Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study of Escalating Doses of SP-420, an Iron Chelator, in Patients With β-Thalassemia
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02274233 |
Recruitment Status :
Terminated
(Changes in renal function parameters.)
First Posted : October 24, 2014
Last Update Posted : September 29, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Iron Overload Beta-Thalassemia | Drug: SP-420 | Phase 1 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 24 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Multicenter, Open-label, Dose-escalation Study of SP-420 in Subjects With Transfusion-dependent β-Thalassemia |
Study Start Date : | October 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1.5 mg/kg
1.5 mg/kg SP-420 once daily for 14 days
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Drug: SP-420 |
Experimental: 3 mg/kg
3 mg/kg SP-420 once daily for 14 days
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Drug: SP-420 |
Experimental: 6 mg/kg
6 mg/kg SP-420 once daily for 14 days
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Drug: SP-420 |
Experimental: 12 mg/kg
12 mg/kg SP-420 once daily for 14 days
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Drug: SP-420 |
Experimental: 24 mg/kg
24 mg/kg SP-420 once daily for 28 days
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Drug: SP-420 |
Experimental: 9 mg/kg
9 mg/kg SP-420 twice daily for 28 days
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Drug: SP-420 |
- Number of Participants with Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Up to 35 days ]
- Peak Plasma Concentration (Cmax) of SP-420 [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]
- Area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) of SP-420 [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subject has iron-overload secondary to β-thalassemia requiring chronic red blood cell transfusions and iron chelation therapy
- Subject weighs ≥35 kg
- Subject is willing to discontinue current iron chelation therapy at least 7 days prior to the first dose of SP-420 and for the duration of the study
- Serum ferritin ≥700 ng/mL and iron saturation ≥70% within 3 weeks before Baseline (Day 1)
- Cardiac T2* score >20 msec within 6 months before Baseline (Day 1)
- Willing to use contraception during the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or breast-feeding
- Serum creatinine greater than the upper limit of normal
- Platelet count <100 × 10^9/L
- Use of another investigational drug within the last 30 days
- Significant cardiac, renal, hepatic dysfunction or other clinically significant conditions that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would exclude the subject

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02274233
United States, Massachusetts | |
Sideris Investigative Site | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 | |
United States, New York | |
Sideris Investigative Site | |
New York, New York, United States, 10065 | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Sideris Investigative Site | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104 | |
Canada, Ontario | |
Sideris Investigative Site | |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2N2 | |
Lebanon | |
Sideris Investigative Site | |
Beirut, Lebanon | |
Thailand | |
Sideris Investigative Site | |
Bangkok, Thailand, 10700 | |
Turkey | |
Sideris Investigative Site | |
Izmir, Turkey, 35100 |
Study Director: | Sideris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sideris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Sideris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Sideris Pharmaceuticals |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02274233 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SP-420-702 |
First Posted: | October 24, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 29, 2015 |
Last Verified: | September 2015 |
Chelation Iron Overload Thalassemia Transfusion Iron Chelation |
Thalassemia beta-Thalassemia Iron Overload Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital Anemia, Hemolytic Anemia |
Hematologic Diseases Hemoglobinopathies Genetic Diseases, Inborn Iron Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases |