ecu.edu

  • UT Health Houston

    Houston, TX 77030

    Site contact: Amanda Gregg · amanda.gregg@uth.tmc.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Julie Kanter, MD · (202) 596-1548 · jkanter@sicklecellcenters.org
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