Status:

COMPLETED

Correction Study of R744 in Renal Anemia Patients on Hemodialysis

Lead Sponsor:

Chugai Pharmaceutical

Conditions:

Hemodialysis Patients

Eligibility:

All Genders

20+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This study will assess the efficacy and safety of intravenous R744 in renal anemia patients on hemodialysis.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients who have been receiving hemodialysis more than 1 time a week
  • Patients aged ≥ 20 years at the time of obtaining consent
  • After starting of hemodialysis, patients who have not received rHuEPO preparation
  • After starting of hemodialysis, patients whose value of Hb concentrations determined before the first hemodialysis during the last week prior to the registration has been \< 10.0 g/dL

Exclusion

  • Patients with hardly controllable hypertension (patients whose diastolic blood pressure has been ≥ 100 mmHg on more than 1/3 of the determining occasions after starting of hemodialysis during the last week before registration)
  • Patients with congestive cardiac failure (≥ Class III in NYHA cardiac function classification)
  • Female patients who are pregnant, lactating, possibly pregnant or not willing to take a contraceptive measure during the period from the day of starting the treatment with the study drug to 90 days after the day of the last dose of the study drug
  • Patients with complication of myocardial infarction, pulmonary infarction or cerebral infarction (excluding asymptomatic cerebral infarction)
  • Patients confirmed to have serious allergy or serious drug allergy (shock, anaphylactoid symptom)
  • Patients hypersensitive to a rHuEPO preparation
  • Patients with malignant tumor (including hemic malignant tumor), severe infection, systemic hemic disease (osteomyelodysplasia syndrome, hemoglobinopathy, etc.), hemolytic anemia or apparent hemorrhagic lesion such as digestive tract hemorrhage
  • Patients who have received an anabolic hormone preparation, testosterone enanthate or mepitiostane within 12 weeks before registration
  • Patients who have received another investigational drug within 12 weeks before registration
  • Patients who have received R744 before registration
  • Patients whose AST(GOT) value ≥ 100 IU/L or ALT(GPT) value ≥ 100 IU/L before registration
  • Patients who have received erythrocyte transfusion within 16 weeks before registration
  • Patients for whom a surgical operation involved with heavy bleeding is planned during the study period
  • In addition, patients who are judged as ineligible to participate in this study by the investigator or sub-investigator

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00433693

Start Date

February 1 2007

End Date

October 1 2008

Last Update

February 2 2009

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Chugoku/Shikoku region

Chugoku/Shikoku, Japan

2

Chubu region

Chūbu, Japan

3

Hokkaido/Tohoku region

Hokkaido/Tohoku, Japan

4

Kanto/Koshinetsu region

Kanto/Koshinetsu, Japan