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ReviewBlood advances2025

A road map for uniform, comprehensive long-term follow-up after curative therapy for sickle cell disease.

Shalini Shenoy, Julie Kanter, Adetola Kassim, Courtney Fitzhugh, Elizabeth Stenger, Monica Bhatia, Lydia Pecker, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, Allison A King

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Review in Blood advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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  5. Transformative therapies for sickle cell disease.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Shalini ShenoyDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.
Julie KanterDepartment of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.ORCID 0000-0001-7002-8891
Adetola KassimDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Courtney FitzhughNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD.ORCID 0000-0002-5306-7167
Elizabeth StengerDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Monica BhatiaDepartment of Pediatrics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY.
Lydia PeckerDepartment of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.ORCID 0000-0002-8371-9752
Lakshmanan KrishnamurtiDepartment of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.ORCID 0000-0003-3242-0037
Allison A KingDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.ORCID 0000-0002-1951-6176

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractAn increasing number of allogeneic transplant and autologous gene modification transplant therapies seek to eradicate sickle hemoglobin and the consequent hemolysis, vasculopathy, functional compromise, morbidity, and mortality. Because these modalities are used in parallel, it is important to be able to define the spectrum and stability of correction, long-term effects, and the pros and cons of each modality. A comparison between interventions that will be sought by providers and patients undergoing intervention requires uniform assessments that evaluate disease- and intervention-related effects for informed decision-making. This expert summary outlines a pathway to functional evaluations with timing recommendations, provides broad management guidelines, and touches upon ongoing research efforts in the field. The road map for long-term follow-up can help clinicians and researchers choose assessments and time them in comparable fashion between the various transformative therapy efforts.

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Anemia, Sickle CellFollow-Up StudiesGenetic TherapyHumansTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID39993235
PMCPMC12432986

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