Lower starting dose of roxadustat in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease patients with anaemia: a study protocol for a randomised, multicentre, open-label study

Autor: Li Zhang, Ping Li, Xiangmei Chen, Xuefeng Sun, Yiqing Wu, Hong-li Lin, Guangyan Cai, Shuting Pan, Dinghua Chen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
Předmět:
Zdroj: BMJ Open, Vol 13, Iss 2 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068864
Popis: Introduction Roxadustat is a first-in-class oral therapy that treats chronic kidney disease (CKD) anaemia with the benefit of a novel mechanism of action that consistently corrects and maintains haemoglobin (Hb) across the spectrum of non-dialysis-dependent (NDD) CKD anaemia with an acceptable safety profile.Methods and analysis This is a randomised, control, open-label, multicentre trial. About 250 adult Chinese participants with stage 3–5 CKD NDD in approximately 30 centres will be enrolled, randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio, to receive a 16-week treatment and 4-week follow-up. The interventions for study arm are
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals