Association of oral iron replacement therapy with kidney failure and mortality in CKD patients

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the ERA 2023..

Background: Oral iron is the predominant route of iron replacement (IRT) but its benefits and safety are unclear in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Methods: We examined the association of oral IRT vs no IRT with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and mortality in a national cohort of US Veterans. We identified 17 413 incident new users of oral IRT with estimated glomerular filtration rates <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and 32 530 controls who did not receive any IRT during 2004-18. We used propensity score-overlap weighting to account for differences in key baseline characteristics associated with the use of oral IRT. We examined associations using competing risk regression and Cox models.

Results: In the cohort of 49 943 patients, 1616 (3.2%) patients experienced ESKD and 28 711 (57%) patients died during a median follow-up of 1.9 years. Oral IRT was not associated with ESKD [subhazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval, CI) 1.00 (0.84-1.19), P = .9] and was associated with higher risk of all-cause mortality [HR (95% CI) 1.06 (1.01-1.11), P = .01]. There was significant heterogeneity of treatment effect for mortality, with oral IRT associated with higher mortality in the subgroups of patients without congestive heart failure (CHF), anemia or iron deficiency. In patient with blood hemoglobin <10 g/dL oral IRT was associated with significantly lower mortality.

Conclusion: Oral IRT was associated with lower mortality only in patients with anemia. In patients without anemia, iron deficiency or CHF, the risk-benefit ratio of oral IRT should be further examined.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Clinical kidney journal - 16(2023), 11 vom: 26. Nov., Seite 2082-2090

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Paul, Shejuti [VerfasserIn]
Shrestha, Prabin [VerfasserIn]
Sumida, Keiichi [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Fridtjof [VerfasserIn]
Surbhi, Satya [VerfasserIn]
Naser, Abu Mohd [VerfasserIn]
Streja, Elani [VerfasserIn]
Rhee, Connie M [VerfasserIn]
Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar [VerfasserIn]
Kovesdy, Csaba P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic kidney disease
Dialysis
End-stage kidney disease
Iron replacement
Journal Article
Mortality

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Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ckj/sfad190

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NLM364077913