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Expanded Access of Deferasirox to Patients With Congenital Disorders of Red Blood Cells and Chronic Iron Overload

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Diamond Blackfan Anemia
Thalassemia
Sickle Cell Disease
Myelofibrosis
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT00235391
Lead Sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

This is an open-label, non-randomized, multi-center trial designed to provide expanded access of deferasirox to patients with congenital disorders of red blood cells and chronic iron overload from blood transfusions who cannot adequately be treated with locally approved iron chelators.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1683
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male or female patients greater than or equal to 2 years of age

  • Documented congenital disorder of red blood cells (e.g., β-thalassemia major, sickle cell anemia, diamond-blackfan anemia) requiring ongoing blood transfusions

  • Cannot be adequately treated with a locally approved iron chelator due to one of the following reasons:

    • Documented non-compliance, defined as having taken less than 50% of the prescribed chelation therapy doses in the 12 months prior to study entry
    • Contraindications, unacceptable toxicities and/or documented poor response to locally approved iron chelators despite proper compliance
  • History of at least 20 blood transfusions (equivalent to 100 mL/kg of packed red blood cells (PRBC])

  • Serum ferritin value greater than or equal to 1000 µg/L

  • Ability to comply with all study-related procedures, medications, and evaluations

Exclusion Criteria
  • Ongoing treatment with another iron chelator (Any other iron chelation therapy must be discontinued at least 24 hours prior to study entry.)
  • Patients who meet the eligibility criteria for any other ongoing Novartis sponsored clinical study protocol with deferasirox and who have geographic access to these sites
  • Patients unable to tolerate (or who have unacceptable toxicities to) prior treatment with deferasirox
  • Serum creatinine above the upper limit of normal at screening.
  • Patients with ALT ≥ 500 U/L at screening.
  • Evidence of chelation-related cataracts or hearing loss within 4 weeks prior to baseline
  • Pregnancy (as indicated by serum β-HCG pregnancy test at screening for all female patients with the potential to become pregnant) and patients who are breastfeeding
  • Patients treated with systemic investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to or with topical investigational drug within 7 days prior to the baseline visit

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
DeferasiroxDeferasiroxDeferasirox was administered orally once a day, 30 minutes prior to breakfast. Dosage was based on participant's body weight. Starting dose was determined by the frequency of blood transfusions and recommended initial daily dose of deferasirox is 20 mg/kg body weight for patients receiving blood transfusion, 10 mg/kg for patients receiving less frequent transfusion/exchange transfusion and 30 mg/kg for patients receiving more frequent blood transfusions.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Safety Profile of Deferasirox Based Upon Drug Administration and Reporting of Serious Adverse EventsBaseline to end of study (Median exposure time to drug was approximately 30 weeks; Maximum exposure was 104 weeks)

Safety as assessed by the number of participants with death, serious adverse events (SAE), and/or Adverse Events (AEs) leading to study drug interruption or discontinuation. Note: only treatment emergent AEs are summarized.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The Change in Serum Ferritin Values From Baseline Through Completion of the StudyBaseline to end of study (Median exposure time to drug was approximately 30 weeks; Maximum exposure was 104 weeks)

The number of participants with Improvement, No Change or Worsening in Serum ferritin category levels at the end of the study compared to baseline. Serum ferritin levels in µg/L were divided into to 6 categories: (\<1000), (1000-\<2500), (2500-\<4000), (4000-\<5500), (5500-\<7000) and (\>=7000). Improvement was defined as a shift to a lower category at the end of study compared to the category at baseline. Worsening was defined as a shift to a higher category at the end of the study compared to the category at baseline. No change was no change in category at end of study from baseline.

Trial Locations

Locations (138)

Azienda Ospedali Vittorio Emanuele, Ferrarotto e San Bambino

🇮🇹

Catania, Italy

PresidioOspedaliero S. Luigi Curro

🇮🇹

Catania, Italy

PCTI

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Children's Hospitals of Pittsburgh

🇺🇸

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen-AZ Middelheim

🇧🇪

Antwerpen, Belgium

Centre Hospitalier Notre Dame et Reine

🇧🇪

Charleroi, Belgium

General Hospital of Athens

🇬🇷

Kerkyra, Greece

General Hospital of Thessaloniki Agios Pavlos

🇬🇷

Thessaloniki, Greece

General Hospital of Kalamata

🇬🇷

Kalamata, Greece

University Hospital of Patras

🇬🇷

Patra, Greece

General Hospital Thessalonikis Hippokratio

🇬🇷

Thessaloniki, Greece

General Hospital of Volos

🇬🇷

Volos, Greece

General Hospital of Larisa Tsakalof 1

🇬🇷

Larisa, Greece

General Hospital of Mytilini Vostaneio

🇬🇷

Mytilini, Greece

General Hospital of Xanthi

🇬🇷

Xanthi, Greece

Haga Ziekenhuis

🇳🇱

Den Haag, Netherlands

Erasmus MC

🇳🇱

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Srinagarind Hospital

🇹🇭

Khon Kaen, Thailand

Texas Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Children's Hospital and Health Center of San Diego

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

AMC

🇳🇱

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

🇺🇸

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Oregon Health & Science University

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

University of Washington Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Osler Medical, Inc.

🇺🇸

Melbourne, Florida, United States

Hematalogy Oncology Associates

🇺🇸

Pensacola, Florida, United States

The Children's Medical Center of Dayton

🇺🇸

Dayton, Ohio, United States

CHR de la Citadelle

🇧🇪

Liege, Belgium

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

🇩🇪

Hannover, Germany

Agia Sofia Hospital of Athens

🇬🇷

Karditsa, Greece

University Hospital of Ioannina

🇬🇷

Ioannina, Greece

Klinikum Stuttgart Bismarckstrasse 8

🇩🇪

Stuttgart, Germany

General Hospital of Korinthos

🇬🇷

Korinthos, Greece

General State Hospital of Nikaia St. Panteleimon

🇬🇷

Nikaia, Greece

Presidio Ospedaliero Antonio Perrino

🇮🇹

Brindisi, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Pugliese Cicaccio

🇮🇹

Catanzaro, Italy

Ospedale San Giuseppe

🇮🇹

Empoli, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera A. Meyer

🇮🇹

Firenze, Italy

Fondazione Ospedale

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II

🇮🇹

Napoli, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera V. Cervello

🇮🇹

Palermo, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Civile- Maria Paterno

🇮🇹

Ragusa, Italy

Ospedale S. Eugenio

🇮🇹

Roma, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Villa Sofia-CTO

🇮🇹

Palermo, Italy

Presidio Ospedaliero di Sassari-Ospedale SS

🇮🇹

Sassari, Italy

Presidio Ospedaliero Giovanni di Cristina

🇮🇹

Palermo, Italy

IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo

🇮🇹

Pavia, Italy

Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital

🇨🇳

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana

🇮🇹

Pisa, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Civili Riuniti di Sciacca

🇮🇹

Sciacca, Italy

Tao-yuan General Hospital

🇨🇳

Tau-Yuan County, Taiwan

Hacettepe Universitesi

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Ege Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

🇹🇷

Izmir, Turkey

Hospital Xeral de Vigo

🇪🇸

Vigo, Spain

Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

🇪🇸

Santander, Spain

Hospital Universitario La Fe

🇪🇸

Valencia, Spain

Catharina-ziekenhuis

🇳🇱

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Althaia : Xarxa Assistencial de Manresa

🇪🇸

Manresa, Spain

Hospital Puerta del Mar

🇪🇸

Cadiz, Spain

Chang Gung Children's Hospital

🇨🇳

Taoyuan, Taiwan

Suleyman Demirel

🇹🇷

Isparta, Turkey

Mackay Memorial Hospital

🇨🇳

Taipei, Taiwan

Hospital Virgen de la Salud

🇪🇸

Toledo, Spain

Ramathibodi Hospital

🇹🇭

Bangkok, Thailand

Phramongkutklao Hospital

🇹🇭

Bangkok, Thailand

St. George's Hospital

🇬🇧

Tooting, United Kingdom

North Middlesex University Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Songklanagarind Hospital

🇹🇭

Bangkok, Thailand

Cukurova Universitesi

🇹🇷

Adana, Turkey

Evelina Hospital St. Thomas' Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

The Royal Hospital London

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Whittington Hospital

🇬🇧

London, United Kingdom

Azienda Ospedaliera San Salvatore

🇮🇹

Pesaro, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli

🇮🇹

Reggio Calabria, Italy

Ospedale nostra Signora di Bonaria

🇮🇹

San Gavino Monreale- CA, Italy

Presidio Ospedaliero Centrale

🇮🇹

Taranto, Italy

Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita

🇮🇹

Torino, Italy

Akdeniz Universitesi

🇹🇷

Antalya, Turkey

Gaziantep Universitesi

🇹🇷

Gaziantep, Turkey

Istanbul Universitesi

🇹🇷

Istanbul, Turkey

Erciyes Universitesi

🇹🇷

Kayseri, Turkey

University of Alberta

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Canada

Hospital De Gran Canaria

🇪🇸

Canara, Spain

Hospital Universitario La Paz

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

University of Mississippi Medical Center

🇺🇸

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Berkeley, California, United States

Backus Children's Hospital, Memorial Health University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Stanford University

🇺🇸

Stanford, California, United States

Borgess Hospital

🇺🇸

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Tampa Children's Hospital at St. Joseph's Hospital

🇺🇸

Tampa, Florida, United States

James A. Haley Veterans Hospital

🇺🇸

Tampa, Florida, United States

Children's Mercy Hospital

🇺🇸

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Schneider Children's Hospital

🇺🇸

New Hyde Park, New York, United States

Hershey Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters

🇺🇸

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

VCU Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

🇺🇸

Richmond, Virginia, United States

The Ottawa Hospital-General Campus

🇨🇦

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Centre Hospitalier Chretien-Clinique Saint-Joseph

🇧🇪

Montegnee, Belgium

MUHC- Montreal Children's Hospital

🇨🇦

Montreal, Canada

CHUM-Hopital-Notre-Dame

🇨🇦

Montreal, Canada

Hopital de l'Enfant-Jesus

🇨🇦

Quebec, Canada

MUHC- Royal Victoria Hospital

🇨🇦

Montreal, Canada

The Hospital for Sick Children,

🇨🇦

Toronto, Canada

Toronto General Hospital-Hemoglobinopathy

🇨🇦

Toronto, Canada

Universitatskrankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen

🇩🇪

Gottingen, Germany

Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin

🇩🇪

Berlin, Germany

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Universitat

🇩🇪

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Universitaetsklinik Dusseldorf

🇩🇪

Duesseldorf, Germany

Burrard Medical Building

🇨🇦

Vancouver, Canada

Universitatsklinikum Koln

🇩🇪

Köln, Germany

Universitatsklinikum Ulm

🇩🇪

Ulm, Germany

Ippokration Hospital of Athens

🇬🇷

Athens, Greece

General Hospital of Heraklion Benizeleio-Pananeio

🇬🇷

Heraklion, Greece

Presidio Ospedaliero S. Bambino

🇮🇹

Catania, Italy

General Hospital of Karditsa

🇬🇷

Karditsa, Greece

Presidio Ospedale Muscatello

🇮🇹

Augusta, Italy

A.O. Ospedale Policlinico Consorziale di Bari

🇮🇹

Bari, Italy

Ospedale Di Venere

🇮🇹

Carbonara di Bari, Italy

Ospedale Regionale Microcitemie

🇮🇹

Itala, Italy

Ospedale Civile dell'Annunziata

🇮🇹

Cosenza, Italy

E.O. Ospedali Galliera

🇮🇹

Genova, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Ferrara

🇮🇹

Ferrara, Italy

AORN A. Cardarelli

🇮🇹

Napoli, Italy

Ospedale Madonna delle Grazie

🇮🇹

Matera, Italy

Az. Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico G. Martino

🇮🇹

Messina, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena

🇮🇹

Modena, Italy

Ospedale Umberto I

🇮🇹

Talassemie, Italy

Erasmus Medisch Centrum, locatie Sophia

🇳🇱

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Hospital Infanta Cristina

🇪🇸

Badajoz, Spain

Hospital de Torrecardenas

🇪🇸

Almeria, Spain

Hospital Cruces

🇪🇸

Baracaldo, Spain

Hematalogy Oncology Clinic

🇺🇸

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

The Cancer Institute of New Jersey

🇺🇸

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

National Taiwan University Hospital

🇨🇳

Taipei, Taiwan

Arkansas Children's Hospital, UAMS College of Medicine

🇺🇸

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Children's Hospital of Orange County

🇺🇸

Orange, California, United States

Alfred I. Dupong Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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