Briefcase

Challenges in Anemia in CKD

Launch Date
11/30/2023
Credit Amount
0.5
Credit Expires
11/30/2024
This activity is part of a series

Faculty

Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA
Senior Associate Dean for Postgraduate Medical Education
Director, Master in Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation (MMSCI) program
Harvard Medical School
Physician, Renal Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA

Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP, MBA, is a senior nephrologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the Senior Associate Dean for Postgraduate Medical Education at Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts as well as the Director of the Master of Medical Sciences in Clinical Investigation (MMSCI) program. He is the Co-PI for the Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence (PGCoE) Lead for Education.

Dr. Singh completed his undergraduate and medical training at the University College London School of Medicine in London, England. He moved to Boston in 1987 for his clinical and research renal fellowship at Tufts Medical Center and joined the Tufts University faculty in 1992. In 1998, he became the Clinical Director of the Renal Division and Director of Dialysis Services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, one of the principal teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School. He joined the faculty at HMS as an Associate Professor of Medicine.

Dr. Singh’s interests are in clinical research with a particular focus on the anemia of chronic kidney disease. He led groundbreaking studies in this field that include the CHOIR study, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. He served as a member of the steering committees for the TREAT and DRIVE studies. More recently, he has taken on the role of leading the ASCEND clinical development program — a phase III program of seven trials for the development of a novel prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor Daprodustat. Four of these trials have been published over the past year in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, and CJASN.

Dr. Singh is the author of over 160 original contributions and review articles, as well as the author/editor of 11 books on internal medicine and nephrology. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London.

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Statement of Need

Anemia is chronically undermanaged in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients and its etiology is poorly understood. Only 15% and 68% of CKD patients with anemia and severe anemia, respectively, received an official diagnosis; less than a quarter of diagnosed anemic patients and less than half of diagnosed severely anemic patients received treatment. The treatment goal of anemia is an increase in iron measures, yet safety concerns surround treatment options and leave guidelines nebulous. The benefits of options such as oral iron, intravenous iron, and erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) therapy must furthermore be balanced against significant adverse effects. A novel agent class known as hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors (HIF-PHIs) expands anemia treatment options for dialysis-dependent (DD) CKD patients; its optimization, however, is reliant on adequate knowledge. It is thus imperative that clinicians are appraised on this emerging agent class.

In the second activity of this CME Outfitters BriefCase series, expert faculty utilize case-based learning to utilize the latest data on novel therapies in clinical decision-making and guide learners through how best to address unmet needs in the treatment of anemia due to CKD.

Learning Objective

Utilize the latest data on novel therapies in clinical decision-making to address unmet needs in the treatment of anemia due to CKD

Financial Support

This educational activity is supported by an educational grant from GSK.

Target Audience

Physicians, physician associates (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), nurses, and pharmacists specializing in nephrology or primary care

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Dr. Singh reports the following financial relationships:

Consultant: Allucent; Bayer; Chinook Therapeutics Inc.; Entrada Therapeutic, Inc.; GSK; Nephrology Times; and Zydus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Disclosures were obtained from the following CME Outfitters, LLC, staff, with no disclosures to report:

  • Jeffrey Helfand, DO (peer review)
  • Karla E. Crews, MSN, RN (peer review)
  • Keshia Pitt, PhD (planning committee)
  • John Jones, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)
  • Sandra Caballero, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

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Challenges in Anemia in CKD
Event Date: 11/30/2023
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