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Safety and Tolerability of FCM vs Standard of Care in Treating Iron Deficiency Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

A Multi-center, Randomized Controlled Study to Investigate the Safety and Tolerability of IV Ferric Carboxymaltose (FCM) vs Standard Medical Care in Treating Iron Deficiency Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00548691
Enrollment
513
Registered
2007-10-24
Start date
2007-10-31
Completion date
2009-07-31
Last updated
2018-02-20

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Conditions

Anemia

Brief summary

The Objective of this study is to study the safety of FCM in patients with anemia caused by chronic kidney failure

Interventions

DRUGFerric Carboxymaltose

Sponsors

American Regent, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Male or Female 18 to 85 years of age * NDD-CKD Patients * TSAT \</= 25% * Hgb \</= 11.5 * Ferritin \</= 300 * HD-CKD Patients * TSAT \</= 30% * Hgb \</= 12 * Ferritin \</= 500

Exclusion criteria

* Previous participation in a FCM trial * Known Hypersensitivity to FCM * History of anemia other that anemia due to chronic renal failure * Current history of GI bleeding * Received IV Iron within the last 30 Days * Anticipated need for surgery * Malignancy history * AST or ALT greater than normal * Received an investigational drug within 30 days of screening * Pregnant or sexually active females who are not willing to use an effective form of birth control

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (SAE's)from Day 0 through 30 days after the last dose of study drug

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Hospitals and medical clinics

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Ferric Carboxymaltose (FCM)
Subjects received an undiluted dose of iron as FCM IV (15 mg/kg up to a maximum of 1000 mg) or subjects received 200 mg of FCM IV push undiluted directly into the venous line of the dialyzer.
254
Standard Medical Care (SMC)
SMC for IDA (as determined by the Investigator) for treating CKD related anemia.
259
Total513

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicStandard Medical Care (SMC)Ferric Carboxymaltose (FCM)Total
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
133 Participants127 Participants260 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
126 Participants127 Participants253 Participants
Age, Continuous63.1 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.11
62.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.81
62.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.46
Region of Enrollment
United States
259 participants254 participants513 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
153 Participants159 Participants312 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
106 Participants95 Participants201 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 2540 / 259
serious
Total, serious adverse events
11 / 25436 / 259

Outcome results

Primary

Incidence of Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (SAE's)

Time frame: from Day 0 through 30 days after the last dose of study drug

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Ferric Carboxymaltose (FCM)Incidence of Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (SAE's)11 participants
Standard Medical Care (SMC)Incidence of Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (SAE's)36 participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026