Study of Deferasirox for Treatment of Transfusional Iron Overload in Myelodysplastic Patients
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00110266 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 5, 2005
Last Update Posted : November 18, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Myelodysplastic Syndrome Iron Overload | Drug: Deferasirox | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 176 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | An Open Label, Safety and Tolerability Study of Deferasirox for Treatment of Transfusional Iron Overload in Low-risk and INT-1, Myelodysplastic Patients Using Serum Ferritin Monitoring |
Study Start Date : | May 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2010 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: ICL670
Evaluate the safety and tolerability of deferasirox 20 mg/kg/day over one year in patients with MDS
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Drug: Deferasirox
20 mg/kg/day over one year in patients with MDS
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- 12 month safety in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) [ Time Frame: throughout the study ]
- Changes in serum ferritin from baseline to 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after initiating treatment [ Time Frame: throughout the study ]
- Effect of non-transferrin bound iron (NTBI), serum iron, transferrin and transferrin saturation on the safe administration of deferasirox [ Time Frame: throughout the study ]
- Changes in transfusion requirements, serum erythropoietin levels, and estimated frequency of hematologic improvement in patients who are not receiving growth factors or chemotherapy for their underlying MDS. [ Time Frame: throughout the study ]
- Trough pharmacokinetic parameters of deferasirox in patients with MDS [ Time Frame: throughout the study ]
- Drug accountability [ Time Frame: through out the study ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female patients with low or intermediate (INT-1) risk MDS
- Patients can be EITHER naïve to iron chelation OR have had prior treatment with deferoxamine (DFO).
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years
- Availability of transfusion records for the 12 weeks prior to registration
- A lifetime minimum of 30 previous packed red blood cell transfusions
- Availability of at least three CBC values (pretransfusion) during the 12 weeks prior to registration
- Serum Ferritin:
For entry into the screening period, serum ferritin ≥ 1000 ng/mL on at least two occasions, at least two weeks apart, during the prior year.
Serum ferritin ≥ 1000 ng/mL at screening via the central lab.
- Life expectancy ≥ 6 months
- Sexually active women must use an effective method of contraception, or must have undergone clinically documented total hysterectomy and/or oophorectomy, or tubal ligation or be postmenopausal (defined as amenorrhea for at least 12 months)
- Able to provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serum creatinine above the upper limit of normal
- ALT > 500 U/L during screening
- Clinical or laboratory evidence of active Hepatitis B or C
- Urinary protein/creatinine ratio > 0.5 mg/mg
- History of HIV positive test result (ELISA or Western blot)
- ECOG Performance Status > 2
- Patients with uncontrolled systemic hypertension
- Unstable cardiac disease not controlled by standard medical therapy
- Patients with a diagnosis of or history of clinically relevant ocular toxicity related to iron chelation
- Systemic diseases (cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, etc.) which would prevent study treatment
- Pregnancy or breast feeding
- Treatment with systemic investigational drug within the past 4 weeks or topical investigational drug within the past 7 days
- Other surgical or medical condition which might significantly alter the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of study drug
- History of non-compliance to medical regimens or patients who are considered potentially unreliable and/or not cooperative

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00110266

Study Director: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Novartis Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00110266 |
Obsolete Identifiers: | NCT00343837 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CICL670AUS03 |
First Posted: | May 5, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 18, 2016 |
Last Verified: | November 2016 |
ICL670 Deferasirox Iron chelation Chelator Desferal |
Myelodysplastic Syndromes Iron Overload Bone Marrow Diseases Hematologic Diseases Iron Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases |
Deferasirox Iron Chelating Agents Chelating Agents Sequestering Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |