Evaluation of the US Oncology Network’s Recommended Guidelines for Therapeutic Substitution with Darbepoetin alfa 200 µg Every 2 Weeks in Both Naïve Patients and Patients Switched from Epoetin alfa
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
- Vol. 24 (3) , 313-323
- https://doi.org/10.1592/phco.24.4.313.33180
Abstract
Study Objective. To evaluate the efficacy of darbepoetin alfa 200 μg subcutaneously every 2 weeks after therapeutic substitution for epoetin alfa.Keywords
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