Paricalcitol Improves Anemia of Inflammation

Summary

Anemia of inflammation (AI) is a common comorbidity in hemodialysis patients. Paricalcitol is a selective vitamin D receptor activator with potential benefits on anti-inflammatory cytokines expression. The paricalcitol for the secondary hyperparathyroidism control may improve AI decreasing erythropoietin stimulating agents (ESAs) dosage.

Timeline

Start

2014-12

Primary completion

2022-08

Completion

2024-12

Publications

• Background Sun CC, Vaja V, Babitt JL, Lin HY. Targeting the hepcidin-ferroportin axis to develop new treatment strategies for anemia of chronic disease and anemia of inflammation. Am J Hematol. 2012 Apr;87(4):392-400. doi: 10.1002/ajh.23110. Epub 2012 Jan 31.
• Background Perlstein TS, Pande R, Berliner N, Vanasse GJ. Prevalence of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in subgroups of elderly persons with anemia: association with anemia of inflammation. Blood. 2011 Mar 10;117(10):2800-6. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-09-309708. Epub 2011 Jan 14.
• Background Kempe DS, Ackermann TF, Fischer SS, Koka S, Boini KM, Mahmud H, Foller M, Rosenblatt KP, Kuro-O M, Lang F. Accelerated suicidal erythrocyte death in Klotho-deficient mice. Pflugers Arch. 2009 Jul;458(3):503-12. doi: 10.1007/s00424-009-0636-4. Epub 2009 Jan 28.

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