Mitapivat

(Pyrukynd®)

Pyrukynd®

Drug updated on 10/24/2024

Dosage FormTablet (oral; 5 mg, 20 mg, 50 mg)
Drug ClassPyruvate kinase activators
Ongoing and
Completed Studies
ClinicalTrials.gov

Indication

  • Indicated for the treatment of hemolytic anemia in adults with pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency

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Summary
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  • 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 TitleYearSource
Pyrukynd (mitapivat) Prescribing Information.2022Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Randomized Controlled Trials


Sex Distribution:

F:60%
M:40%
80Subjects

Year:

2024

Source:Blood Advances


Sex Distribution:

F:60%
M:40%
80Subjects

Year:

2022

Source:The New England Journal of Medicine