Comparison of changes in iron, hematologic, and erythropoietic parameters in 6- to 7-week-old Townes sickle mice treated with 60 mg/kg vamifeport twice daily for 6 weeks and 8- to 12-week-old β-thalassemia intermedia (th3/+) mice3 treated with 30 or 100 mg/kg vamifeport twice daily for 36 days
| Selected outcomes | Townes sickle mice | Th3/+ β-thalassemia mice | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Marker | Compared with control | Response to vamifeport | Compared with control | Response to vamifeport |
| Iron |
Serum | High | ↓ | Similar | ↓ |
| Liver | High | ↔ | High | ↔ | |
| Liver incorporation | High | ↓ | High | ↓ | |
| Hematologic | Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration | Low | ↓ | Low | ↑ |
| Mean corpuscular hemoglobin | High | ↓ | Low | ↓ | |
| Mean corpuscular volume | High | ↓ | Low | ↓ | |
| Red blood cells | Similar | ↔ | Low (slight) | ↑ | |
| Hemoglobin | Low | ↔ | Low | ↑ | |
| Erythropoietic |
Reticulocytes | High | ↔ | High | ↓ |
| Splenic index | High | ↓ | High | ↓ | |
| Mature marrow erythrocytes | Low | ↔ | Low | ↑ | |
All mice were fed low-iron chow at the onset of treatment and received iron supplemented water in the 6-hour timeframe between vamifeport doses.