318
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 1997
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 1998
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2000
Erythropoietin
Infants received 400 U/kg Erythropoietin (Epo) 3 times weekly and a weekly intravenous infusion of 5 mg/kg iron dextran until they had an enteral intake of 60 mL/kg/d.
Sham Comparator
Infants in the placebo/control group received sham subcutaneous injections when intravenous access was not available.
George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Emory University, Atlanta
University of Tennessee, Memphis
Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati
Indiana University, Indianapolis
Wayne State University, Detroit
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Yale University, New Haven
Harvard University, Cambridge
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
NIH
NICHD Neonatal Research Network
NETWORK