Evaluating Use of Deferasirox as Compared to Deferoxamine in Treating Cardiac Iron Overload

Summary

This is a clinical research study in patients who have iron overload in the heart due to chronic blood transfusions. The study will have 2 treatment groups and will compare the safety and efficacy of chelation therapy with a medicine called deferasirox (ICL670) with another medicine called deferoxamine (DFO). The study is aimed at finding out which of the two medicines is the best for treating iron overload in the heart. Patients will be treated for 12 months (core study phase). Patients who complete the core study phase will be offered to continue their study treatment in a 12 months extension phase. During the core and extension, the effects of treatment on iron overload in the heart and the liver will be evaluated using specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessments.

Timeline

Start

2007-11

Primary completion

2013-03

Completion

2013-03

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The lower 95% CI boundary was greater than the prespecified margin of 0.9, establishing noninferiority of deferasirox vs deferoxamine PMID 24385534 ↗

Publications

• Pennell DJ, Porter JB, Piga A, Lai YR, El-Beshlawy A, Elalfy M, Yesilipek A, Kilinc Y, Habr D, Musallam KM, Shen J, Aydinok Y; CORDELIA study investigators. Sustained improvements in myocardial T2* over 2 years in severely iron-overloaded patients with beta thalassemia major treated with deferasirox or deferoxamine. Am J Hematol. 2015 Feb;90(2):91-6. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23876. Epub 2014 Nov 19.
• Pennell DJ, Porter JB, Piga A, Lai Y, El-Beshlawy A, Belhoul KM, Elalfy M, Yesilipek A, Kilinc Y, Lawniczek T, Habr D, Weisskopf M, Zhang Y, Aydinok Y; CORDELIA study investigators. A 1-year randomized controlled trial of deferasirox vs deferoxamine for myocardial iron removal in beta-thalassemia major (CORDELIA). Blood. 2014 Mar 6;123(10):1447-54. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-04-497842. Epub 2014 Jan 2.

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