Ferric Carboxymaltose for Treatment of Anaemia of Cancer in Subjects With Multiple Myeloma Receiving Chemotherapy (AOC-MM)

Randomised Controlled Open-label Study to Evaluate Efficacy & Safety of Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose Versus no Treatment in Anaemic Subjects With Multiple Myeloma & Iron Restricted Erythropoiesis Receiving Chemotherapy

Multicentre, randomised, controlled, 2-arm open-label prospective pilot study to evaluate efficacy and safety of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) in treatment of anaemia in subjects with multiple myeloma (MM) initiating chemotherapy. The subjects will be screened for eligibility within 4 weeks prior to inclusion and randomised to receive intravenous infusions of FCM or standard care (the subjects may be treated according to the local institutional practice if requiring symptomatic management of anaemia). Thereafter the visits are scheduled at Weeks 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Iron-Deficiency Anemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Ferric carboxymaltose

Detailed Description

Patients will be randomised into two groups. One will receive active FCM treatment and the other group will receive local standard of care.

Active treatment group: Subjects will receive a total dose of 1,000 mg iron as FCM on the day of the first scheduled chemotherapy cycle or within 24 hours before or after receiving chemotherapy. In subjects of weight ≤66 kg, the first dose (500 mg) will be administered on the day of the first scheduled chemotherapy cycle and the second dose (500 mg) on the next study visit.

Standard of care group: Subjects will be treated according to the local institutional practice if requiring management of symptomatic anaemia. Intravenous iron should only be used to treat absolute iron deficiency (as defined as ferritin less than the lower limit of normal based on the test reference ranges). Patients with absolute iron deficiency are not eligible for inclusion to the study.

Rescue medication to manage anaemia is permitted in both arms at the discretion of the treating physician and/or per institutional practice.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 3
• Phase: Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Rennes, France, 35203
    • Hopital Sud
• Greece
  • Thessaloniki, Greece, 54007
    • Theagenion Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects (male or female) aged ≥18, suffering from a newly diagnosed or progressed/relapsed MM and scheduled to receive anti-myeloma treatment. Progression is defined according to "Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma"
• Subjects with progressed/relapsed MM should have had stable disease (during the last 6 months since prior treatment).
• Life expectancy at least 6 months.
• 8.5 g/dL ≤Hb ≤11 g/dL at time of randomisation.

• Iron-restricted erythropoiesis as defined:

  • Stainable iron in bone marrow (BM) combined with transferrin saturation (TSAT) ≤20%, or
  • where the evaluation of stainable iron in BM is not possible or available:
• ferritin >30 ng/mL (women) or >40 ng/mL (men), and
• TSAT ≤20%
• Females of child-bearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test at screening.
• Before any study-specific procedure, the appropriate written informed consent must be obtained.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any anaemia treatment within 4 weeks prior to randomisation (including red blood cell transfusions, treatment with ESA or any oral/parenteral iron preparations).
• Anthracycline containing chemotherapy regimens.
• Subjects weighing <35 kg.
• Folate deficiency (serum-folate <4.5 nmol/L) and/or Vitamin B12 deficiency (serum-cobalamin <145 pmol/L).
• Ongoing haemolysis defined as serum-haptoglobin <0.2 g/L.
• Known chronic renal failure, glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/m2.
• Recent (within last 4 weeks) significant bleeding/surgery, defined as drop in Hb of ≥2 g/dL.
• Clinically relevant active inflammatory disease other than MM (according to the judgement of the Investigator).
• Clinically relevant ongoing infectious disease including known human immunodeficiency virus.
• Serum ferritin >600 ng/mL.
• Ongoing significant neurological or psychiatric disorders including psychotic disorders or dementia.
• Significant cardiovascular disease prior to study inclusion including myocardial infarction within 12 months prior to study inclusion, congestive heart failure New York Heart Association Grade III or IV, or poorly controlled hypertension according to the judgment of the Investigator.
• Elevation of liver enzymes (aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase) over 3 times above the normal range or known acute hepatic disorder.
• Subject currently is enrolled in or has not yet completed at least 30 days since ending other investigational device or drug study(ies), or subject is receiving other investigational agent(s).
• Subject of child-bearing potential is evidently pregnant (e.g., positive human chorionic gonadotropin test) or is breast feeding.
• Subject is not using adequate contraceptive precautions. Adequate contraceptive precautions are defined as those which result in a low failure rate (i.e., less than 1% per year) when used consistently and correctly such as implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, some intra-uterine devices, sexual abstinence or vasectomised partner. Non-childbearing potential includes being surgically sterilised at least 6 months prior to the study or post-menopausal, defined as amenorrhea for at least 12 months.
• Subject has known sensitivity to any of the products to be administered during dosing.
• Subject will not be available for follow-up assessment.
• Subject has any kind of disorder that compromises the ability of the subject to give written informed consent and/or to comply with study procedures.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Ferric carboxymaltose; Subjects will receive a total dose of 1,000 mg iron as FCM on the day of the next scheduled chemotherapy cycle after randomisation or continuous chemotherapy. In subjects with weight ≤66 kg, the first dose iron will be 500 mg; the second dose (500 mg) will be administered on the visit 3 (week 2).	Drug: Ferric carboxymaltose; Subjects will receive a single dose of 1,000 mg iron as FCM infusion at baseline. Subjects of bw ≤66 kg will receive a single dose of 500 mg iron as FCM infusion at baseline (Week 0) and at Visit 3 (Week 2). Ferric carboxymaltose will be administered on the same day with chemotherapy treatment or within 24 hours before or after the chemotherapy. For subjects with bw ≤66 kg, if no chemotherapy planned for the visit 4 (Week 2), the second FCM dose should be infused independent of chemotherapy.; Other Names: Ferinject
No Intervention: Local standard of care.; Subjects will be treated according to the local institutional practice.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in haemoglobin (Hb) from baseline to Weeks 4, 6 and 8	Mean change in Hb from baseline to Weeks 4, 6 and 8 (end of treatment) in the absence of any red cell transfusion or erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESA) treatment.	week 4, 6 and 8 post baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of subjects with blood Hb response of at least 1 g/dL	Percentage of subjects with blood Hb response of at least 1 g/dL in the absence of any red cell transfusion or ESA treatment.	12 weeks post baseline
Percentage of subjects with a blood Hb correction to at least 12 g/dL	Percentage of subjects with a blood Hb correction to at least 12 g/dL in the absence of any red cell transfusion or ESA treatment	12 weeks post baseline
Time to Hb response defined as increase in Hb equal to or more than 1 g/dL	Median time to Hb response defined as increase in Hb equal to or more than 1 g/dL in the absence of any red cell transfusion or ESA treatment	Baseline until end of study (week 8)
Subjects receiving red blood cell transfusions or subjects treated with ESA	Proportion of subjects receiving red blood cell transfusions or subjects treated with ESA during the study period	Baseline until end of study (week 8)
Adverse events	Adverse events: type, nature, incidence and outcome	Baseline until end of study (week 8)
Transfusion/treatment with ESA	Time to transfusion/treatment with ESA	Baseline until end of study (week 8)
Change in serum ferritin from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	Mean change in serum ferritin from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	week 2, 4, 6, and 8 post baseline
Change in transferrin saturation (TSAT) from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	Mean change in TSAT from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	week 2, 4, 6, and 8 post baseline
Change in serum iron from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	Mean change in serum iron from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	week 2, 4, 6, and 8 post baseline
Change in endogenous erythropoietin from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	Mean change in endogenous erythropoietin from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	week 2, 4, 6, and 8 post baseline
Change in blood reticulocyte haemoglobin content/red blood cell size factor from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	Mean change in blood reticulocyte haemoglobin content/red blood cell size factor from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	week 2, 4, 6, and 8 post baseline
Change in percentage of hypochromic red cells/percentage of low Hb density from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	Mean change in percentage of hypochromic red cells/percentage of low Hb density from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	week 2, 4, 6, and 8 post baseline
Change in hepcidin from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	Mean change in hepcidin from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	week 2, 4, 6, and 8 post baseline
Change in interleukin-6 from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	Mean change in interleukin-6 from baseline to Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8	week 2, 4, 6, and 8 post baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Vifor Pharma
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Katodritou Eirini, MD, Theagenion Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; Study Director: Timothy R Cushway, Vifor Pharma, CH-8152 Glattbrugg, Switzerland

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: March 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 29, 2010
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 8, 2010
• First Posted (Estimate): April 9, 2010

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 9, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 3, 2022
• Last Verified: June 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Anemia; Chemotherapy; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; ferric carboxymaltose; iron
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Metabolic Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Hematologic Diseases; Hemorrhagic Disorders; Hemostatic Disorders; Paraproteinemias; Blood Protein Disorders; Anemia, Hypochromic; Iron Metabolism Disorders; Neoplasms, Plasma Cell; Multiple Myeloma; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency; Anemia
• Other Study ID Numbers: FER-AOC-MM

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No