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Study of Deferasirox in Iron Overload From Beta-thalassemia Unable to be Treated With Deferoxamine or Chronic Anemias

NCT00061763 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 175

Last updated 2017-08-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of the oral iron chelator Deferasirox on liver iron content after one year of treatment in patients with iron overload from repeated blood transfusions. Beta-thalassemia patients unable to be treated with deferoxamine or patients with rare chronic anemias such as Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Fanconi's Syndrome, Blackfan-Diamond Syndrome, and Pure Red Blood Cell Anemia are eligible for this study. Liver iron content will be measured by liver biopsy at the beginning of the study and after one year of treatment. However, those patients living in the San Francisco/Oakland area may have a SQUID in place of the liver biopsy if the biopsy is not medically possible for them. The SQUID is a non-invasive magnetic means to measure liver iron content.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Deferasirox

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Novartis Pharmaceuticals · Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-05-31
Primary Completion
2004-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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