Palatability and Tolerability of Deferasirox Taken With Meals, With Different Liquids or Crushed and Added to Food

Not Recruiting

Trial ID: NCT00845871

Purpose

This single-arm, open-label, multi-center study enrolled 65 patients from approximately 20 centers. All patients who met the study criteria and were taking, beginning or resuming treatment with Deferasirox were allowed. The study will began with a one month run-in phase, where all patients were instructed to take Deferasirox according to their physician's prescribing information.

Official Title

A Single-arm, Open-label Study of the Palatability and Tolerability of Deferasirox Taken With Meals, With Different Liquids or Crushed and Added to Food

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - Male or female patients with thalassemia major, sickle cell disease (SCD), low or
   intermediate 1 (INT 1) risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or other anemias and
   transfusional hemosiderosis.

   - Patients who were on, starting, or resuming treatment with Exjade.

   - Patients who were >2 years (i.e., 2 years of age or older).

Exclusion criteria:

   - Serum creatinine above the upper limit of normal (ULN) for age.

   - Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >2.5 times the ULN.-High risk intermediate-2 or high
   risk MDS or acute leukemia.

Intervention(s):

drug: deferasirox:

Not Recruiting

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Peds Hem/Onc CRAs
650-723-5535

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