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. 2022 Aug 18;140(7):669–670. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022017209

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.