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ABSTRACT: Background
Hyperkalemia is associated with many chronic diseases and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor therapy. Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC), an oral, highly selective cation-exchanger, is approved for the treatment of hyperkalemia.Methods
This phase 3, multicenter, open-label, single-arm, flexible-dose study assessed the safety and efficacy of SZC in Japanese patients with hyperkalemia during a correction phase of up to 3 days and long-term (1 year) maintenance phase (NCT03172702).Results
Overall, 150 patients received treatment during both study phases; the study population was generally representative of hyperkalemic Japanese patients in clinical practice. Most patients (78.7%) had three doses of SZC during the correction phase. All but one patient received SZC for???48 h before transitioning to the maintenance phase. In the maintenance phase, mean (standard deviation; SD) exposure to the study drug was 319.4 (98.1) days and mean (SD) dose was 7.38 (2.85) g/day. Adverse events (AEs) were reported in 131 patients (87.3%); most were mild. The most common treatment-related AEs as evaluated by investigators were constipation (6.7%), peripheral edema (4.0%), and hypertension (2.7%). In the correction phase, 78.7% of patients were normokalemic at 24 h and 98.7% within 48 h;???65.5% maintained normokalemia throughout the maintenance phase.Conclusion
After a year of exposure, SZC treatment was well tolerated by Japanese patients and potassium levels were well controlled.
SUBMITTER: Kashihara N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7880936 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kashihara Naoki N Yamasaki Yoshimitsu Y Osonoi Takeshi T Harada Hiromasa H Shibagaki Yugo Y Zhao June J Kim Hyosung H Yajima Toshitaka T Sarai Nobuaki N
Clinical and experimental nephrology 20201024 2
<h4>Background</h4>Hyperkalemia is associated with many chronic diseases and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor therapy. Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC), an oral, highly selective cation-exchanger, is approved for the treatment of hyperkalemia.<h4>Methods</h4>This phase 3, multicenter, open-label, single-arm, flexible-dose study assessed the safety and efficacy of SZC in Japanese patients with hyperkalemia during a correction phase of up to 3 days and long-term (1 year) maintena ...[more]