Ferric Carboxymaltose Versus Ferrous Fumarate in Anemic Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The POPEYE Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial - 05/05/23
Abstract |
Objective |
To determine whether intravenous (IV) or oral iron suppletion is superior in improving physical fitness in anemic children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Study design |
We conducted a clinical trial at 11 centers. Children aged 8-18 with IBD and anemia (defined as hemoglobin [Hb] z-score < −2) were randomly assigned to a single IV dose of ferric carboxymaltose or 12 weeks of oral ferrous fumarate. Primary end point was the change in 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) from baseline, expressed as z-score. Secondary outcome was a change in Hb z-score from baseline.
Results |
We randomized 64 patients (33 IV iron and 31 oral iron) and followed them for 6 months. One month after the start of iron therapy, the 6MWD z-score of patients in the IV group had increased by 0.71 compared with −0.11 in the oral group (P = .01). At 3- and 6-month follow-ups, no significant differences in 6MWD z-scores were observed. Hb z-scores gradually increased in both groups and the rate of increase was not different between groups at 1, 3, and 6 months after initiation of iron therapy (overall P = .97).
Conclusion |
In this trial involving anemic children with IBD, a single dose of IV ferric carboxymaltose was superior to oral ferrous fumarate with respect to quick improvement of physical fitness. At 3 and 6 months after initiation of therapy, no differences were discovered between oral and IV therapies. The increase of Hb over time was comparable in both treatment groups.
Trial registration |
NTR4487 [Netherlands Trial Registry].
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : children, anemia, iron suppletion, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis
Abbreviations : AEs, FCM, Hb, IBD, ICC, IV, I2, MCID, NNTB, PUCAI, PCDAI, RCT, RR, sTfR, TSAT, 6MWD
Plan
Presented as an e-poster at ECCO congress 2021. |
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Supported through an unrestricted grant from Vifor Pharma, Glattbrugg, Switzerland; they had no role in the design nor in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, the writing of the report or the decision to submit the paper for publication. |
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The authors declare no conflicts of interest. |
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