Clinical trials: Excessive Body Iron Burden

Iron Overload, Excessive Body Iron Burden

Massive Iron Deposit Assessment

• Completed
• Age: All ages
• Medical device
• Surgery or procedure
• Results posted

Iron overload is a severe complication of multiple blood transfusions. As the body has no physiologic mechanism for clearing iron, repeated transfusions cause iron accumulation in organs and lead to iron toxicity.

Trial name

NCT01572922

Testing

R2*-UTE, R2*-GRE, Liver biopsy

Where

United States

Volunteers

142 people

Sponsor

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital