Clinical Trial of Vadadustat in Patients with Anemia Secondary to Stage 3 or 4 Chronic Kidney Disease

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 380-388

  Martin, Edouard R ^a   Smith, Mark T ^b   Maroni, Bradley J ^c   Zuraw, Qing C ^c   DeGoma, Emil M ^c  

^a South Florida Nephrology Associates   (United States)

^b Nephrology Asso   (United States)

^c AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Chronic kidney disease; Clinical trials; Erythropoietin; Kidney disease

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; PLACEBO; VADADUSTAT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLYCINE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR PROLINE DIOXYGENASE; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VASCULOTROPIN A; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART ARREST; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; UREMIA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEPCIDINS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR-PROLINE DIOXYGENASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PICOLINIC ACIDS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 85016641947     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000464476     Document Type: Article

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