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CTRI Number  CTRI/2018/01/011463 [Registered on: 22/01/2018] Trial Registered Retrospectively
Last Modified On: 19/05/2020
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   A Comparative Clinical study to evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of AGIFER injection in comparison to VENOFER in patients with Iron deficiency anaemia. 
Scientific Title of Study   “A Prospective, Interventional, Randomised, Double blind, Parallel Group, Comparative Clinical study to evaluate the Efficacy & Safety of test drug AGIFER (Iron Sucrose Injection 20 mg/ ml, 5 ml) injection in comparison to reference drug VENOFER (Iron Sucrose Injection 20 mg/ ml, 5 ml) in patients with Iron deficiency anaemia not responding to oral iron.” 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
ICBio/CR/VLPL/0524/74 version 01 dated 24 May 2017   Protocol Number 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Sadanand CD 
Designation  General Physician 
Affiliation  Rajalakshmi Multispeciality Hospital 
Address  Department of General Medicine 21/1, Lakshmipura Main Road, Vidyaranyapura.

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560097
India 
Phone  09895183173  
Fax    
Email  sadanandcd@rediffmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Harisha s 
Designation  Director operations 
Affiliation  ICBio Clinical Research Pvt. Ltd. 
Address  #16 & 18 ICBio Tower, Yelahanka Main Road, Chikkabettahalli, Vidyaranyapura

Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560097
India 
Phone  9900111997  
Fax    
Email  harish@icbiocro.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Harisha s 
Designation  Director operations 
Affiliation  ICBio Clinical Research Pvt. Ltd. 
Address  #16 & 18 ICBio Tower, Yelahanka Main Road, Chikkabettahalli, Vidyaranyapura


KARNATAKA
560097
India 
Phone  9900111997  
Fax    
Email  harish@icbiocro.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Agio Pharmaceuticals Ltd. A-38 Nandjyot Industrial Estate,Kurla Andheri Road, Mumbai 400072, India.  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Agio Pharmaceuticals Ltd  
Address  A-38 Nandjyot Industrial Estate, Kurla Andheri Road, Mumbai 400072, India. 
Type of Sponsor  Pharmaceutical industry-Indian 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL   NIL  
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Sadanand CD  Rajalakshmi Multispeciality Hospital  General medicine Department 21/1, Lakshmipura Main Road, Vidyaranyapura
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
09895183173

sadanandcd@rediffmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Rajalakshmi Hospital Instiutional ethics committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied
Modification(s)  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  , Patients with Iron deficiency anaemia ,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  AGIFER (Iron Sucrose Injection 20 mg/ ml,5 ml) injection  Modified International non-proprietary name:Elemental Iron Pharmaceutical form: solution for injection Dose: 5 mL (100 mg elemental iron) undiluted slow IV over 2 to 5 minutes. Alternatively, 5 mL (100 mg elemental iron) diluted in a maximum of 100 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride IV over at least 15 minutes. Repeat at consecutive hemodialysis sessions for a total maximum cumulative dose of 1000 mg. [If Dependent on dialysis of CKD patients] OR 10 mL (200 mg elemental iron), undiluted, IV over 2 to 5 minutes administered on 5 different occasions within a 14- day period to achieve a total maximum cumulative dose of 1000 mg within the 14- day period. [If not dependent on dialysis of CKD patients]  
Comparator Agent  VENOFER (Iron Sucrose Injection 20 mg/ ml, 5 ml)  Modified International non-proprietary name: Elemental Iron Pharmaceutical form: solution for injection Dose: 5 mL (100 mg elemental iron) undiluted slow IV over 2 to 5 minutes. Alternatively, 5 mL (100 mg elemental iron) diluted in a maximum of 100 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride IV over at least 15 minutes. Repeat at consecutive hemodialysis sessions for a total maximum cumulative dose of 1000 mg. [If Dependent on dialysis of CKD patients] OR 10 mL (200 mg elemental iron), undiluted, IV over 2 to 5 minutes administered on 5 different occasions within a 14- day period to achieve a total maximum cumulative dose of 1000 mg within the 14- day period. [If not dependent on dialysis of CKD patients]  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Male 
Details  1. Male and female patients of age group above 18 years.
2. Those willing to give written informed consent and willing to adhere to protocol requirements.
3. Chronic kidney disease patients who are dependent or non-dependent on dialysis with iron deficiency anemia.
4. Iron deficiency anemia patients not responding to oral iron therapy (i.e. treatment refractory patients/ all patients had been unresponsive or had had poor responses to oral iron therapy (Hb increases less than 2 g/dL using 160-200 mg/day of oral ferrous sulphate over 4 weeks of treatment).
5. Iron Deficiency anemia Patients unable to tolerate oral iron therapy because of gastrointestinal side effects (ulcerative colitis, IBD).
6. Pregnant ladies with hemoglobin level 5-9 g% with diagnosed iron deficiency attending antenatal clinic (if the treating physician finds a need for parenteral iron therapy).
7. Patients with significant blood loss due to any cause and diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia.
8. Patients with normal folate and Vit B12 value. 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1.Patients with known hypersensitivity to iron sucrose or any component of the formulation
2.Patients with Other causes of anemia other than iron deficiency (vitamin B12 or folate deficiency, etc.)
3.Patients with microcytic iron-overloading disorder (thalassemia, sideroblastic anemia)
4.Chronic alcohol abuse (alcohol consumption more than 20 g/day).
5.Presence of portal hypertension with esophageal varices
6. Patients who have received erythropoietin, intravenous iron therapy, or blood transfusion 4 weeks prior to screening
7.Chronic liver disease or increase of liver enzymes (alanine aminotransferase ([ALT], aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) more than 3 times the upper limit of normal range.
8.Patients with positive serology at the time of screening.
9.Significant cardiovascular disease, including myocardial infarction within 12 months prior to study inclusion, congestive heart failure NYHA (New York Heart Association) grade III or IV, or poorly controlled hypertension according to the judgment of the investigator.
10.Received another investigational agent within 4 weeks prior to screening, or planned receipt of an investigational agent
11.Patients with body weight less than 30kg
12. Inability to fully comprehend and performstudy procedures in the Investigator opinion.



 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Computer generated randomization 
Method of Concealment   Pre-numbered or coded identical Containers 
Blinding/Masking   Participant and Investigator Blinded 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. Changes in Haemoglobin, haematocrit, Ferritin, Iron, transferrin saturation and Total Iron binding capacity.
2.Changes in Average size of RBCs (mean corpuscular volume, MCV), Average amount of haemoglobin in RBCs (mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCH), Haemoglobin concentration (mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, MCHC) and Increased variation in the size of RBCs (red cell distribution width, RDW
 
Screening to End of Treatment- Day 56  
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1.Improvement on Changes in clinical signs and symptoms of iron deficiency anaemia from the screening to end of the treatment.
2.Incidence and rate of adverse events
 
Screening to End of Treatment- Day 56  
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="50"
Sample Size from India="50" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "50"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="50" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   13/01/2018 
Date of Study Completion (India) 18/02/2019 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="3"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   NA 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary
Modification(s)  
 A prospective , Interventional, Randomised , Double blind,  Parallel Group Comparative Clinical study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Test drug Agifer Iron sucrose Injection 20 mg/ml ,5ml in comparison with reference drug Venofer iron sucrose Injection 20mg/ml , 5ml in patients with Iron defeciency Anaemia not responding to oral iron.

Total of 50 subjects 

Treatment duration : 56 days

Study design : Parallel group, Active controlled, Randomised

Both male and female should be included for the study .

To assess the efficacy and Safety of  Iron sucrose injection by changes in Laboratory Investigation.

 
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