缺氧誘導因子脯氨醯羥化酶抑制劑(hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors, HIF-PHIs)可刺激紅血球生成並調節鐵代謝。在第二期及第三期臨床試驗中,口服HIF-PHIs在慢性腎臟病(chronic kidney disease, CKD)患者及透析患者的貧血治療中,顯現不亞於epoetin alfa的效果。口服HIF-PHIs相較傳統的epoetin alfa注射提升較多的血色素、血中鐵離子濃度更為穩定、鐵調素(hepcidin)濃度下降較多,且藥物安全性方面兩者不相上下。綜合以上結論,口服HIF-PHIs有望成為除了紅血球生成刺激劑注射之外治療貧血的選擇。
Hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors (HIF-PHIs) stimulates erythropoiesis and regulates iron metabolism. In phase 2 and phase 3 trials, oral HIF-PHIs was noninferior to parenteral epoetin alfa as therapy for anemia. Comparing to epoetin alfa group, oral HIF-PHIs group has numerically greater mean (± standard deviation) change in hemoglobin level from baseline, and mean serum iron level was clinically stable, with an increase in the transferrin level and total iron-binding capacity. It has also shown comparative safety to epoetin alfa. As a result, oral HIF-PHIs may be an alternative to ESAs (erythropoiesis stimulating agents) injections for treating anemia among chronic kidney disease and patients receiving dialysis.