Iron Regulation by Molidustat, a Daily Oral Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor, in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease.


Journal

Nephron
ISSN: 2235-3186
Titre abrégé: Nephron
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 0331777

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 25 02 2019
accepted: 09 07 2019
pubmed: 7 8 2019
medline: 11 7 2020
entrez: 7 8 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The current treatment for anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes the administration of erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) combined with iron supplementation. Molidustat, a hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor, has potential to treat anemia associated with CKD through increased erythropoietin production and improved iron availability. Here, we report the effect of molidustat on iron metabolism. Parameters of iron metabolism were monitored in three 16-week, randomized, controlled, phase 2 studies assessing the safety and efficacy of molidustat in the treatment of anemia associated with CKD in different populations: treatment-naïve and previously ESA-treated patients not on dialysis, and previously ESA-treated patients on hemodialysis. Iron supplementation was left at the discretion of the investigator. In treatment-naïve patients not on dialysis, transferrin saturation (TSAT), hepcidin, ferritin, and iron concentrations decreased with molidustat, whereas total iron binding capacity (TIBC) increased. Similar results were observed in previously ESA-treated patients not on dialysis, although changes in those parameters were larger in treatment-naïve than in previously ESA-treated patients. In previously ESA-treated patients receiving hemodialysis, hepcidin concentration and TIBC remained stable with molidustat, whereas TSAT and ferritin and iron concentrations increased. Generally, similar trends were observed in secondary analyses of subgroups of patients not receiving iron supplementation. Molidustat is a potential alternative to standard treatment of anemia associated with CKD, with a different mechanism of action. In patients not receiving dialysis, molidustat increases iron availability. In patients receiving hemodialysis, further investigation is required to understand fully the mechanisms underlying iron mobilization associated with molidustat.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND/AIMS
The current treatment for anemia associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes the administration of erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs) combined with iron supplementation. Molidustat, a hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor, has potential to treat anemia associated with CKD through increased erythropoietin production and improved iron availability. Here, we report the effect of molidustat on iron metabolism.
METHOD
Parameters of iron metabolism were monitored in three 16-week, randomized, controlled, phase 2 studies assessing the safety and efficacy of molidustat in the treatment of anemia associated with CKD in different populations: treatment-naïve and previously ESA-treated patients not on dialysis, and previously ESA-treated patients on hemodialysis. Iron supplementation was left at the discretion of the investigator.
RESULTS
In treatment-naïve patients not on dialysis, transferrin saturation (TSAT), hepcidin, ferritin, and iron concentrations decreased with molidustat, whereas total iron binding capacity (TIBC) increased. Similar results were observed in previously ESA-treated patients not on dialysis, although changes in those parameters were larger in treatment-naïve than in previously ESA-treated patients. In previously ESA-treated patients receiving hemodialysis, hepcidin concentration and TIBC remained stable with molidustat, whereas TSAT and ferritin and iron concentrations increased. Generally, similar trends were observed in secondary analyses of subgroups of patients not receiving iron supplementation.
CONCLUSIONS
Molidustat is a potential alternative to standard treatment of anemia associated with CKD, with a different mechanism of action. In patients not receiving dialysis, molidustat increases iron availability. In patients receiving hemodialysis, further investigation is required to understand fully the mechanisms underlying iron mobilization associated with molidustat.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31387097
pii: 000502012
doi: 10.1159/000502012
pmc: PMC6979436
doi:

Substances chimiques

Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors 0
HIF1A protein, human 0
Hematinics 0
Hemoglobins 0
Hepcidins 0
Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit 0
Prolyl-Hydroxylase Inhibitors 0
Pyrazoles 0
Triazoles 0
endothelial PAS domain-containing protein 1 1B37H0967P
molidustat 9JH486CZ13
Iron E1UOL152H7

Types de publication

Clinical Trial, Phase II Journal Article Randomized Controlled Trial Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

243-254

Informations de copyright

© 2019 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.

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Auteurs

Tadao Akizawa (T)

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, akizawa@med.showa-u.ac.jp.

Iain C Macdougall (IC)

Department of Renal Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

Jeffrey S Berns (JS)

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Hiroyasu Yamamoto (H)

Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Megumi Taguchi (M)

Bayer Yakuhin Ltd., Osaka, Japan.

Kazuma Iekushi (K)

Bayer Yakuhin Ltd., Osaka, Japan.

Thomas Bernhardt (T)

Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany.

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