A total of 100 patients were identified as receiving at least one 300-mg dose of elemental iron i.v. as iron sucrose. Of these patients, 73 had NDDCKD; the remaining 27 patients had a CL cr of ≥ ...

Iron repletion is a very common and necessary therapy for patients with NDDCKD. Oral iron supplementation is frequently not tolerated and sometimes inadequate to replete the body's iron stores.