Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Deferasirox in MDS

NCT ID: NCT00469560

Last Updated: 2016-11-22

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

158 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-06-30

Study Completion Date

2013-11-30

Brief Summary

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Open label, single arm study on Deferasirox treatment in MDS patients with chronic transfusional hemosiderosis.

Patients receive daily oral dosis of Deferasirox in order to eliminate the quantity of iron administered during transfusions and, if needed, to reduce the overload of already present iron.

After an screening phase in which patients are evaluated according to eligibility criteria, a one year treatment phase foresees monthly visits to evaluate safety and efficacy signs.

Detailed Description

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It has been widely shown that an appropriate chelating therapy in chronic anemias transfusion dependent can prevent the overstock of iron and can reduce the already existing overstock reducing, then, the co-morbidity and improving survival.

In particular, some authors have shown in MDS affected patients undergoing intensive chelating therapy with deferoxamine haematological recovery with a reduction of the need of transfusions.

With the present study, we plan to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a therapy with the new oral chelating Deferasirox in MDS patients with transfusional hemosiderosis.

This is an open label, single arm study on Deferasirox treatment in MDS patients with chronic transfusional hemosiderosis.

Patients will receive daily oral dosis of Deferasirox in order to eliminate the quantity of iron administered during transfusions and, if needed, to reduce the overload of already present iron.

After an screening phase in which patients are evaluated according to eligibility criteria, a one year treatment phase foresees monthly visits to evaluate safety and efficacy signs.

Conditions

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Myelodysplastic Syndromes Hemosiderosis

Keywords

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MDS Chronic transfusional hemosiderosis Deferasirox

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Deferasirox

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Deferasirox

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Deferasirox

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients, both males and females, with low and intermediate I risk (IPSS score) Myelodysplastic syndrome and transfusion-induced hemosiderosis.
* Age \>=18 years
* Patients who never received chelation therapy or who received a therapy with Desferal after a day of wash out
* Medical history of at least 20 blood transfusions (equivalent to 100 ml/kg of red cells concentrate).
* Availability of data concerning blood transfusions during the 12 weeks before screening
* Serum ferritin \>= 1000 µg/L at least twice (at least 2 week interval between the 2 analysis) during the year before the screening
* Life expectancy \> 12 months
* Availability of at least 3 complete blood counts (before transfusions) during the 12 weeks before the screening

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis different from MDS (i.e. myelofibrosis)
* Severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance \< 60 ml/min)
* ALT/AST \> 500 U/L
* Active B and/or C hepatitis
* Patients treated during the past 4 weeks with experimental drugs for MDS (including thalidomide, azacitidine, arsenic trioxide). These patients become eligible after a "wash out" of at least 4 weeks
* Concomitant treatment with another iron-chelating agent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Gruppo Italiano Malattie EMatologiche dell'Adulto

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Emanuele ANGELUCCI, Pr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ospedale "A. Businco", Cagliari

Locations

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SOC EMATOLOGIA ASO SS Antonio e Biagio

Alessandria, , Italy

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Ist.Ematologia e Oncologia Medica L.e A. Seragnoli

Bologna, , Italy

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CTMO-Ematologia Ospedale Binaghi

Cagliari, , Italy

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Ospedale "A. Businco"

Cagliari, , Italy

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Oncoematologia "A.O.R.N. S'Anna e S.Sebastiano"

Caserta, , Italy

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US Dipartimentale Centro per le Malattie del Sangue

Castelfranco Veneto, , Italy

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Università di Catania - Cattedra di Ematologia - Ospedale "Ferrarotto"

Catania, , Italy

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Policlinico di Careggi, Università delgi studi di Firenze

Florence, , Italy

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Clinica Ematologica - Università degli Studi

Genova, , Italy

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Divisione di Ematologia e TMO - Ospedale "A. Cardarelli "- Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale "A. Cardarelli"

Napoli, , Italy

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Clinica Ematol Università di Perugia, Policlinico Monteluce

Perugia, , Italy

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Ematologia- Università degli Studi "La Sapienza"

Roma, , Italy

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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Roma, , Italy

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Università degli Studi di Tor Vergata

Roma, , Italy

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Istituto di Ematologia - IRCCS Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza

San Giovanni Rotondo, , Italy

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U.O. Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese

Siena, , Italy

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Ospedale Civile SS. Giovanni e Paolo

Venezia, , Italy

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Countries

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Italy

References

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Other Identifiers

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MDS0306

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id