- Any chemotherapy, immunomodulatory drug therapy (eg, thalidomide, interferon-alpha), Anagrelide, immunosuppressive therapy, corticosteroids >10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent, or growth factor treatment (eg, erythropoietin), or hormones (eg, androgens, danazol) within 14 days prior to initiation of SAR302503; darbepoetin use within 28 days prior to initiation of SAR302503.The only chemotherapy allowed will be hydroxyurea within 1 day prior to initiation of SAR302503