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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00223938
Date of registration: 13/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Watson Pharmaceuticals
Public title: Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Ferrlecit in the Maintenance Dosing in Hemodialysis Patients.
Scientific title: A Multi-Center, Open-Label, Randomized, Parallel Group Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Ferrlecit in the Maintenance of Iron Stores and Serum Hemoglobin Concentration in Hemodialysis Patients Receiving Erythropoietin.
Date of first enrolment: May 2004
Target sample size: 291
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00223938
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Gary Hoel, RPh, PhD
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Affiliation:  Watson Pharmaceuticals
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male of female, 18 years old or older.

- Have been receiving chronic hemodialysis therapy

- On stable EPO dosing regimen.

- Have signed patient informed consent.

- Predetermined serum ferritin and TSAT levels.

- Clinical instability - inability to achieve adequate dialysis, abnormal serum albumin
and serum glucose.

- Pregnant or lactating.

- A known sensitivity to Ferrlecit

Exclusion Criteria:

- Scheduled for renal transplant.

- A serious concomitant medical disorders incompatible with participation in the study.

- Unable to cooperate or comply with the protocol.

- Use of any investigation agent within 30 days prior to study or during the course of
the study.

- Judged by the investigator as unsuitable for enrollment for any reason.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Anemia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Oral Iron
Drug: sodium ferric gluconate
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of two dose levels of Ferrlecit when compared with oral iron when administered as maintenance therapy in iron-replete hemodialysis patients who are receiving Erythropoietin. [Time Frame: 22 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
The secondary objectives of this study include comparisons between Ferrlecit treatments to oral iron regarding changes from baseline in hematological parameters, iron indices, EPO requirements and safety. [Time Frame: 22 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
FR02023
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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