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Be Part of Research - Trial Details - Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Ferriprox® in Iron Overloaded Patients With Sickle Cell Disease or Other Anemias

Long-term Safety and Efficacy of Ferriprox® in Iron Overloaded Patients With Sickle Cell Disease or Other Anemias

Stopped

Open to: ALL

Age: 3.0 - N/A

Medical Conditions

Anemia
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Iron Overload


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This is a long-term follow-up to an earlier study, LA38-0411. Its purpose is to gather more information about the safety and efficacy of deferiprone in patients with sickle cell disease or other anemias who suffer from iron overload caused by regular blood transfusions.

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

May 2015 Apr 2019

Publications

"Elalfy MS, Hamdy M, El-Beshlawy A, Ebeid FSE, Badr M, Kanter J, Inusa B, Adly AAM, Williams S, Kilinc Y, Lee D, Fradette C, Rozova A, Temin NT, Tricta F, Kwiatkowski JL. Deferiprone for transfusional iron overload in sickle cell disease and other anemias: open-label study of up to 3 years. Blood Adv. 2023 Feb 28;7(4):611-619. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006778."; "36018224"

INTERVENTIONAL

Intervention Type : DRUG
Intervention Arm Group : Group 1: Deferiprone 3 years;Group 2: Deferiprone 2 years;



You can take part if:



You may not be able to take part if:


This is in the inclusion criteria above


Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • Evelina Children's Hospital
    London
  • Barts and The London
    London


The study is sponsored by ApoPharma




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Read full details for Trial ID: NCT02443545
Last updated 18 December 2023

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