Anemia Clinical Trials

• Male or female participants aged ≥ 18 years or older at time of signing the informed consent form (ICF).

• Able to understand the purpose and risks of the trial and voluntarily sign an ICF prior to any trial-related procedures being conducted and authorization to use protected health information and personal data in accordance to national and local privacy regulations.

• Documented diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome(s) (MDS) according to WHO 2016 classification that meets International Prognostic Scoring System - Revised (IPSS-R) classification of very low-, low-, or intermediate-risk disease, confirmed by central laboratory independent reviewer prior to randomization. Hemoglobin (Hgb), platelet, and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) values should be collected greater than (\>) 14 days after red blood cell (RBC) transfusion or greater than (\>) 7 days after platelet transfusion, unless otherwise considered to be pretransfusion values.

• Bone marrow less than (\<) 5% blasts in an evaluable bone marrow collected at screening and confirmed by central pathology independent reviewer.

• Endogenous serum erythropoietin s (EPO) level of \<500 U/L. Should be results from blood samples collected \>14 days following an RBC transfusion to evaluate for eligibility unless considered pretransfusion values.

• Participant requires RBC transfusion, as documented by the following criteria. A transfusion requirement of 2 to 6 pRBCs units/8 weeks confirmed for a minimum of 8 weeks immediately preceding randomization.

• • Hgb levels at the time of or within 3 days prior to administration of a RBC transfusion must have been less than or equal to (≤) 9.0 grams per deciliter (g/dL) (5.6 millimoles per liter (mmol/L)) with symptoms of anemia (or ≤7 g/dL \[4.3 mmol/L\] in the absence of symptoms) in order for the transfusion to be counted towards meeting eligibility criteria.

• • RBC transfusions administered when hemoglobin (Hgb) levels were \>9.0 g/dL (or \>7 g/dL in the absence of symptoms) and/or RBC transfusions administered for elective surgery, infections or bleeding events will not qualify as a required transfusion for the purpose of meeting eligibility criteria or stratification.

• Hgb \<11.0 g/dL (6.8 mmol/L) after last RBC transfusion preceding randomization. Local laboratory is acceptable to facilitate randomization.