62
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2006
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2012
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2015
Erythropoetin
Erythropoetin 500 units/kg IV x 3 : dose 1. 12-72 hours preoperatively, dose 2. Postoperative day #1, 48 hours after separating from cardiopulmonary bypass, and dose 3. postoperative day #3, 48 hours after dose #2
Normal saline
"Normal saline placebo in 3 doses:dose 1. 12-72 hours preoperatively, dose 2. Postoperative day #1, 48 hours after separating from cardiopulmonary bypass, and dose 3. postoperative day #3, 48 hours after dose #2.~."
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston
The Dana Foundation
OTHER
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
Baylor College of Medicine
OTHER