Study of Roxadustat Conversion in Participants Receiving Stable Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agent (ESA) or as Initial Anemia Treatment in Chronic Dialysis Participants

Key Inclusion Criteria:

• Receiving chronic dialysis for end stage renal disease (ESRD)
• Vascular access must be a functioning native arteriovenous fistula or graft with adequate flow in the opinion of the investigator, or permanent tunneled catheter
• Screening hemoglobin criteria (based on central lab value; measured within 10 days prior to initiating Roxadustat treatment: Participants converting from CERA: screening heamoglobin was between 9.0 to 12.0 g/dL; Participants initiating anemia treatment: <10.0 g/dL
• Ferritin ≥ 50 nanograms (ng)/milliliter (mL), Transferrin saturation (TSAT) ≥ 10% at screening
• Participant's alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) are ≤3 x upper limit of normal (ULN), and total bilirubin (TBL) is ≤1.5 x ULN at screening and prior to initiating roxadustat treatment.
• Body weight between 45.0 to 160.0 kg

Key Exclusion Criteria:

• Red blood cell (RBC) transfusion within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• Known history of myelodysplastic syndrome or multiple myeloma
• Known hereditary hematologic disease or other known causes for anemia other than chronic kidney disease (CKD)
• Known chronic inflammatory disease that is determined by the investigator to be the primary cause of anemia
• Active or chronic gastrointestinal bleeding
• Treated with iron-chelating agents within 4 weeks prior to enrollment
• History of New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV congestive heart failure
• History of myocardial infarction (MI), acute coronary syndrome, stroke, seizure, or a thrombotic/thromboembolic event (excluding vascular dialysis access stenosis/thrombosis) within 12 weeks prior to enrollment
• Uncontrolled hypertension, in the opinion of the Investigator
• Diagnosis or suspicion of renal cell carcinoma as shown on renal imaging performed within 24 weeks prior to enrollment
• History of malignancy, except for cancers determined to be cured or in remission for ≥2 years, curatively resected basal cell or squamous cell skin cancers, cervical cancer in situ, or resected colonic polyps