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Register: EUCTR
Last refreshed on: 19 March 2012
Main ID:  EUCTR2010-023233-30-NL
Date of registration: 06/10/2010
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: VU university medical center
Public title: ‘Intravenous iron treatment in iron deficient patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension' - Treating iron deficiency in PAH
Scientific title: ‘Intravenous iron treatment in iron deficient patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension' - Treating iron deficiency in PAH
Date of first enrolment: 13/12/2010
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Authorised-recruitment may be ongoing or finished
URL:  https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search?query=eudract_number:2010-023233-30
Study type:  Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study design:  Controlled: no Randomised: Open: Single blind: Double blind: Parallel group: Cross over: Other: If controlled, specify comparator, Other Medicinial Product: no Placebo: no Other: no  
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Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- Stable idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (stable disease for at least 3 months)
- iron deficiency (serum iron below 10 µmol/l, decreased transferrin saturation (<15% in females and <20% in males) and serum ferritin <100 µg/l) irrespective of the coexistence of anaemia
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
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F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
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Exclusion criteria:
- Current iron therapy (oral or iv)
- Current other study medication for PAH
- History of anaemia or current treatment of anaemia
- Liver function impairment
- Chronic disease other than PAH ( rheumatism, asthma, chronic infection)
- Acute infection


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Female: yes
Male: yes
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Objective: To evaluate the effects of intravenous iron suppletion in iron deficient IPAH patients. Study design: Intervention study Study population: Patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) and iron deficiency Intervention: Patients receive a weekly iron bolus infusion until iron levels are restored (correction phase). Then a maintenance dose is given once per month (maintenance phase) until the endpoint after 20 weeks.
MedDRA version: 12.1 Level: LLT Classification code 10064909 Term: Idiopathic (IPAH)
Intervention(s)

Trade Name: Ferinject
Product Name: Ferric carboxymaltose
Product Code: RVG 33865
Pharmaceutical Form: Solution for injection

Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Objective: To observe the effects of intravenous iron suppletion on exercise capacity in IPAH patients
Primary end point(s): Effects on six-minute walking distance tests of intravenous iron.
Main Objective: To evaluate the effects of intravenous iron suppletion in iron deficient IPAH patients.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
NL33043.029.10
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