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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2016

Clinical study of Shengxuening tablet combined with rHuEPO for the treatment of renal anemia of maintenance hemodialysis patients.

Xin Cheng, Guojun Yu, Jiangping Hu, Xuefeng Xu, Fang Luo, Ping Shen, Guosheng Zhang, Ning Yang

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xin ChengDivision of Nephrology, Zhengzhou TCM Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, P.R. China.
Guojun YuDivision of Nephrology, The Affiliated Hospital of Henan Province Chinese Medicine Research Institute, Zhengzhou, Henan 450004, P.R. China.
Jiangping HuDivision of Nephrology, Zhengzhou TCM Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, P.R. China.
Xuefeng XuDivision of Nephrology, Zhengzhou TCM Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, P.R. China.
Fang LuoDivision of Endocrinology, Zhengzhou Central Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450007, P.R. China.
Ping ShenDivision of Nephrology, Zhengzhou TCM Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, P.R. China.
Guosheng ZhangDivision of Nephrology, Zhengzhou TCM Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, P.R. China.
Ning YangDepartment of Science and Education, Zhengzhou TCM Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, P.R. China.
Zhengzhou City Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Henan University · CNZhengzhou Central Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical effects of Shengxuening tablet (silkworm excrement) combined with recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) for the treatment of renal anemia of maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Seventy-two MHD patients with renal anemia were included in the study and randomly divided into the control (n=34) and observation (n=38) groups. Patients in the control group were treated by hypodermic injection of 100-150 U/(kg·w) rHuEPO and patients in the observation group were treated by rHuEPO + 1.0 g t.i.d. p.o. Shengxuening tablet. The two groups were assisted by conventional treatments including iron, folic acid, vitamin B12 and L-carnitine. After 3 and 6 months, improvement of anemia was compared. After 3 months, the hemoglobin, hematocrit, serum ferritin and transferrin saturation levels of the observation group were significantly higher than those of the control group (p<0.05). In addition, C-reactive protein and superoxide dismutase levels of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group (p<0.05). After 6 months, indices of the observation group were ameliorated while the improvement of control group was not obvious, and indices of the observation group were significantly higher than those of the control group (p<0.05). Consumption of rHuEPO in the observation group was significantly less than that of the control group, and the total effective rate was significantly higher than that of the control group (p<0.05). In conclusion, Shengxuening tablet combined with rHuEPO was safe and effective for the treatment of renal anemia of MHD patients.

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maintenance hemodialysis patientsrecombinant human erythropoietinrenal anemiaShengxuening tablet

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