Overview
Our team is primarily focused on clinical research in adolescent girls and women with bleeding disorders and in conducting clinical trials focused on hemophilia A with and without inhibitors. Our institution created the Atlanta Protocol which combines FVIII ITI with Hemlibra and this is under investigation in clinical trials.
- MOTIVATE Study (co-PI), NCT04023019
- ATHN 9: Severe VWD Study (co-PI), NCT03853486
- SAFE Study (PI), NCT04563520
Robert F. Sidonio, Jr. MD, MSc
Fun Fact: I love playing tennis and the ukulele.
Email: Robert.sidonio.jr@emory.edu
Megan Brown, MD, MSc (Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
Education: Undergraduate, Michigan State University; MD, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; MSc, Emory University; Residency (Pediatrics), University of Colorado-Denver; Fellowship, Emory University
Current Projects: Mexico Inhibitor Study and comparative effectiveness of heavy menstrual bleeding treatment.
Current Funding: National Hemophilia Foundation Takeda Clinical Fellowship
Fun Fact: I played college soccer and still love playing sports and being active.
Email: Megan.brown@choa.org
James PD, Connell NT, Ameer B, Di Paola J, Eikenboom J, Giraud N, Haberichter S, Jacobs-Pratt V, Konkle B, McLintock C, McRae S, R Montgomery R, O'Donnell JS, Scappe N, Sidonio R, Flood VH, Husainat N, Kalot MA, Mustafa RA. ASH ISTH NHF WFH 2021 guidelines on the diagnosis of von Willebrand disease. Blood Adv. 2021 Jan 12;5(1):280-300. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003265. PMID: 33570651; PMCID: PMC7805340.
Brown MC, White MH, Friedberg R, Woods K, Childress K, Kulkarni M, Sidonio RF Jr. Elevated von Willebrand factor levels during heavy menstrual bleeding episodes limit the diagnostic utility for von Willebrand disease. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2021 May 4;5(4):e12513. doi: 10.1002/rth2.12513. PMID: 33977212; PMCID: PMC8105159.
van Galen KPM, d'Oiron R, James P, Abdul-Kadir R, Kouides PA, Kulkarni R, Mahlangu JN, Othman M, Peyvandi F, Rotellini D, Winikoff R, Sidonio RF. A new hemophilia carrier nomenclature to define hemophilia in women and girls: Communication from the SSC of the ISTH. J Thromb Haemost. 2021 Aug;19(8):1883-1887. doi: 10.1111/jth.15397. PMID: 34327828; PMCID: PMC8361713.
Sidonio RF Jr, Malec L. Hemophilia B (Factor IX Deficiency). Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2021 Dec;35(6):1143-1155. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2021.07.008. Epub 2021 Oct 1. PMID: 34607716.
Hart DP, Matino D, Astermark J, Dolan G, d'Oiron R, Hermans C, Jiménez-Yuste V, Linares A, Matsushita T, McRae S, Ozelo MC, Platton S, Stafford D, Sidonio RF Jr, Tiede A. International consensus recommendations on the management of people with haemophilia B. Ther Adv Hematol. 2022 Apr 2;13:20406207221085202. doi: 10.1177/20406207221085202. PMID: 35392437; PMCID: PMC8980430.
Sidonio RF, Lavin M. Diagnostic pitfalls and conundrums in type 1 von Willebrand disease. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2022 Dec 9;2022(1):618-623. doi: 10.1182/hematology.2022000389. PMID: 36485079; PMCID: PMC9821407.
Sidonio RF Jr, Boban A, Dubey L, Inati A, Kiss C, Boda Z, Lissitchkov T, Nemes L, Novik D, Peteva E, Taher AT, Timofeeva MA, Vilchevska KV, Vdovin V, Werner S, Knaub S, Djambas Khayat C. von Willebrand factor/factor VIII concentrate (Wilate) prophylaxis in children and adults with von Willebrand disease. Blood Adv. 2024 Mar 26;8(6):1405-1414. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011742. PMID: 38237075; PMCID: PMC10950830.
ATHN 9 VWD (Shire/Takeda) -- 12/2017-12/2024
1.5 million dollars awarded 12/2017
Characterizing patients with severe VWD in the United Stated enrolled in the ATHNdataset.
Co-PI's: Sidonio and Weyand
MOTIVATE Study -- 12/2018-12/2028
2 million dollars awarded 12/2018
Prospective (and partly retrospective), observational, international study to capture different approaches to ITI (Emicizumab only, Bypassing agent only and the Atlanta Protocol)
Co-I's: Sidonio and Escuriola
Hemophilia of Georgia VWD Grant -- 06/2023-06/2025
1 million dollars awarded 06/2023
VWD grant focusing on novel assay development, diagnosis in adolescent girls and characterization of low VWF
Co-I's: Sidonio, Brown, Zimowski, and Li
Investigator Initiated Grant (LFB)
$500,000 to be awarded April 2024
Investigate the hemostatic efficacy of Eptacog Beta in Glamnzmann Thrombasthenia
Co-I's: Sidonio and Zimowski
Von Willebrand Prophylaxis Network (Takeda and Octapharma)
Total 1 million dollars to be awarded June 2024
Investigate the population pharmacokinetics of VWF concentrate in persons with VWD
Co-I's: Sidonio and O'Donnell