7 af en hæmoglobinkoncentration over sætpunktet og undgåelse af transfusion af erytrocytter i hele 26 ugers perioden) samt behov for blodtransfusion.
Primary efficacy endpoints were haemoglobin stabilization (patients who maintained a haemoglobin concentration above the haemoglobin set-point and avoid any RBC transfusion for the entire 26 week period) and blood transfusion requirement.