In a prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted in 375 anaemic patients with various non-myeloid malignancies receiving non-platinum chemotherapy, there was a significant reduction of anaemia-related sequelae (e. g. fatigue, decreased energy, and activity reduction), as measured by the following instruments and scales: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy- Anaemia (FACT-An) general scale, FACT-An fatigue scale, and Cancer Linear Analogue Scale (CLAS).
V prospektivni, randomizirani, dvojno slepi študiji, nadzorovani s placebom, v kateri je sodelovalo 375 bolnikov z anemijo z različnimi nemieloidnimi malignimi obolenji, ki so se zdravili s kemoterapijo brez platine, so z meritvami, ki so jih izvedli s pomočjo naslednjih inštrumentov in lestvic: splošna lestvica za funkcionalno oceno zdravljenja anemičnih bolnikov z rakom (FACT- An – Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy- Anaemia), lestvica utrujenosti FACT- An in linearna analogna lestvica pri bolnikih z rakom (CLAS – Cancer Linear Analogue Scale), opazili pomembno zmanjšanje posledic, povezanih z anemijo (npr. utrujenost, zmanjšana energija in telesna aktivnost).