Stopped: Failure to recruit patients with hemochromatosis to the Deferasirox arm
Hypothesis: Deferasirox can be used as a therapeutic agent to deplete the liver, heart and bone marrow of excess iron in patients with iron overload caused by myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and hemochromatosis (HC. Assess the effect of new serum biomarkers (NTBI and hepcidin) and MRI as indicators of iron overload and their usefulness to monitor iron depletion treatment. Study the effect of iron overload and iron depletion on intracellular signal transduction, trace metals concentrations in serum and urine and markers of oxidative stress in blood cells and urine.
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Changes from baseline in liver iron concentration (LIC) and heart iron concentration (HIC) determined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and in bone marrow iron content determined by microscopy after treatment with deferasirox.
Timeframe: 0, 6 and 12 months