Department of Nephrology, Nagasaki University Hospital, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan.
Drugs R D. 2017 Sep;17(3):389-396. doi: 10.1007/s40268-017-0188-6.
We compared the hemoglobin-maintaining effects between continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) and darbepoetin-α (DA) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) during the 3 months before dialysis initiation.
This study was conducted with 37 CERA-administered patients and 26 DA-administered patients who had initiated dialysis at a participating facility between January 2012 and December 2014. We investigated clinical laboratory data 3 months before and at dialysis initiation, and compared these data between the CERA and DA groups.
No significant differences in hemoglobin level or reticulocyte count were found between the two groups 3 months before dialysis initiation. However, at dialysis initiation, the hemoglobin level (CERA 9.82 ± 1.52 vs. DA 8.79 ± 1.07 g/dL; P = 0.003) and the reticulocyte count (CERA 5.21 ± 2.95 vs. DA 3.15 ± 1.62 × 10/μL; P = 0.004) were significantly higher in the CERA group than in the DA group. Moreover, the extent of changes in the erythropoietin resistance index during the 3 months before dialysis initiation was significantly increased in the DA group compared with the CERA group.
Our results suggest that CERA may be more effective than DA in maintaining hemoglobin levels in patients with CKD during 3 months before dialysis initiation.
我们比较了慢性肾脏病(CKD)患者在开始透析前 3 个月内,连续红细胞生成素受体激动剂(CERA)和达贝泊汀-α(DA)对维持血红蛋白的效果。
本研究纳入了 2012 年 1 月至 2014 年 12 月期间在参与机构开始透析的 37 例 CERA 治疗患者和 26 例 DA 治疗患者。我们调查了开始透析前 3 个月的临床实验室数据,并比较了 CERA 和 DA 组之间的这些数据。
在开始透析前 3 个月,两组的血红蛋白水平或网织红细胞计数没有显著差异。然而,在开始透析时,CERA 组的血红蛋白水平(9.82±1.52 g/dL 比 DA 组的 8.79±1.07 g/dL;P=0.003)和网织红细胞计数(5.21±2.95×10/μL 比 DA 组的 3.15±1.62×10/μL;P=0.004)均显著高于 DA 组。此外,与 CERA 组相比,DA 组在开始透析前 3 个月内红细胞生成素抵抗指数的变化程度显著增加。
我们的结果表明,在开始透析前 3 个月内,CERA 可能比 DA 更有效地维持 CKD 患者的血红蛋白水平。