Drug updated on 10/24/2024
Dosage Form | Tablet (oral; 5 mg, 20 mg, 50 mg) |
Drug Class | Pyruvate kinase activators |
Ongoing and Completed Studies | ClinicalTrials.gov |
Indication
- Indicated for the treatment of hemolytic anemia in adults with pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency
Latest News
Summary
- This summary is based on the review of three randomized controlled trial(s). [1-3]
- Mitapivat led to significant improvements in markers of iron overload and ineffective erythropoiesis in non-regularly transfused adults with pyruvate kinase deficiency, including reductions in liver iron concentration (M/M arm: -2.0 mg Fe/g dry weight, P/M arm: -1.8 mg Fe/g dry weight by week 96).
- In regularly transfused adults, mitapivat reduced the transfusion burden by at least 33% in 37% of participants in the ACTIVATE (a specific clinical trial)-T trial.
- Hemoglobin levels increased significantly in 40% of non-regularly transfused adults treated with mitapivat, with no response in the placebo group, alongside improvements in secondary endpoints like markers of hemolysis and patient-reported outcomes.
- Common adverse events included increased alanine aminotransferase (37%), headache (37%), increased aspartate aminotransferase (19%), fatigue (19%), and nausea (19%). Two grade 3 treatment-emergent adverse events were related to mitapivat: joint swelling (4%) and increased aspartate aminotransferase (4%). No treatment-related deaths were reported.
- Grade 3 or higher adverse events occurred in 25% of patients in the mitapivat group and 13% in the placebo group. No new safety signals were identified.
- There is no population types or subgroups information available in the reviewed documents.
Product Monograph / Prescribing Information
Document Title | Year | Source |
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Pyrukynd (mitapivat) Prescribing Information. | 2022 | Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA |
Randomized Controlled Trials
Document Title | Sex Distribution | Year | Source |
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Mitapivat improves ineffective erythropoiesis and iron overload in adult patients with pyruvate kinase deficiency | 80Subjects F: 60% M: 40% | 2024 | Blood Advances |
Mitapivat in adult patients with pyruvate kinase deficiency receiving regular transfusions (ACTIVATE-T): a multicentre, open-label, single-arm, phase 3 trial | 27Subjects F: 74% M: 26% | 2022 | The Lancet |
Mitapivat versus Placebo for Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency | 80Subjects F: 60% M: 40% | 2022 | The New England Journal of Medicine |
Document Title
Sex Distribution:
F:60%
M:40%
80Subjects
Year:
2024
Source:Blood Advances
Sex Distribution:
F:74%
M:26%
27Subjects
Year:
2022
Source:The Lancet
Document Title
Sex Distribution:
F:60%
M:40%
80Subjects
Year:
2022
Source:The New England Journal of Medicine