Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:35 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:35 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01159067
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion
* Patients must have undergone a matched related donor, matched unrelated donor or cord blood Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) over 6 months ago
* Patients currently on Desferal (desferrioxamine) therapy will require a one day wash out prior to the first dose of study drug
* Serum ferritin \>= 1500 ng/mL on two occasions two weeks apart at screening; samples must be obtained in the absence of concomitant infection
* Normal C-reactive protein level at screening
* Patients must be red cell transfusion independent for 2 months prior to enrollment
* Sexually active women must use an effective method of contraception, or must have undergone clinical documented total hysterectomy and/or oophorectomy, or tubal ligation or be postmenopausal (defined as amenorrhea for at least 12 months)
* Written informed consent by the patient
Exclusion
* Chronic hepatic GVHD with serum total bilirubin over 2 mg/dL
* Known hypersensitivity to deferasirox
* Serum creatinine above the upper limit of normal
* AST or ALT \> 200 U/L during screening
* Clinical or laboratory evidence of active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C (HBsAg in the absence of HBsAb OR HCV Ab positive with HCV RNA positive and ALT above the normal range)
* History of HIV positive test result (ELISA or Western blot)
* History of drug or alcohol abuse within the 12 months prior to enrollment
* ECOG Performance Status \> 2
* Patients with a diagnosis of or history of clinically relevant ocular toxicity related to iron chelation
* Systemic diseases (cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, etc.) which would prevent study treatment
* Pregnancy (as documented in required screening laboratory test) or breast feeding
* Patients who received treatment with systemic investigational drug within the past 4 weeks or topical investigational drug within the past 7 days or are planning to receive other investigational drugs while participating in the study
* Other surgical or medical condition which might significantly alter the absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion of study drug
* History of non-compliance to medical regimens or patients who are considered potentially unreliable and/or not cooperative
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT01159067
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01159067