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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00442702
Date of registration: 01/03/2007
Primary sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
Public title: A Study of Subcutaneous Mircera in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, Not on Dialysis.
Scientific title: An Open-label, Randomized, Multi-center, Parallel Group Non-inferiority Study of Subcutaneous Injections of RO0503821 Given Once Monthly vs. Darbepoetin Alfa Given According to Local Label in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Who Are Not on Dialysis.
Date of first enrolment: September 2007
Target sample size: 228
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00442702
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
Australia Belgium Canada Czech Republic France Germany Hungary Israel
Italy Poland Spain 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 kidney disease, not requiring dialysis;

- receiving darbepoetin alfa maintenance therapy for >=8 weeks before screening, and
during screening/baseline period.

Exclusion Criteria:

- overt gastrointestinal bleeding within 8 weeks before screening, or during
screening/baseline period;

- transfusion of red blood cells within 8 weeks before screening, or during
screening/baseline period;

- active malignant disease;

- previous treatment with Mircera.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Anemia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Darbepoetin alfa
Drug: Mircera
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Hemoglobin (Hb) Concentration From Baseline to the Evaluation Period [Time Frame: Baseline (measurements at Week -4, Week -2 and Day 1) and Evaluation Period (Months 8 and 9; measurements twice a month and at the final visit).]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in Hemoglobin Concentration From Baseline Over Time [Time Frame: From Baseline to 9 months; blood samples for hemoglobin measurements were taken twice a month, at each study visit.]
Number of Participants With Red Blood Cell (RBC) Transfusions [Time Frame: From randomization to Month 9]
Participants With Adverse Events [Time Frame: Randomization to Month 10 (final visit)]
Secondary ID(s)
BH20051
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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