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Clinical Trials/EUCTR2006-006523-40-SE
EUCTR2006-006523-40-SEActive, not recruitingNot Applicable

A single arm open label study to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability and of once-monthly administration of subcutaneous C.E.R.A. for the maintenance of haemoglobin levels in pre-dialysis patients with chronic renal anaemia. - Umbrella

Roche AB0 sitesStarted: March 14, 2007Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Active, not recruiting
Sponsor
Roche AB

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • - Written informed consent
  • - Age 18 years or older
  • - Chronic renal anaemia
  • - Haemoglobin concentration between 10.5 g/dl and 12.5 g/dl
  • - Adequate iron status (serum ferritin >100 ng/mL AND TSAT>20% OR hypochromic red cells <10%)
  • - Continuous subcutaneous maintenance darbepoetin alfa therapy with the same dosing interval during the previous 2 months
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion Criteria

  • - Transfusion of red blood cells during the previous 2 months
  • - Poorly controlled hypertension, i.e. sitting blood pressure exceeding 170/100 despite medication requiring hospitalization or interruption of darbepoetin alfa treatment in the previous 6 months
  • - Significant acute or chronic bleeding such as overt gastrointestinal bleeding
  • - Active malignant disease (except non-melanoma skin cancer)
  • - Haemolysis
  • - Haemoglobinopathies (e.g homozygous sickle-cell disease, thalassemia of all types)
  • - Folic acid deficiency
  • - Vitamin B12 deficiency
  • - Platelet count >500 x 109/L or <100 x 109/L
  • - Pure red cell aplasia
  • - Epileptic seizure during previous 6 months
  • - Congestive heart failure (NYHA Class IV)
  • - Myocardial infarction or stroke, severe or unstable coronary artery disease, severe liver disease during the previous 3 months
  • - Uncontrolled or symptomatic secondary hyperparathyroidism
  • - Pregnancy or lactation period
  • - Women of childbearing potential without effective contraception
  • - Participation in a clinical trial or receipt of an investigational compound or an investigational treatment during the previous 3 months
  • - Planned (date) elective surgery during the study period except for
  • - cataract surgery
  • - vascular access surgery
  • - Known hypersensitivity to recombinant human erythropoietin, polyethylene glycol or to any constituent of the study medication

Investigators

Sponsor
Roche AB

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