Efficacy of Ferric Carboxymaltose With or Without EPO Reducing Red-cell Transfusion Packs in Hip Fracture Perioperative Period (PAHFRAC)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01154491 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: July 1, 2010
Last Update Posted
: July 28, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Hip Fractures | Drug: Ferric carboxymaltose Drug: Erythropoietin Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 303 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Multicenter Double-bind Randomized Trial of Ferric Carboxymaltose With or Without Erythropoietin for the Prevention of Red-cell Transfusion in Hip Fracture Perioperative Period. |
Study Start Date : | June 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2013 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Two placebos: placebo for ferric carboxymaltose and placebo for erythropoietin
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Drug: Placebo
Placebo for ferric carboxymaltose: 250 mL normal saline for intravenous administration. Placebo for erythropoietin: 1 mL normal saline for subcutaneous injection. |
Experimental: FE
Ferric carboxymaltose and placebo for erythropoietin
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Drug: Ferric carboxymaltose
Ferinject®: Ferric carboxymaltose: 2 vials of 10 mL containing each 500 mg iron, diluted in 250 mL normal saline for injection. Study drug to be administered by infusion immediately after preparation. Placebo for erythropoietin: 1 mL normal saline for subcutaneous injection. Other Name: Intravenous iron
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Experimental: EPOFE
Ferric carboxymaltose and erythropoietin
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Drug: Ferric carboxymaltose
Ferinject®: Ferric carboxymaltose: 2 vials of 10 mL containing each 500 mg iron, diluted in 250 mL normal saline for injection. Study drug to be administered by infusion immediately after preparation. Placebo for erythropoietin: 1 mL normal saline for subcutaneous injection. Other Name: Intravenous iron
Drug: Erythropoietin
Erythropoetin: 40,000 units subcutaneous (unique dose).
Other Name: EPO
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- Reduce red-cell transfusion packs [ Time Frame: 60 days after hospital discharge ]percentage of patients who receive red-cell transfusion during hospitalization
- Average red-cell packs per patient [ Time Frame: end of study ]
- Haemoglobin level [ Time Frame: 24 h and 72h after the intervention, at the time of hospital discharge and 60 days after hospital discharge ]
- Number of hospitalization days [ Time Frame: end of study ]number of days inhospital
- Death rate with all causes mortality [ Time Frame: end of study ]
- Adverse Events [ Time Frame: end of study ]adverse clinical events, side effects, Serious Adverse Events (SAE) and Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reaction(SUSAR)
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: end of study ]health related quality of life
- cost-efficacy analysis [ Time Frame: end of study ]means of incremental cost-efficacy method (using as a primary endpoint each patient not requiring transfusion, and as secondary end-point every patient who survived the index admission)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 65 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients 65 years and older.
- Osteoporotic hip fracture which require surgical intervention
- Haemoglobin levels between 90-120 g/L
- Signed informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
- Bone marrow diseases which could interfere in the erythropoietic process (acute or chronic myelodysplastic syndromes or myeloproliferative diseases, and/or infiltration of the bone marrow due to solid or lymphatic neoplasms)
- Blood coagulation diseases or currently treated with oral anticoagulants and/or heparin at therapeutic doses.
- Documented allergy and/or previous intolerance and/or contraindication of erythropoietin use and/or intravenous iron.
- Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and/or another demonstrated origin of inflammatory anemia and/or not controlled arterial hypertension.

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Spain | |
Hospital General Universitario de Elche | |
Elche, Alicante, Spain | |
Hospital de la Vega Baja | |
Orihuela, Alicante, Spain, 03314 | |
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol | |
Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 08915 | |
Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge | |
Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08907 | |
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío | |
Sevilla, España, Spain, 41013 | |
Hospital Donostia | |
San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain | |
Hospital de la Serranía de Ronda | |
Ronda, Malaga, Spain, 29400 | |
Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía | |
Vélez-Málaga, Málaga, Spain | |
Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe | |
Bormujos, Sevilla, Spain, 41930 | |
Hospital Universitario de Albacete | |
Albacete, Spain, 02006 | |
Hospital Infanta Elena | |
Huelva, Spain, 21080 | |
Hospital Lucus Augusti | |
Lugo, Spain, 27004 | |
Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena | |
Seville, Spain | |
Hospital Universitario Río Hortega | |
Valladolid, Spain |
Principal Investigator: | Máximo Bernabeu-Wittel, MD | Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio. Sevilla |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Maximo Bernabeu Wittel, Fundación Pública Andaluza para la gestión de la Investigación en Sevilla |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01154491 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
PAHFRAC-01 2009-015865-30 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | July 1, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 28, 2015 |
Last Verified: | July 2015 |
Keywords provided by Maximo Bernabeu Wittel, Fundación Pública Andaluza para la gestión de la Investigación en Sevilla:
hip fractures blood substitutes blood transfusion |
intravenous infusion erythropoietin, recombinant frail elderly |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fractures, Bone Hip Fractures Wounds and Injuries Femoral Fractures Hip Injuries |
Leg Injuries Epoetin Alfa Ferric Compounds Hematinics |