Lim, Soo Kun and Goh, Bak Leong and Visvanathan, Ravindran and Kim, Su Hyun and Jeon, Jin Seok and Kim, Sung Gyun and Chang, Jae Hyun and Lim, Chun Soo and Morad, Zaki (2021) A multicentre, multi-national, double-blind, randomised, active-controlled, parallel-group clinical study to assess the safety and efficacy of PDA10 (Epoetin-alpha) vs. Eprex (R) in patients with anaemia of chronic renal failure. BMC Nephrology, 22 (1). ISSN 1471-2369, DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02601-w.
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Background: Erythropoietin stimulating agent (ESA) has been standard of care in treating renal anaemia for the past 20 years. Many patients have limited access to ESA in view of long-term costs leading to suboptimal ESA dosage. Biosimilar epoetin is a potential cost-effective alternative to originator for optimal renal anaemia management. Objective: To determine efficacy and safety of PDA10 in treating renal anaemia in haemodialysis patients, in comparison to the originator epoetin-alpha, Eprex (R). Methods: A phase 3, multicentre, multi-national, double-blind, randomised, active-controlled and parallel group study conducted over 40 weeks in Malaysia and Korea. End stage kidney disease patients undergoing regular haemodialysis who were on erythropoietin treatment were recruited. The study has 3 phases, which included a 12-week titration phase, followed by 28-week double-blind treatment phase and 24-week open-label extension phase. Results: The PDA10 and Eprex (R) were shown to be therapeutically equivalent (p < 0.0001) with mean absolute change in haemoglobin from baseline of - 0.176 (+/- 0.91) g/dl and - 0.118 (+/- 1.114) g/dl, respectively. Weekly dose change was 10.01 IU/kg/week in PDA10 group and 10.30 IU/kg/week in Eprex (R) group, which has no significant difference. There were no significant differences in the safety profile between PDA10 and Eprex (R) groups. Conclusion: This study has confirmed the therapeutic equivalence between PDA10 and Eprex (R) in terms of efficacy, dosage requirement and safety profile in haemodialysis patients with renal anaemia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Duopharma Biotech Bhd. (Malaysia), Pangen Biotech Inc. (Korea) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Anaemia; Epoetin-alpha; Haemodialysis; PDA10; Therapeutic equivalence |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Medicine Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2022 02:52 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2022 02:52 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/34215 |
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