HX575 Epoetin Alfa Subcutaneously (s.c.) in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (SENSE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01576341 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 12, 2012
Results First Posted : June 19, 2017
Last Update Posted : June 19, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Chronic Kidney Disease | Drug: HX575 epoetin alfa (Sandoz) | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 417 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Open Label, Single Arm, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of HX575 Epoetin Alfa in the Treatment of Anemia Associated With Chronic Kidney Disease in Pre-dialysis and Dialysis Patients |
Study Start Date : | April 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: HX575 epoetin alfa (Sandoz)
Single arm
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Drug: HX575 epoetin alfa (Sandoz)
Eligible patients are scheduled to receive HX575 (INN: Epoetin alfa) as a solution for injection in order to achieve or maintain the correction of renal anemia.
Other Name: Binocrit®, Epoetin alfa HEXAL®, Novicrit®, Abseamed® |
- Anti-Erythropoietin (EPO) Antibodies [ Time Frame: 52 weeks ]The incidence of antibody formation against epoetin in Radio-immuno-precipitation (RIP) assay
- Hemoglobin Level and Change From Baseline Period at Visit 16 (End of Study) [ Time Frame: 52 weeks ]Actual values of hemoglobin levels at end of study visit and change from Baseline Period (Week -4 to Week -1)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Main Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult male and female patients w or w/o dialysis treatment
- Stable i.v. or s.c. maintenance therapy with an EU-approved ESA treatment or ESA naïve.
- Adequate iron substitution
Main Exclusion Criteria:
- History of Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA) or anti-erythropoietin (EPO) antibodies
- Contraindications for ESA therapy
- Serum albumin < 3.0 g/dL
- Immunocompromized patients (immunosuppressive treatment, chemotherapy)
- Hepatitis C infection on an active treatment or hepatitis B or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Symptomatic congestive heart failure, Unstable angina pectoris, or myocardial infarction within 6 months
- History of malignancy of any organ system within the last 5 years
- History of use of any non-EU approved ESA

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01576341

Study Chair: | Sandoz Biopharmaceuticals | Sandoz |
Responsible Party: | Sandoz |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01576341 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
HX575-308 2011-002871-40 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | April 12, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | June 19, 2017 |
Last Update Posted: | June 19, 2017 |
Last Verified: | April 2017 |
Epoetin alfa, ESA, HX575, CKD |
Kidney Diseases Renal Insufficiency, Chronic Urologic Diseases |
Renal Insufficiency Epoetin Alfa Hematinics |