In an effort to improve our services to the community, we created a new section about clinical trials. The new ITHANET section, "Clinical Trials", is a list of the most recent clinical trials regarding thalassaemia and other haemoglobinopathies. The list is searchable and includes the title, the sponsor's name, the provided keywords and the expected start and completion dates. A link to the corresponding ClinicalTrials.gov entry is also provided for more detailed information.

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of S 303 treated red blood cells (RBCs) in subjects who require chronic transfusion support due to thalassemia major. The trial starts in December 2012 and the estimated completion date is June 2014.

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This is a non randomized, open label, multi site, single dose, Phase 1/2 study in up to 15 adults with β thalassemia major who receive at least 100 mL/kg/year of packed red blood cells (pRBCs) or ≥8 transfusions of pRBCs per year. The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) using LentiGlobin® BB305 Drug Product (autologous CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells transduced with LentiGlobin® BB305 lentiviral vector encoding the human βA T87Q globin gene and stored in cryopreservative solution in the final immediate container for the intended medical use).

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More information: clinicaltrials.gov

Deferiprone (DFP) is the most extensively studied oral iron chelator to date. It has been authorised in Europe in 1999 for the treatment of iron overload in patients with beta-thalassaemia major when DFO is contraindicated or inadequate. Despite a wide experience of DFP there are limited experimental data available on DFP in children and no pharmacokinetic data in children under 6 years of age. On the basis of the existing data in adults and adolescent, in the DEEP-1 trial a pharmacokinetic bridging model will be developed to support the dose selection in children aged less than 6 years. The study will consist of two phases, namely an experimental phase, during which patients will receive a single dose and a modeling phase, during which PK data obtained after single dose in patients < 6 years of age will be analysed in conjunction with historical PK data in adults and older children and adolescents. The model-based analysis of the data obtained after single dose will enable the assessment of the dosing regimen required for the purpose of accurate pharmacokinetic bridging. The ratio between the predicted systemic exposure parameters (AUC and Cmax) in the target population and reference group will be used as basis for recommendation of the dose in the target population.

More information: clinicaltrials.gov