Impact of HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors in heart failure patients with renal anemia

• Published in: BMC research notes 2024-03, Vol.17 (1), p.60-60, Article 60
• Main Authors: Kambara, Takahiro, Shibata, Rei, Sakamoto, Yuusuke, Sakaguchi, Teruhiro, Osanai, Hiroyuki, Nakashima, Yoshihito, Asano, Hiroshi, Murohara, Toyoaki, Ajioka, Masayoshi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anemia; Cardiology; Cardiovascular disease; Comorbidity; Congestive heart failure; Drug dosages; Ferritin; Heart failure; Hematocrit; Hemoglobin; HIF-PH inhibitor; Hypoxia-inducible factors; Iron; NT-proBNP; Patients; Prolyl hydroxylase; Renal anemia; Renal failure; TSAT
• ISSN: 1756-0500; 1756-0500
• DOI: 10.1186/s13104-024-06726-7

Hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) inhibitors are a new class of anti-anemia agents. We retrospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of HIF-PH inhibitors in patients with heart failure (HF) complicated by anemia associated with chronic kidney disase. HIF-PH inhibitor treatment was initiated in 32 patients with chronic HF complicated by renal anemia and were followed up for 3 months. Hematocrit and hemoglobin levels markedly improved 3 months after HIF-PH inhibitor treatment. However, levels of NT-proBNP, which is an indicator of HF, did not decrease considerably. Based on the rate of change in NT-proBNP, we divided the patients into "responder" and "non-responder" groups. The results showed that considerably more patients had a ferritin level of less than 100 ng/mL in the non-responder group at baseline. There were substantially more patients with TSAT of less than 20% in the non-responder group at 1 month after HIF-PH inhibitor treatment. The cut-off values to maximize the predictive power of ferritin level at baseline and TSAT value at 1 month after treatment were 41.8 ng/ml and 20.75. HIF-PH inhibitor treatment can be expected to be effective for improving both anemia and HF if ferritin≥41.8 ng/ml at baseline or TSAT≥20.75 at 1 month after treatment.