The safety of treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin in clinical use: a review of controlled studies.

  • Authors:
    • B Sowade
    • O Sowade
    • J Möcks
    • W Franke
    • H Warnke
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  • Published online on: February 1, 1998     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.1.2.303
  • Pages: 303-317
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Abstract

Recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) has now been approved for the treatment of renal anemia, anemia of prematurity, cancer-associated anemia, AIDS-associated anemia and as concomitant treatment for patients with or without autologous blood donation awaiting elective surgery. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview, based on the results of controlled studies, of the anticipated safety profile of rhEPO in various indications and to assess whether treatment with rhEPO influences the incidences of certain adverse events in these indications. The anticipated adverse events differ from indication to indication and generally reflect the corresponding underlying illness. With most indications, no relevant differences in the incidences of adverse events are observed between rhEPO and placebo-control/patients. Only in the rhEPO therapy of renal anemia is an increased incidence of hypertensive events observed in the rhEPO groups, a finding that is not reproduced with the other indications. The controlled studies forming the basis of this review provide no evidence of a relevant increase in the risk of thromboembolic events during rhEPO therapy. Overall, it may be stated that rhEPO treatment, where strictly indicated, is a safe form of therapy. As with any other treatment, the risk of side effects in certain predisposed patients must also be weighed against the desired clinical benefits.

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Sowade B, Sowade O, Möcks J, Franke W and Warnke H: The safety of treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin in clinical use: a review of controlled studies.. Int J Mol Med 1: 303-317, 1998.
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Sowade, B., Sowade, O., Möcks, J., Franke, W., & Warnke, H. (1998). The safety of treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin in clinical use: a review of controlled studies.. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 1, 303-317. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.1.2.303
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Sowade, B., Sowade, O., Möcks, J., Franke, W., Warnke, H."The safety of treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin in clinical use: a review of controlled studies.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 1.2 (1998): 303-317.
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Sowade, B., Sowade, O., Möcks, J., Franke, W., Warnke, H."The safety of treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin in clinical use: a review of controlled studies.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 1, no. 2 (1998): 303-317. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.1.2.303