Efficacy and Safety Study to Evaluate Vadadustat for the Maintenance Treatment of Anemia in Participants With Non-dialysis-dependent Chronic Kidney Disease (NDD-CKD)

Summary

A multicenter, randomized, open-label, active-controlled Phase 3 study for the maintenance treatment of anemia in participants with Non-dialysis-dependent Chronic Kidney Disease (NDD-CKD)

Timeline

Start

2016-02

Primary completion

2020-06-18

Completion

2020-07-31

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

release “In PRO2TECT's Conversion study (n=1,725): Primary Efficacy Endpoint Result: Vadadustat was non-inferior to darbepoetin alfa.” akebia.com ↗

Publications

• Chertow GM, Eckardt KU, Sarnak MJ, Winkelmayer WC, Agarwal R, Minga T, Luo W, Burke SK. Safety and Efficacy of Vadadustat for the Treatment of CKD-Related Anemia within and outside the United States. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Oct 1;36(10):1984-1997. doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000708. Epub 2025 May 13.
• Parfrey PS, Burke SK, Chertow GM, Eckardt KU, Jardine AG, Lewis EF, Luo W, Matsushita K, McCullough PA, Minga T, Winkelmayer WC. Safety Endpoints With Vadadustat Versus Darbepoetin Alfa in Patients With Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD: A Post Hoc Regional Analysis of the PRO2TECT Randomized Clinical Trial of ESA-Treated Patients. Kidney Med. 2023 May 12;5(7):100667. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100667. eCollection 2023 Jul.
• 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.
• Chertow GM, Pergola PE, Farag YMK, Agarwal R, Arnold S, Bako G, Block GA, Burke S, Castillo FP, Jardine AG, Khawaja Z, Koury MJ, Lewis EF, Lin T, Luo W, Maroni BJ, Matsushita K, McCullough PA, Parfrey PS, Roy-Chaudhury P, Sarnak MJ, Sharma A, Spinowitz B, Tseng C, Tumlin J, Vargo DL, Walters KA, Winkelmayer WC, Wittes J, Eckardt KU; PRO2TECT Study Group. Vadadustat in Patients with Anemia and Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD. N Engl J Med. 2021 Apr 29;384(17):1589-1600. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2035938.

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