Treatment for Patients With Gynecological Malignancies Who Suffer From Anemia Due to Chemotherapy

Summary

The purpose of this study is to validate a Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire for Anemia Treatment (PSQ-AT) in gynecological cancer patients treated with darbepoetin alfa or recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) for anemia due to chemotherapy.

Timeline

Start

2002-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2003-12

Publications

• Background Schwartzberg LS, Yee LK, Senecal FM, Charu V, Tomita D, Wallace J, Rossi G. A randomized comparison of every-2-week darbepoetin alfa and weekly epoetin alfa for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced anemia in patients with breast, lung, or gynecologic cancer. Oncologist. 2004;9(6):696-707. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.9-6-696.

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