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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT01755455
Date of registration: 19/12/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Public title: Does a Daily Iron Tablet Improve Anemia in Cystic Fibrosis
Scientific title: Iron Supplementation for the Hypoferremic Anemia of Cystic Fibrosis
Date of first enrolment: June 2011
Target sample size: 22
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01755455
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Alex H Gifford, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- History of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization of the lung

- Transferrin saturation (TSAT) less than or equal to 21%

- Hemoglobin concentration <15.5 gm/dl (men)

- Hemoglobin concentration <13.6 gm/dl (women)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Use of iron-containing vitamin or supplement

- Pregnancy

- Lactation

- Cirrhosis

- History of chronic visible (gross) hemoptysis

- Hereditary hemochromatosis

- History of transfusion-related iron overload

- Use of iron chelator(s)

- Withdrawal of informed consent

- Contraindication to phlebotomy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
Cystic Fibrosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Ferrous sulfate 325mg
Primary Outcome(s)
Change From Baseline in Hemoglobin Concentration (gm/dl) [Time Frame: Baseline and 6 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change From Baseline in Transferrin Saturation (%) [Time Frame: Baseline and 6 weeks]
Change From Baseline in Serum Iron (mcg/dl) [Time Frame: Baseline and 6 weeks]
Change From Baseline in Sputum Iron (ng/mg) [Time Frame: Baseline and 6 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
CPHS#22884
D11176
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 06/10/2014
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01755455
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