Clinical trial · Interventional
Perioperative Iron for Colorectal Cancer (PICoC Study)
An Open Label Randomised Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Post-Operative Ferric Maltol Vs Standard Care for Anaemia Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery
NCT05177484CI-TRIAL-00102040PICoCcompletedPhase 3Results postedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The PICoC study aims to investigate whether oral ferric maltol given postoperatively offers an improvement in patient and clinician reported outcomes compared to standard care.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Colon | Colon Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| oral ferric maltol | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Ferric maltol
- interventionNames
- Drug: oral ferric maltol
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Standard care
- description
- Standard post-operative care
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- The Feasibility of Running the Study, to See if it Could be Run as a Large Multi-centre Study
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- Feasibility measures will include the number of patients: * Eligible from screening * excluded and why * will stay in the study
Secondary outcomes (11)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study. * Male or Female, aged 18+ years. * Diagnosed with histologically or radiologically diagnosed colorectal adenocarcinoma. * Anaemic at point of diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma (Defined as haemoglobin 10g/L below WHO criteria: 120g/L for males and 110g/L for females, to account for a 10% fluctuation in Hb) * Undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer with curative intent. * Date of planned surgery is ≥ 14 days from date of planned initiation of recruitment. * Able (in the investigators opinion) and willing to comply with all study requirements. * Willing to allow his or her General Practitioner and consultant, if appropriate, to be notified of participation in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who do not have a histological diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma * Female participants who are pregnant, lactating or planning a pregnancy during the course of the study. * Patients with evidence of iron overload or disturbances in utilisation of iron as stated in the product SPC. * Previous gastric, small bowel or colorectal surgery (where ≥50% of stomach or terminal ileum has been resected) * Chemotherapeutic treatment within the last 4 weeks. * Known previous anaemia not attributable to colorectal carcinoma (i.e. anaemia in patients with well established, inflammatory disorders) * Known haematological disease. * Features necessitating urgent surgery (e.g. obstructive symptoms). * Previous allergy to intravenous or oral iron or related iron products. * Patients who are unable to consent. * Any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or the participant's ability to participate in the study. * Participants who have participated in another research study involving an investigational product in the past 12 weeks * Confirmed liver or lung metastases
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