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Effect of Defrasirox on ferritin and iron overload in Thalassemia Disease

Evaluation of the fffect of Defrasirox on MRIT2* and serum ferritin in major Thalassemia compared with Deferoxamine and Deferiprone in Gorgan Taleghani Hospital

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2015071823245N1
Enrollment
58
Registered
2015-11-12
Start date
2014-10-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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Conditions

major thalassemia. Thalassemia, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention 1: In the intervention group previous treatment will be discontinued and patient will be treated with Defrosiroxe 20-40 mg/ kg/ day for one year. Intervention 2: The control group will be
Treatment - Drugs
In the intervention group previous treatment will be discontinued and patient will be treated with Defrosiroxe 20-40 mg/ kg/ day for one year
The control group will be treated with Deferoxamine 20-60 mg/ kg/ day in three doses with or without of Deferiprone 50-100 mg/ kg/ day in three doses

Sponsors

Research Center of Golestan University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Patients with major thalassemia with blood transfusions and treatment with Deferiprone with Deferoxamine; Ferritin levels below 5000ng/ml. Exclusion criteria:The patient dissatisfaction; drug intolerance.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Serum ferritin. Timepoint: Baseline, 3 month6month,9month,12month. Method of measurement: sampling and serum ferritin level(ng/ml).;Changes of MRI T2* normally, involves mild, moderate, severe. Timepoint: baseline, after one year. Method of measurement: MRI and The speed Back in phase T2* With millisecondand and classificate into four groups: normal, mild, moderate, severe.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactGhazal Vaseghi

Golestan University of Medical Sciences

ghazal_vaseghi@yahoo+98 17 3222 7720

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026