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Prevalence and Treatment of Anemia in Rehabilitation Patients

This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Ortho Biotech Clinical Affairs, L.L.C.
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
genmedrwj, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00511901
First received: August 3, 2007
Last updated: November 8, 2011
Last verified: November 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

Patients who are admitted to subacute rehabilitation facilities following hospitalization are frequently anemic. The purpose of this study is to see if anemic patients treated with erythropoietin alfa will have higher hemoglobin levels and better functional recovery at 3, 8, and 12 weeks after study entry compared to patients who do not receive erythropoietin alfa.


Condition Intervention Phase
Anemia
 Drug: placebo
Drug: erythropoietin alfa
 Phase 4

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Prevalence and Treatment of Anemia in Patients Admitted to Subacute Rehabilitation Hospital

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U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • The primary outcome for this study will be mean hemoglobin concentration at 8 weeks after entry into the study [ Time Frame: 8 weeks following randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Motor-FIM score [ Time Frame: 3, 8, and 12 weeks following randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Length of stay in subacute rehabilitation facility [ Time Frame: 12 weeks following radomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Grip strength [ Time Frame: 3, 8, and 12 weeks following randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Medical Outcome Survey Short Form -36 score [ Time Frame: 3, 8, and 12 weeks following randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Short Physical Performance battery (SPPB) score [ Time Frame: 3, 8, and 12 weeks following randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • FACIT Measurement System Fatigue Scale [ Time Frame: 3, 8, and 12 weeks following randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Mini mental status score [ Time Frame: 3, 8, and 12 weeks following randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Activity level as measure by the Actigraph monitor [ Time Frame: 3, 8, and 12 weeks following randomization ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment: 22
Study Start Date: November 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date: June 2012
Primary Completion Date: May 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: 1 Drug: placebo
weekly subcutaneous injections for 8 weeks
Active Comparator: 2 Drug: erythropoietin alfa
weekly subcutaneous injections for 8 weeks

Detailed Description:

Anemia is associated with loss of function in some studies. However, it is unknown if more rapid correction of anemia in patients who enter a rehabilitation setting after surgery or from hospitalization for acute medical problems leads to shorter rehabilitation stays and improved functional status.

Patients aged 60 and older who have hemoglobin levels of less than 10.5 g/dL will be randomized to receive 8 weekly doses of either erythropoietin alfa or placebo. Functional status will be measured at baseline and then at 3, 8 and 12 weeks.

The following specific aims will be tested in this study:

  • Determine the prevalence of anemia in patients admitted to a subacute rehabilitation facility with potential for recovery.
  • Determine the baseline functional status of patients admitted to a subacute rehabilitation facility with potential for recovery using the Functional Independence Measure (FIMSM) and Medical Outcome Survey Short Form-36 (SF-36), standard measures used in acute rehabilitation settings.
  • Determine if administration of erythropoietin alfa will result in higher hemoglobin concentrations in patients receiving the drug than in patients given placebo at 3, 8 and 12 weeks after entry into the study.
  • Perform a study that establishes the feasibility of a trial to test whether erythropoietin alfa produces improvements in the FIM, SF-36, grip strength, the time it takes for patients to reach rehabilitation goals, activity monitor, fatigue, mental status, functional recovery and reduces length of rehabilitation stay.
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   60 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 60 years of age or older
  • Admission hemoglobin concentration of < 10.5 g/dL.
  • Able to read and understand English.
  • Consent signed by subjects.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable to randomize within 7 days of admission to rehabilitation center.
  • Folstein min-mental status score of < 21.
  • Neuromuscular disease and/or disability; in clinical judgment of the investigators that do not have rehabilitation potential.
  • Diagnosis or evidence of carcinoma (excluding skin cancer other than melanoma) within the past five years
  • Admission for stroke with residual deficit
  • Wheelchair bound prior to acute event.
  • Dialysis dependent chronic renal failure
  • Home more than 1 hour drive from hospital.
  • Admitted to long term nursing or hospice care.
  • Active blood loss.
  • Known history of severe iron deficiency.
  • Hematological disease that results in anemia that may not respond to erythropoietin (including, but not limited to, myelodysplastic syndrome, hematological malignancy, hemolytic syndromes, hemoglobinopathy).
  • Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic BP >200 mmHg or diastolic BP >110 mmHg) after adequate antihypertensive therapy.
  • New onset seizures (within three months) or seizures not controlled by medication.
  • Objective diagnosis of pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis within the past 10 years.
  • Patients with a condition (e.g. psychiatric illness) or in a situation that, in the investigator's opinion, may put the subject at significant risk, may confound the study results, or may interfere significantly with the subject's compliance with study procedures.
  • Acute burns.
  • Treatment with any recombinant human erythropoietin within 30 days prior to enrollment.
  • Known hypersensitivity to human albumin or mammalian cell-derived products or rHuEPO.
  • Received an experimental drug or used an experimental medical device within 30 days prior to the planned start of treatment.
  • Pregnancy or lactation.
  • Employees of the investigator or study center with direct involvement in the proposed study or other studies under the direction of that investigator or study center.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00511901

Locations
United States, New Jersey
Elms of Cranbury
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States, 08512
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
Ortho Biotech Clinical Affairs, L.L.C.
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey L Carson, MD University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: genmedrwj, Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00511901     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 0220045106
Study First Received: August 3, 2007
Last Updated: November 8, 2011
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey:
anemia
function
rehabilitation

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anemia
Hematologic Diseases
Epoetin Alfa
Hematinics
 Hematologic Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Pharmacologic Actions

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