Background/aim: Renal anemia is a major complication in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), leading to morbidity and mortality. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors (PHI), also called HIF stabilizers, increase endogenous erythropoietin production and are expected to be novel orally administrated agents for renal anemia in CKD. Enarodustat is being developed as an oral HIF-PHI. It was recently approved in Japan and clinical development is ongoing in the USA and South Korea. Therefore, there are only a few real-world data regarding treatment of renal anemia using enarodustat. This study evaluated the efficacy of enarodustat in patients with non-dialysis CKD.

Patients And Methods: Nine patients (78±11 years old, male=6, female=3) were enrolled in this study. Patients received enarodustat as first-line therapy or changed from erythropoiesis stimulating agents (2-6 mg). The observation period was 4.8±2.0 months.

Results: Levels of hemoglobin were effectively increased and maintained with enarodustat administration. C-reactive protein and serum ferritin were significantly decreased, but no change in renal function was observed. Furthermore, no serious adverse effects were recognized in all patients during the study.

Conclusion: Enarodustat is an effective and relatively well-tolerated agent for the treatment of renal anemia in patients with non-dialysis CKD.

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