Personalized bloodletting could ease life for iron overload patients

NCT ID NCT04779593

Ongoing Disease control Sponsor: Rennes University Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether using a blood marker called transferrin saturation to guide bloodletting (removing blood) improves quality of life in people with HFE haemochromatosis, a genetic condition causing iron buildup. 239 adults already on maintenance bloodletting will be randomly assigned to standard care (guided by ferritin alone) or the new approach. Over two years, researchers will track physical health, joint pain, and fatigue using questionnaires.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: bloodletting (phlebotomy)
What this could lead to: If successful, this could lead to a more personalized bloodletting schedule that improves quality of life for people with haemochromatosis.
What could go wrong: This is a mid-stage study with 239 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is already standard care, so major breakthroughs are unlikely.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

hemochromatosis type 1 hereditary hemochromatosis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

HAEMOCHROMATOSIS

Contacts and locations

Locations

CH Yves le Foll

Saint-Brieuc, France
CH de St Malo

St-Malo, France
CHR Orléans

Orléans, France
CHU Dupuytren

Limoges, France
CHU Rennes

Rennes, France
Centre hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique

Vannes, France
GHBS site du Scorff

Lorient, France
GHRMSA - Hôpital Emile Muller

Mulhouse, France
Hopital Avicenne

Bobigny, France
Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou

Paris, 75908, France
Hôpital Paul Brousse

Villejuif, France
Hôpital Rangueil

Toulouse, France