title: [Is the management of anemia in hemodialysis patients improving in France? Results of the DiaNE study].
abstract: French and international clinical practice guidelines recommend a minimum hemoglobin level of 11 g/dl in patients with chronic kidney disease. Previous studies implemented between 1996 and 2003 showed that only 35 to 55% the patients reach this target. Dialysis NeoRecormon Epidemiology (DiaNE) is a one-year French multicentric observational study designed to follow a cohort of 1200 patients with ESRD treated with epoetin beta to assess the management of anemia in routine nephrologic practice. From December 2003 to September 2004, 1241 hemodialysis patients were recruited by 229 centers. At baseline, 64.4% of patients had hemoglobin levels greater than 11 g/dl. The proportion of patients with hemoglobin levels greater than 11 g/dl at the end of the study was 71.6%. These results could be partly explained by iron deficiency: 46% of patients had a serum ferritin between 200 and 500 microg/l and about one third of patients had a transferrin-iron saturation percentage greater or equal to 30% at baseline and at the end of the study. Epoetin beta was administrated by subcutaneous route in 65.5% of patients with similar efficacy and with less mean doses than intravenous route (114.6+/-81.5 IU/kg versus 146.5+/-124.3 IU/kg at the end of the study). In conclusion, the management of anemia in hemodialysis patients is not optimal but is slightly better than the management observed between 1996 and 2003. Iron and inflammatory status should be taken into account to improve the efficacy of anemia therapy using erythropoietin-stimulating agents.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, CHU Brabois, rue du Morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy cedex, France. m.kessler@chu-nancy.fr
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Landais
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Canivet
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yver
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bataille
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brillet
authors.forename: Bénédicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Commenges
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koné
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015415:Biomarkers; D015897:Comorbidity; D019468:Disease Management; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000453:epidemiology; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C103998:epoetin beta; D004921:Erythropoietin; D007501:Iron