SEOUL, Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) presented the results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Aranesp® (darbepoetin alfa) in previously untreated patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) receiving chemotherapy (“the 145 study”) on Monday, Sept. 3 at the 2007 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Seoul, Korea. The study demonstrated no statistically significant difference in risk of death (overall survival Aranesp compared to placebo Hazard Ratio (HR): 0.93, 95 percent CI: 0.78 to 1.11) or investigator assessed progression-free survival (HR: 1.02, 95 percent CI: 0.86, 1.21). (WCLC Poster #PD6-3-6)
