PMID- 30859218 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210112 LR - 20210112 IS - 1460-2385 (Electronic) IS - 0931-0509 (Print) IS - 0931-0509 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 10 DP - 2020 Oct 1 TI - One-year safety and efficacy of intravenous etelcalcetide in patients on hemodialysis with secondary hyperparathyroidism. PG - 1769-1778 LID - 10.1093/ndt/gfz039 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Secondary hyperparathyroidism (sHPT), a common complication of chronic kidney disease, is characterized by elevated serum parathyroid hormone (PTH). Etelcalcetide is an intravenous calcimimetic that increases sensitivity of the calcium-sensing receptor to calcium and decreases PTH secretion. This open-label extension (OLE) trial evaluated the long-term effects of etelcalcetide for sHPT treatment in patients receiving hemodialysis. METHODS: This 52-week, multicenter, single-arm OLE enrolled patients from three parent trials: two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials and one open-label, single-arm, 'switch' study from cinacalcet to etelcalcetide. The primary endpoint was to investigate the nature, frequency, severity and relation to treatment of all adverse events (AEs) reported throughout the trial. Secondary endpoints included the proportion of patients with >30% reduction from baseline in PTH and the percentage change from baseline in PTH, albumin-corrected calcium (Ca), phosphate (P) and the calcium-phosphate product (Ca x P).ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01785875; Amgen study: 20120231. RESULTS: Overall, 89.8% of the patients experienced one or more treatment-emergent AE. The most common were decreased blood Ca (43.3%), diarrhea (10.8%), vomiting (10.4%) and nausea (9.6%); symptomatic hypocalcemia occurred in 3.7% of the patients. Approximately 68% of patients achieved >30% reduction in PTH, and approximately 56% achieved PTH