Biosimilar Erythropoietin in Anaemia Treatment (Maintenance Phase Study)
Russia207 participantsStarted 2015-12
Plain-language summary
This study is aimed to comprehensively establish the bio-similarity/bioequivalence in EPIAO® and EPREX® in terms of 52-week comparisons in efficacy, safety and immunogenicity. The targeted population is anaemia patients with end-stage chronic renal disease who previously received epoetin treatment and on haemodialysis.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 75 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Male and female subjects between the age of 18 to 75 years
* Subjects with end stage renal disease (CKD stage 5) on hemodialysis and on epoetin treatment for at least 3 months prior to screening
* Subjects with haemoglobin between 10 g/dl to 12 g/dl
* Subjects who are on clinically stable haemodialysis (defined as no clinically relevant changes of dialysis regimen and/or dialyzer) for at least 3 months prior to screening
* Subjects willing to provide a written informed consent
* Subjects with serum ferritin ≥ 200 μg/L and/or transferrin saturation ≥ 20%
* Subjects with a life expectancy of more than at least study period in clinical judgment of the investigator
Exclusion Criteria:
* Subjects with anaemia due to other reasons (that is not renal anaemia)
* Subjects who have undergone blood transfusion within the last 3 months
* Subjects with major complication such as severe/chronic infections or bleeding or aluminum toxicity
* Subjects with suspected or known pure red cell aplasia (PRCA)
* Subjects with a history of aplastic anaemia
* Subjects with uncontrolled diabetes (fasting blood glucose \> 240 mg/dl) or uncontrolled hypertension (systolic blood pressure \> 180 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure \> 110 mm Hg)
* Subjects with known hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of the investigational products, the mammalian cell-derived product or human albumin products
* Subjects with history of seizure disorder
* Subjects with hematological disorder
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What they're measuring
1
Mean absolute change in haemoglobin level from baseline to 6 months
Timeframe: from baseline to 6 months
2
Mean absolute change in weekly epoetin dosage per kg body weight from baseline to 6 months