Document Classification

Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Patients receiving darbepoetin alfa required fewer transfusions (27 % versus 52 % ; mean difference = 25 % ; 95 % confidence interval [CI] = 14 % to 36 % ; P <. 001), required fewer units of blood (0. 67 versus 1. 92 ; mean difference = 1. 25, 95 % CI = 0. 65 to 1. 84 ; P <. 001), had more hematopoietic responses (66 % versus 24 % ; mean difference = 42 % ; 95 % CI = 31 % to 53 % ; P <. 001), and had better improvement in FACT-Fatigue scores (56 % versus 44 % overall improvement ; 32 % versus 19 % with > or = 25 % improvement ; mean difference = 13 % ; 95 % CI = 2 % to 23 %, P =. 019) than patients receiving placebo.