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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00733811
Efficacy Study of the Use of Sequential DFP-DFO Versus DFP (SEQDFPDFO)
Phase IV Study of the Use of Sequential DFP-DFO Versus DFP in Thalassemia Major Patients
Changes in chelation treatment and transfusion practices, during the past two decades, have dramatically improved the prognosis of thalassemia major patients.Deferiprone (DFP) has been compared with deferoxamine (DFO), using different schedules of treatment, in the majority of the 13 clinical trials published between 1990 and 2008.No statistically significant difference was shown between these two interventions during, at most, 18 months of treatment.Three randomised trials that compared sequential DFP-DFO treatment versus DFO alone reported controversial results but this could be due to small sample sizes and short treatment duration. In fact, no trial with treatment duration longer than 18 months15, which reported on mortality, adverse events, serum ferritin concentrations, as well as costs has so far been published.
This long-term sequential DFP-DFO treatment versus DFP alone treatment trial was conducted to assess the impacts of these chelation treatments on serum ferritin concentrations, mortality, adverse events, and costs in thalassemia major patients.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Palermo, Italy
- Ao V. Cervello
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Thalassemia major patients with serum ferritin concentration between 800 to 3,000 ng/ml and were over 13 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known intolerance to one of the trial treatments
- Platelet count < 100,000/mm3 or or leukocyte count < 3,000/mm3
- Severe liver damage indicated by ascites
- Heart failure
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Sequential treatment including DFP at 75 mg/kg, divided into three oral daily doses, for four days per week and DFO by subcutaneous infusions (8-12h) at 50 mg/kg/day for the remaining three days per week
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Sequential treatment including DFP at 75 mg/kg for four days per week and DFO by subcutaneous infusions (8-12h) at 50mg/kg/day for the remaining three days per week
Other Names:
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Active Comparator: 2
Deferiprone alone at 75 mg/kg divided into three oral daily doses
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DFP alone at 75 mg/kg divided into three oral daily doses
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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difference between multiple observations of the serum ferritin concentrations
Time Frame: five-year treatment
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five-year treatment
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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the difference between the T2* signal at magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of heart and liver at T0 and T1 time (see below); survival analysis; adverse events; treatment failures; and costs.
Time Frame: five years
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five years
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Chair: Aurelio Maggio, M.D., Azienda Ospedaliera V. Cervello
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- AOVCervello
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