Heart failure hope? roxadustat tested for anemia and kidney disease
NCT ID NCT07268807
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether roxadustat, a drug for anemia in chronic kidney disease, can also help people with heart failure. Researchers will review medical records of 200 patients who took roxadustat for at least a year. They will check heart function, symptoms, and major events like hospitalizations or death.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- roxadustat
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that roxadustat helps manage heart failure and anemia in people with chronic kidney disease, potentially improving their heart function and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, retrospective study that looks back at past data, not a controlled trial. Results may not prove cause and effect, and the drug may not work as hoped in larger, future studies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Heart Failure Patients with Anaemia and Moderate-to-Severe Chronic Kidney Disease
- Ages
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18 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * aged 18-85 years, regardless of gender; * fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for heart failure and chronic kidney disease; * haemoglobin level \<130 g/L for men or \<120 g/L for women at baseline; * had regularly received Roxadustat for over one year; * possessed complete clinical data, including information from pre-specified time points. Exclusion Criteria: * comorbid myelodysplastic syndromes, multiple myeloma, hereditary hematologic diseases (e.g., thalassemia, sickle cell anaemia, pure red cell aplasia), hemosiderosis, hemochromatosis, or other disorders confirmed to cause anaemia due to erythrocyte destruction and/or abnormal hematopoietic function; * haemoglobin level ≤45 g/L on two or more blood tests, a history of major bleeding within one year, or a history of anaemia corrected by blood transfusion; * bilateral nephrectomy, kidney transplantation within ≤6 months, or congenital kidney diseases (e.g., polycystic kidney disease); * hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy or congenital heart disease with right-to-left shunt; * comorbid malignancy with an investigator-assessed life expectancy of less than 12 months; * pregnancy or lactation; * known allergy to the study drug (active ingredient or excipients); * participation in a drug clinical trial within one year.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Zhongda hospital Southeast University
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210000, China
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