Recruitment update of AHEAD^[1]

The multicenter prospective non-interventional AHEAD study was initiated to obtain long-term outcome data on joint health, HR-QoL, haemophilia-related co-morbidities, and the effectiveness and safety of ADVATE (recombinant anti-hemophilic factor VIII, plasma-free method [octocog alfa]) in routine clinical practice.

The German AHEAD study arm aims to enroll up to 500 patients in up to 35 haemo - philia treatment centers (HTCs); patient recruitment started in June 2010. The study arm conducted in other European countries is expected to enroll 350 patients from more than 50 HTCs; recruitment started in June 2011. In both study arms, recruitment will continue through the end of 2015, and each enrolled patient will be followed for a total of four years.

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