Official Title

A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study With Open-Label Follow-Up To Determine the Safety and Efficacy of r-HuEPO in AIDS Patients With Anemia Induced by Their Disease and AZT Therapy
  • Phase

    N/A
  • Study Type

    Interventional
  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted
  • Intervention/Treatment

    epoetin ...
  • Study Participants

    None
To determine the safety and efficacy of erythropoietin (r-HUEPO) administered to AIDS patients with anemia secondary to their disease and/or concomitant zidovudine (AZT) therapy.
Study Started
Nov 02
1999
Last Update
Jun 24
2005
Estimate

Drug Epoetin alfa

Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following are excluded:

History of any primary hematologic disease.
Clinically significant disease / dysfunction of the pulmonary, cardiovascular, endocrine, neurologic, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary systems not attributable to underlying AIDS.
AIDS-related dementia.
Uncontrolled hypertension (diastolic Blood Pressure > 100 mmHg).
Presence of concomitant iron deficiency.
Anemia attributable to factors other than AIDS or zidovudine (AZT) therapy.
Acute opportunistic infection.
History of seizures.

Patients with clinically significant disease / dysfunction of the pulmonary, cardiovascular, endocrine, neurologic, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary systems not attributable to underlying AIDS are excluded.

Prior Medication:

Excluded within 30 days of study entry:

Experimental drug or experimental device.
Cytotoxic chemotherapy.
Excluded within 2 months of study entry:
Androgen therapy.

Clinical diagnosis of AIDS and related anemia.

Clinical diagnosis of AIDS.
Clinically stable for 1 month preceding study entry.

Substance abuse.
No Results Posted