Lead author of the RISE UP trial publication
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Hematologist and sickle cell disease researcher
A global phase 3 trial published in The Lancet found that mitapivat, an oral pyruvate kinase activator, raised hemoglobin in 41% of sickle cell disease patients, versus 3% on placebo. The drug missed its other primary endpoint: annualized pain crises fell from 3.1 to 2.6 per year, a gap that did not reach statistical significance.
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