A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study With Open-Label Follow-Up To Determine the Safety and Efficacy of r-HuEPO in AIDS Patients With Anemia Induced by Their Disease and AZT Therapy

A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study With Open-Label Follow-Up To Determine the Safety and Efficacy of r-HuEPO in AIDS Patients With Anemia Induced by Their Disease and AZT Therapy

To determine the safety and efficacy of erythropoietin (r-HUEPO) administered to AIDS patients with anemia secondary to their disease and/or concomitant zidovudine (AZT) therapy.

Exclusion Criteria

Co-existing Condition:

Patients with the following are excluded:

• History of any primary hematologic disease.
• Clinically significant disease / dysfunction of the pulmonary, cardiovascular, endocrine, neurologic, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary systems not attributable to underlying AIDS.
• AIDS-related dementia.
• Uncontrolled hypertension (diastolic Blood Pressure > 100 mmHg).
• Presence of concomitant iron deficiency.
• Anemia attributable to factors other than AIDS or zidovudine (AZT) therapy.
• Acute opportunistic infection.
• History of seizures.

Patients with clinically significant disease / dysfunction of the pulmonary, cardiovascular, endocrine, neurologic, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary systems not attributable to underlying AIDS are excluded.

Prior Medication:

Excluded within 30 days of study entry:

• Experimental drug or experimental device.
• Cytotoxic chemotherapy.
• Excluded within 2 months of study entry:
• Androgen therapy.

Clinical diagnosis of AIDS and related anemia.

• Clinical diagnosis of AIDS.
• Clinically stable for 1 month preceding study entry.

Substance abuse.