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CompletedNCT06215287Updated May 17, 2024

Survey to Assess Physicians' Knowledge of Exjade Posology and Biological Monitoring Recommendations as Described in the Educational Materials

An observational study in Chronic Iron Overload, sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-17.

Sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals (part of Novartis) · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
400
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of this survey is to assess the knowledge of HCPs in relation to the recommended posology and biological monitoring for Exjade, based on the current locally valid Exjade educational materials (including the physician's reference checklist)

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Conditions studied

  • Chronic Iron Overload

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Keywords

  • Physician Survey,
  • PAS,
  • Deferasirox
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In context

Iron Overload

156 studies on the registry are indexed under Iron Overload; 6 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 400 is above the median of 94 across 49 observational studies indexed under Iron Overload.

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Lead sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals is the lead sponsor of 2,718 studies on the registry; 221 are open to participants now.

Of its 585 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 438 (75%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Exjade (deferasirox) prescribers

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Inclusion criteria

Physicians will be required to meet all of the following inclusion criteria:

  • Must provide consent for participation
  • Must spend ≥50% of time in direct patient care
  • Have treated patients with transfusional iron overload or non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia with chelation therapy during the last 12 months.
  • Have prescribed Exjade and/or generic deferasirox within the last 12 months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Physicians meeting the following criterion will not be eligible to take the survey:

  • Currently employed by a pharmaceutical company, health care company, market research company, advertising agency, or government agency involved in pharmaceutical research or marketing.
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
400 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Exjade Prescribers/HCP receiving Educational Materials

    HCPs prescribing Exjade in the EU/EEA provided with Exjade Educational Materials

    Other: Physician survey

Interventions

  • OtherPhysician survey

    Survey to assess physicians' knowledge of Exjade posology and biological monitoring recommendations as described in the Educational Materials

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Mean percentage of correct responses related to knowledge of posology and biological monitoring recommendations as described in the Exjade EU Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC)

    The primary endpoint is a composite endpoint based on the percentages of HCPs with correct responses to all questions included in the composite regarding the below information: * Administration and dosing of Exjade (deferasirox) FCT * Biological monitoring

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 6 months.

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Study locations

1 site
  • Novartis Investigative Site
    Basel, Switzerland
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 17, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06215287
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 22, 2024
Start date
Jan 12, 2024
Primary completion
Feb 15, 2024
Completion
Feb 15, 2024
Last update
May 17, 2024

Study contacts

Novartis Pharmaceuticals
study director · Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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