Clinical trialNCT01506726TerminatedPhase 2Interventional

Trial To Evaluate the Efficacy of Oral Salsalate in the Treatment of Older Adults With Unexplained Anemia

SponsorHarvey Jay CohenEnrollment11Anemia

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment of unexplained anemia in older adults and elevated inflammatory markers with oral salsalate can improve hemoglobin levels and improve physical activity and quality of life.

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Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a findmyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

Jeremy Walston, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator
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Stanley Schrier, MD
Stanford University
Study Chair
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William Ershler, MD
Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging (IASIA)
Principal Investigator
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Sites

12 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Lakeview Medical Research
Summerfield, Florida, United States
St Joseph'S/candler Health System
Savannah, Georgia, United States
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Central Kentucky Research Associates
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Johns Hopkins University Geriatrics Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Case Western Reserve University Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Clinical Research Solutions
Columbia, Tennessee, United States
Clinical Research Solutions
Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Clinical Research Solutions
Smyrna, Tennessee, United States
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging (iasia)
Falls Church, Virginia, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

PlaceboSalsalate

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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Mar 2012
Primary completion: 31 Oct 2014
Completion: 30 Nov 2014
Last update posted: 18 Oct 2016
Registered enrollment: 11
Registry id: NCT01506726

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.