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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 10 June 2013
Main ID:  NCT00077623
Date of registration: 10/02/2004
Primary sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
Public title: A Study of Subcutaneous Mircera for the Treatment of Anemia in Dialysis Patients.
Scientific title: A Randomized, Open-label Study of the Effect of Maintenance Subcutaneous Mircera on Hemoglobin Levels in Dialysis Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Date of first enrolment: March 2004
Target sample size: 572
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00077623
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Brazil Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary
Italy Mexico New Zealand Panama Poland Puerto Rico South Africa Spain
Sweden Taiwan Thailand United Kingdom United States
Contacts
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Affiliation:  Hoffmann-La Roche
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- adult patients >=18 years of age;

- chronic renal anemia;

- on dialysis therapy for at least 12 weeks before screening;

- receiving sc epoetin for at least 8 weeks before screening.

Exclusion Criteria:

- women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or using unreliable birth control methods;

- administration of another investigational drug within 4 weeks before screening, or
during the study period.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Anemia
Intervention(s)
Drug: epoetin alfa or beta
Drug: methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta [Mircera]
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in hemoglobin concentration [Time Frame: Weeks 1-36]
Secondary Outcome(s)
AEs, laboratory parameters, vital signs [Time Frame: Throughout study]
Number of patients maintaining average Hb concentration within +/- 1g/dL of average baseline Hb concentration\n [Time Frame: Weeks 29-36]
RBC transfusions [Time Frame: Weeks 1-36]
Secondary ID(s)
BA16740
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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