IV Iron Therapy for Older Adults With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Iron Deficiency

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorDuke University

About this trial

This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluates intravenous ferric derisomaltose in older adults with HFpEF and iron deficiency.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Ambulatory adults age >=65 years with HFpEF (EF >50%)

Hospitalized for HF in the past 12 months

TSAT <20%

Able to walk without assistance

Disqualifiers

Uncorrected severe valvular heart disease

Constrictive pericarditis

High output HF

Infiltrative cardiomyopathy

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Ferric derisomaltose

    Drug

    Intravenous ferric derisomaltose dose is determined by participant body weight and baseline hemoglobin and ranges from 500 mg to 2000 mg, administered as a single infusion.

  • Placebo (normal saline)

    Drug

    To preserve blinding, the normal saline placebo dose is also determined by participant body weight and baseline hemoglobin and ranges from 500 mg to 2000 mg, administered as a single infusion.

Treatment groups

300 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Ferric DerisomaltoseExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Hierarchical composite of mortality, all-cause hospitalization, and ≥5-point KCCQ-12 improvement.

Time frame
6 months

Secondary outcomes

1

6-MWT

Time frame
6 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Duke University

Lead sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Collaborator

Kaiser Permanente

Collaborator

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