drugset / Trial / NCT00236951
Intravenous (IV) Iron vs. No Iron as the Treatment of Anemia in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and Erythropoietin Therapy
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelOther
Summary
To assess the change in hemoglobin levels when iron sucrose was added to a regimen of weekly, fixed doses of erythropoietin in patients who had or had not responded to erythropoietin therapy alone.
Timeline
- Start
- 2003-02
- Primary completion
- 2005-10
- Completion
- 2005-12
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparator | Iron sucrose | Unknown | — | Intravenous |
| Comparator | epoetin alfa | Protein / enzyme biologic | — | — |