showed a trendP = 0.061
In the 19 patients where a day 7 sample was available, variation between baseline and day 7 was statistically significant for transferrin (97.9 ± 37.5 to 132.7 ± 48.3, P = 0.013) and ferritin (478.0 (224.5 to 1,741.0) to 376.0 (187.0 to 886.7), P = 0.018), while iron levels showed a trend towards increasing levels at day 7 (17.0 (6.5 to 44.3) to 29.0 (21.0 to 54.0), P = 0.061).