EFfect of Ferric Carboxymaltose on exercIse CApacity and Cardiac Function in Patients With Iron deficiencY and Chronic Heart Failure

PHASE3TerminatedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

35

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 31, 2008

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2009

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2011

Conditions
Chronic Heart FailureIron DeficiencyIron Deficiency AnemiaAnaemia
Interventions
DRUG

Ferinject ® (Ferric carboxymaltose)

"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)."

DRUG

Normal saline (0.9%)

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.

Trial Locations (41)

Unknown

Research Site, Copenhagen S

Research Site, Esbjerg

Research Site, Fredericia

Research Site, Glostrup Municipality

Research Site, Hellerup

Research Site, Herning

Research Site, Hilleroed

Research Site, Svendborg

Research Site, Boulogne

Research Site, Dijon

Research Site, Lyon

Research Site, Montpellier

Research Site, Nantes

Research Site, Pontoise

Research Site, Rennes

Research Site, Saintes

Research Site, Strasbourg

Research Site, Cologne

Research Site, Düren

Research Site, Frankfurt

Research Site, Homburg/Saar

Research Site, Mainz

Research Site, Würzburg

Research Site, Afula

Research Site, Ashkelon

Research Site, Haifa

Research Site, Holon

Research Site, Jerusalem

Research Site, Kfar Saba

Research Site, Rehovot

Research Site, Safed

Research Site, Tel Aviv

Research Site, Tel Litwinsky

Research Site, 's-Hertogenbosch

Research Site, Amsterdam

Research Site, Eindhoven

Research Site, Heerenveen

Research Site, Leiden

Research Site, Nieuwegein

Research Site, Tilburg

Research Site, Utrecht

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Socar Research SA

NETWORK

lead

Vifor Pharma

INDUSTRY