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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02225886
Date of registration: 23/08/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Anemia Working Group Romania
Public title: Ascorbic Acid Administration in the Treatment of Anemia in Chronic Hemodialysed Patients FeVitC
Scientific title: Effects of Ascorbic Acid Administration in the Treatment of Anemia in Chronic Hemodialysed Patients With Iron Overload
Date of first enrolment: February 1, 2020
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02225886
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Romania
Contacts
Name:     Gabriel Mircescu, Professor
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Affiliation:  Anemia Working Group Romania
Name:     Aurelian Simionescu, MD, PhD
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Telephone: +40732161768
Email: relusimionescu@yahoo.com
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Name:     Tudor Simionescu, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  "Carol Davila" Teaching Hospital of Nephrology
Name:     Liliana Garneata, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Anemia Workiing Group Romania
Name:     Liliana Garneata, MD, PhD
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Telephone: +40722619358
Email: liliana.garneata@gmail.com
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age above 18 years old

- At least 6 months on hemodialysis at the time of randomization;

- Kt/V=1.2;

- average of the last three serum ferritin levels > 500 ng/mL AND

- Average of the last three TSAT levels > 20% and increasing

- ERI in the 4th quartile of the group

Exclusion Criteria:

- Active bleeding or other cause of anemia

- Serum level of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH)>800 pg/mL

- Actual neoplasia

- HIV, Hepatitis B or C infections

- Significant inflammation (CRP>12mg/L) or acute infection

- Venous central catheter

- Severe hepatic, cardiovascular, psychic disease or other severe comorbidities

- Moderate or severe malnutrition

- Blood transfusions in the 2 months prior to screening

- Pregnancy or breastfeeding

- Inclusion in another clinical trial in the past month



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Anaemia Response to the Treatment
Peripheral Iron Indices
Oxalemia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ascorbic Acid
Primary Outcome(s)
Variation of erythropoetin resistance index (ERI) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Variation of serum hepcidin [Time Frame: 12 months]
Local and general tolerance to vitamin C [Time Frame: 12 months]
The number of withdrawals and dropouts [Time Frame: 12 months]
Oxalemia [Time Frame: 12 months]
Percentage of patients with hemoglobin within target [Time Frame: 12 months]
Percentage of patients with Hb in the target range [Time Frame: 12 months]
Percentage of patients with target iron status [Time Frame: 12 months]
Adverse events [Time Frame: 12 months]
Changes in ESA dose [Time Frame: 12 months]
Variation in ESA dose [Time Frame: 12 months]
Variation of iron dose [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
AWGRO 06/2014
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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