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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of PROCRIT (Epoetin Alfa) Dosing Every 2 Weeks Versus Once a Week in Anemic HIV-infected Patients

NCT00246298

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if PROCRIT® (a glycoprotein that stimulates red blood cell production) initiated at once every 2 weeks dosing is as effective as PROCRIT® initiated at once a week dosing, in increasing hemoglobin levels in anemic HIV-infected subjects.

Timeline

Start
2005-10
Primary completion
Completion
2006-09

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject epoetin alfa Protein / enzyme biologic 40000 iu