The main body of this study has 5 intervention arms, 4 VS-505 treatment arms of various dosage plus 1 active control arm of Sevelamer Carbonate, each consists 25 subjects. Prior to this main part, a dose escalating cohort of 25 subjects is added to evaluate the tolerability of VS-505 in Chinese patient population.
A multi-center, open-label, parallel-design, active-controlled phase 2 study to evaluate the tolerability, safety and efficacy of various dosages of VS-505 compared with Sevelamer Carbonate when given orally with meal for 6 weeks to treat hyperphosphatemia in chronic kidney disease subjects receiving maintenance hemodialysis.