Safety and Efficacy Study of Roxadustat to Treat Anemia in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, on Dialysis.

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of roxadustat compared to epoetin alfa for the treatment of anemia in chronic kidney disease patients on dialysis.

Timeline

Start

2014-07-01

Primary completion

2018-09-26

Completion

2018-09-26

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (non-inferiority test); Roxadustat vs Epoetin Alfa; p <0.001; Least Square Mean Difference 0.09 (95% CI 0.01 to 0.18); ANCOVA NCT02174731 ↗

Publications

• Hamano T, Yamaguchi Y, Goto K, Martin S, Jiletcovici A, Dellanna F, Akizawa T, Barratt J. Risk Factors for Thromboembolic Events in Patients With Dialysis-Dependent CKD: Pooled Analysis of Four Global Roxadustat Phase 3 Trials. Adv Ther. 2024 Apr;41(4):1553-1575. doi: 10.1007/s12325-023-02728-2. Epub 2024 Feb 16.
• Barratt J, Dellanna F, Portoles J, Choukroun G, De Nicola L, Young J, Dimkovic N, Reusch M. Safety of Roxadustat Versus Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents in Patients with Anemia of Non-dialysis-Dependent or Incident-to-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: Pooled Analysis of Four Phase 3 Studies. Adv Ther. 2023 Apr;40(4):1546-1559. doi: 10.1007/s12325-023-02433-0. Epub 2023 Feb 7.
• Natale P, Palmer SC, Jaure A, Hodson EM, Ruospo M, Cooper TE, Hahn D, Saglimbene VM, Craig JC, Strippoli GF. Hypoxia-inducible factor stabilisers for the anaemia of chronic kidney disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Aug 25;8(8):CD013751. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013751.pub2.
• Fishbane S, Pollock CA, El-Shahawy M, Escudero ET, Rastogi A, Van BP, Frison L, Houser M, Pola M, Little DJ, Guzman N, Pergola PE. Roxadustat Versus Epoetin Alfa for Treating Anemia in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease on Dialysis: Results from the Randomized Phase 3 ROCKIES Study. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Apr;33(4):850-866. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020111638.

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