ArticleKidney diseases (Basel, Switzerland)
Efficacy and Cardiovascular Safety of Pegmolesatide in Patients with Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease: Post hoc Analysis of Two Phase 3 Randomized Trials.
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- Switching to Pegmolesatide in Maintenance Dialysis: Real-World Hemoglobin Response, Temporal Dynamics, and Modality-Specific Predictors.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Pegmolesatide selectively binds to the erythropoietin receptor homodimer with higher binding stability and prolonged residency than erythropoietin, potentially offering an improved therapeutic profile for anemia management in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. This post hoc analysis of two randomized phase 3 trials compared pegmolesatide with epoetin alfa to further evaluate pegmolesatide's potential benefits. Methods: This analysis included a total of 545 patients: 372 with dialysis-dependent (DD)-CKD (248 pegmolesatide, 124 epoetin alfa) and 173 with non-dialysis-dependent (NDD)-CKD (115 pegmolesatide, 58 epoetin alfa). The proportion of patients maintaining mean hemoglobin (Hb) levels ≥10 g/dL and intraindividual hemoglobin variability (Hb-Var) were analyzed. Cardiovascular (CV) safety was assessed using five-point major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), expanded CV events, and three-point MACE. Results: During the efficacy evaluation period (weeks 17-24), pegmolesatide showed numerically higher proportions of patients who maintained mean Hb levels ≥10 g/dL versus epoetin alfa in both DD-CKD {91.8% vs. 88.6%; difference: 7.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.1, 14.2); Conclusion: Pegmolesatide showed effectiveness in Hb management for both NDD-CKD and DD-CKD populations, with overall numerically favorable CV safety outcomes compared to epoetin alfa.
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