Conditions: Chronic Renal Failure Chronic Kidney Disease Anemia
Keywords: anemia chronic kidney disease CKD chronic renal failure CRF dialysis erythropoietin EPO erythropoiesis stimulating agent ESA Hematide™ hemodialysis hemoglobin Hb Hgb Omontys peginesatide red blood cell red blood cell production
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 81
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long term safety and tolerability of peginesatide for the maintenance of hemoglobin in participants with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who had received at least 24 weeks of peginesatide treatment in an earlier study.

Detailed description:
Anemia associated with chronic kidney disease is due to several factors, primarily the inability of the diseased kidneys to produce adequate amounts of endogenous erythropoietin. Ancillary factors include the shortened lifespan of red blood cells, iron and other nutritional deficiencies, infection, and inflammation. The presence and severity of anemia are related to the duration and extent of kidney failure. Anemia is associated with increased mortality, increased likelihood of hospitalization, reduced cognitive function, and increased left ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure.

Erythropoiesis stimulating agents have been established as a treatment for anemia in subjects with chronic kidney disease, and have improved the management of anemia over alternatives such as transfusion. Peginesatide is a parenteral formulation developed for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease. Peginesatide binds to and activates the human erythropoietin receptor, and stimulates erythropoiesis in human red cell precursors in a manner similar to other known erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs).

Study participants had received at least 24 weeks of peginesatide dosing in a previous Affymax-sponsored study (NCT00228449) and were to receive doses of peginesatide for approximately 54 months. However, the Sponsor ended the study early.

Arms:
arm 1: None

Interventions: intervention 1: peginesatide
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Participants received the same initial peginesatide dose as was administered at the end of the previous peginesatide treatment study (NCT00228449) in which the participant was enrolled. The median first dose at study start was 0.087 milligram per kilogram (mg/kg) with an interquartile range of 0.064 to 0.123 mg/kg. Each participant was to receive peginesatide as an injection administered intravenously once every 4 weeks for approximately 54 months in this trial.

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