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Factors Affecting Doses of Roxadustat Versus Darbepoetin Alfa for Anemia in Nondialysis Patients
Document Type
Report
Source
American Journal of Nephrology. November 1, 2021, Vol. 52 Issue 9, p702, 12 p.
Subject
Japan
Language
English
ISSN
0250-8095
Abstract
Introduction: Roxadustat is an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor for treating anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This post hoc analysis of a Japanese, open-label, partially randomized, phase 3 study in nondialysis-dependent (NDD) CKD patients treated with traditional erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) evaluated dosing trends of roxadustat and darbepoetin alfa (DA) required to maintain target hemoglobin concentrations in patients with risk factors associated with ESA hyporesponsiveness. Methods: Patients enrolled in the 1517-CL-0310 study (NCT02988973) that demonstrated noninferiority of roxadustat to DA for change in average hemoglobin levels of week 18-24 from baseline who had used human recombinant erythropoietin or DA before conversion and who were randomized to either roxadustat or DA were included. The endpoints were the average allocated dose of roxadustat and DA per administration in the last 6 weeks (AAD/6W), assessed by subgroups known to be associated with ESA hyporesponsiveness. The analysis of variance was performed by the treatment group to test the influence of subgroup factors on the AAD/6W of study drug. The ratios between the mean AAD/6W in each subgroup category and the within-arm mean AAD/6W were calculated. Results: Two hundred and sixty-two patients were randomized to either the roxadustat or DA comparative group and received treatment (roxadustat, n = 131; DA, n = 131). Higher mean (standard deviation) doses of both roxadustat (63.15 [24.84] mg) and DA (47.33 [29.79] [mu]g) were required in the highest ESA resistance index ([GreaterEqual]6.8) quartile (p = 0.003 and p < 0.001, respectively). Patients with adequate iron repletion had the lowest doses for both roxadustat (45.54 [18.01] mg) and DA (28.13 [20.98] [mu]g). High-sensitivity C-reactive protein [GreaterEqual]28.57 nmol/L and the estimated glomerular filtration rate Keywords: Anemia, Chronic kidney disease, Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent, Hemoglobin, Roxadustat
Author(s): Tadao Akizawa [a]; Keiko Tanaka-Amino [b]; Tetsuro Otsuka [c]; Yusuke Yamaguchi [d] Introduction Anemia prevalence increases with the severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD), peaking at approximately 60% in [...]