Overall Adverse Event Profile of Vadadustat versus Darbepoetin Alfa for the Treatment of Anemia Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease in Phase 3 Trials

© 2022 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel..

INTRODUCTION: Anemia frequently occurs in chronic kidney disease (CKD), is associated with poor quality of life and cardiovascular outcomes, and its treatment represents a considerable economic burden to the healthcare system. Although effective, the current standard of care for the treatment of anemia in chronic kidney disease patients with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents requires chronic/ongoing injections, making the treatment less accessible or desirable to patients not treated by in-center maintenance hemodialysis. Furthermore, safety concerns, including an increased risk of cardiovascular events and mortality, have emerged from their use in studies targeting hemoglobin concentrations in the normal or near-normal range. The orally active hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor vadadustat may offer advantages over erythropoiesis-stimulating agents by correcting anemia via pathways activating endogenous erythropoietin production.

METHODS: To comprehensively analyze the safety profile of vadadustat in patients with dialysis-dependent and non-dialysis-dependent CKD-related anemia, we pooled the safety populations from each of the four trials in the phase 3 clinical program (n = 7,373) and compared the risk of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) for each treatment arm.

RESULTS: In patients randomized to vadadustat versus darbepoetin alfa, rates of TEAEs (88.9% vs. 89.3%), treatment-emergent serious adverse events (58.0% vs. 59.3%), and TEAEs leading to death (16.1% vs. 16.2%) were similar, as were rates of adverse events of special interest, including cardiovascular-, hepatic-, and neoplasm-related adverse events.

DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: Among patients with CKD-related anemia treated with vadadustat, we observed similar rates of adverse events relative to those treated with darbepoetin alfa.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

American journal of nephrology - 53(2022), 10 vom: 29., Seite 701-710

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Agarwal, Rajiv [VerfasserIn]
Anand, Sanjeev [VerfasserIn]
Eckardt, Kai-Uwe [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Wenli [VerfasserIn]
Parfrey, Patrick S [VerfasserIn]
Sarnak, Mark J [VerfasserIn]
Solinsky, Christine M [VerfasserIn]
Vargo, Dennis L [VerfasserIn]
Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C [VerfasserIn]
Chertow, Glenn M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11096-26-7
15UQ94PT4P
Adverse events
Anemia
Chronic kidney disease
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Darbepoetin alfa
Erythropoietin
Hematinics
Hemoglobins
Hypoxia-inducible factor pathway
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vadadustat

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Date Completed 26.01.2023

Date Revised 11.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000528443

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349629471