Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose (Ferinject®) With or Without Erythropoietin in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery

Study Design: Single-centre, block randomised, blinded, controlled, phase IIIb, parallel group pilot study. Primary Objective: • To evaluate the effect of the administration of ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject®) with or without erythropoietin vs. no treatment (standard therapy) on the preoperative anaemia status in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery Secondary Objective: * To gain informations for the design of a possible follow-up study * To evaluate the effect of the administration of ferric carboxymaltose (Ferinject®) with or without erythropoietin vs. no treatment (standard therapy) on pre- and postoperative Hb levels, iron status, transfusion rate, days until discharge. * To evaluate the tolerability and safety of Ferinject® Study Centres: This is a single centre study Patients: A total of 75 completed patients (50 patients in the intravenous iron treatment groups and 25 patients in the no treatment group will be recruited.