Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Hamid Tayebi Khosroshahi
ORCID ID
Contact details
Dialysis Center
Imam Hospital
Daneshgah Street
Tabriz
Iran
+98 411 3344339
drtayebikh@yahoo.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Carnitine-Epo
Study hypothesis
Anemia in chronic haemodialysis patients is improved by administration of Erythropoietin or L-Carnitine or Erythropoietin plus L-Carnitine.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Chronic Renal Failure (End-Stage Renal Disease [ESRD])
Intervention
1. Administration of rHu-EPO 4000 IU/week, subcutaneously (SC) (2000 IU, twice weekly) for 3 months (N = 20)
2. Administration of L-Carnitine 500 mg/day, orally, for 3 months (N = 15)
3. Administration of rHu-EPO 4000 IU/week, SC PLUS L-Carnitine 500 mg/day, orally, for 3 months (N = 15)
Intervention type
Drug
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Erythropoietin, L-Carnitine
Primary outcome measures
Haemoglobin level
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/03/2003
Overall trial end date
01/03/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Dialysis for more than 6 months
2. Hb less than 11 g/dl
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
50
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Active infectious disease
2. Active bleeding disorders
Recruitment start date
01/03/2003
Recruitment end date
01/03/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Iran
Trial participating centre
Dialysis Center
Tabriz
Iran
Sponsor information
Organisation
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
Sponsor details
Daneshgah Street
Tabriz
Iran
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
University/education
Funder name
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary