Safety and efficacy of etelcalcetide, an intravenous calcimimetic, for up to 52 weeks in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism: results of a post-marketing surveillance in Japan.
Keitaro YokoyamaMasafumi FukagawaTakashi ShigematsuTakashi AkibaKen YoshikawaAkira TsuchiyaMisato KuwabaraTadao AkizawaPublished in: Clinical and experimental nephrology (2020)
This was the first real-world, large-scale, long-term observational PMS of etelcalcetide in Japan. We did not observe any new safety concerns. Etelcalcetide was associated with clinically relevant improvements in serum iPTH and maintenance of serum cCa, P, and ALP levels.