
Since sickle cell disease trial criteria exclude most patients, Julie Kanter, MD, advocated for broader end points and real-world monitoring to improve inclusion.

Julie Kanter, MD, is the codirector of the Lifespan Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she is also a professor in the divisions of hematology and oncology.

Since sickle cell disease trial criteria exclude most patients, Julie Kanter, MD, advocated for broader end points and real-world monitoring to improve inclusion.

Current sickle cell disease (SCD) trial eligibility criteria exclude most adults, with only 9.9% meeting inclusion thresholds, Julie Kanter, MD, says.

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