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NCT Number: NCT00520780

Ferinject® Assessment in Patients With Iron Deficiency and Chronic Heart Failure (FAIR-HF)

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of Ferinject® in improving symptoms of CHF in patients with iron deficiency. Analyses will focus both on subjective and objective measures. Furthermore, the tolerability and safety of Ferinject® treatment will be evaluated.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Heart Failure Anaemia Anemia Anemia, Hypochromic Anemia, Iron-Deficiency Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Hematologic Diseases Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases Iron Deficiencies Iron Deficiency Iron Deficiency Anemia Iron Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Research Sites, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • In New York Heart Association (NYHA) II-III functional class due to stable symptomatic chronic heart failure (CHF)
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 40% or lower for patients in NYHA II and 45% or lower in NYHA III
  • Screening haemoglobin (Hb) at least 9.5 g/dL but below or equal to 13.5 g/dL (average of 2 haemoglobin concentrations)
  • Screening ferritin below 100 µg/L, or below 300 µg/L when transferrin saturation (TSAT) is below 20%

Exclusion criteria

  • History of acquired iron overload.
  • Known active infection, clinically significant bleeding, active malignancy.
  • Chronic liver disease and/or screening alanine transaminase (ALT) or aspartate transaminase (AST)
  • Anaemia due to reasons other than iron deficiency
  • Immunosuppressive therapy or renal dialysis (current or planned within the next 6 months).
  • History of erythropoietin, i.v. or oral iron therapy, and blood transfusion in previous 12 weeks and/or such therapy planned within the next 6 months.
  • Unstable angina pectoris as judged by the investigator, clinically significant uncorrected valvular disease or left ventricular outflow obstruction, obstructive cardiomyopathy, poorly controlled fast atrial fibrillation or flutter, poorly controlled symptomatic brady- or tachyarrhythmias.
  • Acute myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome, transient ischaemic attack or stroke within the last 3 months.
  • Coronary-artery bypass graft, percutaneous intervention (e.g. cardiac, cerebrovascular, aortic; diagnostic catheters are allowed) or major surgery, including thoracic and cardiac surgery, within the last 3 months.

Treatment and study plan

Ferinject ® (Ferric carboxymaltose)

Drug

Ferinject® will be administered in doses of 200 mg (4 mL) weekly up to iron repletion (correction phase of variable duration depending on individual iron deficit). The calculated dose will be rounded to the next 100 mg iron, i.e. the final dose may be 100 mg iron depending on the individual iron deficit.

After the correction phase, Ferinject® will be given monthly in doses of 200 mg until the 24th week (maintenance phase).

Normal saline (0.9%)

Drug

During the correction phase, patients will receive the number of normal saline injections (4 mL weekly) corresponding to the calculated total iron dose needed according to the individual iron deficit. During the maintenance phase, placebo patients will receive 4 mL normal saline monthly.

Primary outcomes

  1. Self-reported patient global assessment (PGA) and NYHA functional status 24 weeks after initiation of therapy

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Key secondary objectives (efficacy): Exercise tolerance (6-minute walk test distance). Further secondary objectives(efficacy): Health related quality of life, resource use and costs associated with the treatment, safety and tolerability

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Vifor Pharma

Industry

Collaborators

  • ClinStar, LLC
  • Syneos Health

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomised Double-blind Controlled Phase III Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Iron Carboxymaltose (Ferinject®) With Placebo in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Iron Deficiency

Acronym: FAIR-HF

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Aug 27, 2007
Registry last updated
Oct 14, 2021

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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