Status:

TERMINATED

A Study Evaluating Epoetin Alfa 40,000 IU (International Units) Every Week or 80,000 IU Every Week Compared to Placebo in Patients With Low or Intermediate-1 Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes at Risk for Transfusion

Lead Sponsor:

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.

Collaborating Sponsors:

Centocor Ortho Biotech Services, L.L.C.

Conditions:

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Anemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that Epoetin alfa treatment reduces red blood cell transfusions in anemic patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Myelodysplastic syndromes are a gro...

Detailed Description

This is a randomized (patients are assigned by chance to a treatment group), double-blind (neither the patient or the physician know which treatment is being received by the patient), placebo-controll...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of MDS according to protocol-specified criteria via bone marrow studies performed within 12 weeks before randomization

Exclusion

  • No prior or concurrent treatment with epoetin alfa or any other approved or experimental erythropoietin stimulating agents (ESAs) within the previous 12 months before randomization
  • No prior use of approved or experimental agents for the treatment of MDS or recent treatment with granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) or granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) for the treatment of neutropenia
  • Patients must not have secondary MDS or anemia caused by factors other than MDS (including iron deficiency, vitamin B12 or folate deficiencies, hemolysis, chronic renal failure, or gastrointestinal bleeding)
  • No history (within 12 months) of deep venous thrombosis
  • or history (within 6 months) of stroke, acute coronary syndrome or other arterial thrombosis
  • Not currently receiving therapeutic anticoagulants or have uncontrolled hypertension
  • No uncontrolled disease or dysfunction deemed clinically significant by the Investigator not attributable to MDS

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00695396

Start Date

June 1 2008

End Date

January 1 2010

Last Update

October 5 2012

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