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Anemia in Heart Failure With a Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFPEF)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00286182
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 3, 2006
Results First Posted : June 10, 2016
Last Update Posted : March 10, 2017
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Mathew S. Maurer, Columbia University

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized;   Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment;   Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor);   Primary Purpose: Treatment
Condition: Anemia
Interventions: Drug: Erythropoietin alpha
Drug: Placebo

  Participant Flow

Recruitment Details
Key information relevant to the recruitment process for the overall study, such as dates of the recruitment period and locations
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Pre-Assignment Details
Significant events and approaches for the overall study following participant enrollment, but prior to group assignment
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Reporting Groups
  Description
Erythropoietin Alpha

Subcutaneous erythropoietin will be administered once weekly to achieve a target hemoglobin of 13 g/dL. Subjects will be dosed with the study drug for 24 weeks. The administration of study drug will be performed according to a pre-specified treatment algorithm that adjust erythropoietin dosages based on the rate of rise of the hemoglobin.

Erythropoietin alpha: Erythropoietin alpha is administered weekly by subcutaneous injection using a pre-specified dosing algorithm. The dosing algorithm is designed to make adjustments based on the rate of rise (ROR) of the hemoglobin over a one week period, as well as the absolute hemoglobin value. Subjects initially received active treatment with 7,500 units of erythropoietin given weekly by subcutaneously injection. Subjects are carefully monitored (e.g. every week) to avoid rapid increases in hemoglobin/hematocrit and/or increasing blood pressure control. Dose adjustments are made if the hemoglobin rises too rapidly (greater than 0.3 g/dL) in
Placebo

Placebo consists of saline injections.

Placebo: Placebo

Participant Flow:   Overall Study
    Erythropoietin Alpha   Placebo
STARTED   28   28 
COMPLETED   23   25 
NOT COMPLETED   5   3 



  Baseline Characteristics

Population Description
Explanation of how the number of participants for analysis was determined. Includes whether analysis was per protocol, intention to treat, or another method. Also provides relevant details such as imputation technique, as appropriate.
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Reporting Groups
  Description
Erythropoietin Alpha Subcutaneous erythropoietin will be administered once weekly to achieve a target hemoglobin of 13 g/dL. Subjects will be dosed with the study drug for 24 weeks. The administration of study drug will be performed according to a pre-specified treatment algorithm that adjust erythropoietin dosages based on the rate of rise of the hemoglobin.
Placebo

Placebo consists of saline injections.

Placebo: Placebo
Total Total of all reporting groups

Baseline Measures
   Erythropoietin Alpha   Placebo   Total 
Overall Participants Analyzed 
[Units: Participants]
 		 28   28   56 
Age 
[Units: Years]
Mean (Standard Deviation) 		 79  (11)   74  (9)   76.5  (10) 
Sex: Female, Male 
[Units: Participants]
Count of Participants 		     
Female      18  64.3%      20  71.4%      38  67.9% 
Male      10  35.7%      8  28.6%      18  32.1% 
Region of Enrollment 
[Units: Participants]
 		     
United States   28   28   56 


  Outcome Measures

1.  Primary:   Change in Left Ventricular End-diastolic Volume   [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 month ]
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  Serious Adverse Events


  Other Adverse Events


  Limitations and Caveats

Limitations of the study, such as early termination leading to small numbers of participants analyzed and technical problems with measurement leading to unreliable or uninterpretable data
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  More Information

Certain Agreements:  
All Principal Investigators ARE employed by the organization sponsoring the study.


Results Point of Contact:  
Name/Title: Mathew Maurer, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center
Organization: Columbia University
phone: 212-305-9808
e-mail: msm10@cumc.columbia.edu


Publications:

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Responsible Party: Mathew S. Maurer, Columbia University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00286182     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: AAAB3037
R01AG027518-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
First Submitted: February 1, 2006
First Posted: February 3, 2006
Results First Submitted: August 17, 2015
Results First Posted: June 10, 2016
Last Update Posted: March 10, 2017