Optimizing Dosing Strategies in Oral Iron Supplementation (OPTIDOSE)

Luzerner Kantonsspital

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 4

Conditions: Iron Deficiency Anemia; Iron Deficiencies; Iron Deficiency Anemia Treatment

Treatments: Drug: Tardyferon

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06238895

2023-02317

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate, if a change in dosing strategy in oral iron supplementation from leads to an improvement of iron absorption and consequently a faster therapy in patients with iron deficiency anemia.

The main question the study aims to answer is: Does a treatment effect (measured by change in hemoglobin after 12 weeks of treatment) exist between daily oral iron supplementation and interval administration (every second day)? Participants will receive oral iron supplementation every second day with double the standard dose (intervention group). Researchers will compare this group with the active control group, that receives oral iron supplementation every day with the standard dose.

Participants will present for three patient visits (at baseline, after 6 and after 12 weeks of treatment).

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Informed Consent signed by the subject
• ≥18 years of age
• Anemia (as defined by the WHO): Hemoglobin <130 g/L for men, Hemoglobin <120 g/l for women, Hemoglobin <110 g/l for pregnant women
• Iron deficiency: Ferritin <30 µg/l
• hemoglobin ≥ 80 g/l
• CRP < 5 mg/l

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal of study participation,
• Regular administration of Erythropoietin
• Oral or intravenous iron supplementation <12 weeks prior to investigation
• Contraindications to intervention medication (Tardyferon), e.g. known hypersensitivity or allergy to iron sulfate / ferrous sulfate
• Blood transfusion or donation <12 weeks prior to investigation
• Active chemotherapy
• Inability to follow the procedures of the investigation, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, dementia, etc. of the subject.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Oral iron supplementation with Eisen-II-Sulfat (Tardyferon ®) Every second day 2 x 80 mg Tardyferon® for a duration of 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Drug: Tardyferon

Active Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Oral iron supplementation with Eisen-II-Sulfat (Tardyferon ®) Every day 1x 80 mg Tardyferon® for a duration of 12 weeks

Treatment:

Drug: Tardyferon