SynthesisMedicine2016
Rituximab shows no effect on remission in patients with refractory nephrotic syndrome: A MOOSE-compliant meta-analysis.
Synthesis in 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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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Treatment Effects in Randomized and Nonrandomized Studies of Pharmacological Interventions: A Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- Exploration of rituximab treatment strategies for membranous nephropathy adapted to the Chinese healthcare environment.BMC nephrology · 2025Article
- Traditional Chinese Medicine for Refractory Nephrotic Syndrome: Strategies and Promising Treatments.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Review
- Rituximab versus tacrolimus as corticosteroid-sparing therapy for children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized controlled trials.Tzu chi medical journalArticle
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Abstract
To assess the efficacy of rituximab in treatment of refractory nephrotic syndrome (NS) compared with other agents.Studies were searched from Web of Science, PubMed, and CNKI up to April 2016. The standardized mean difference or relative risk or odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals were used to assess the efficacy of rituximab treatment compared with other agents in refractory NS.Totally, 8 studies were included. The present study showed that there was a significant higher relapse-free survival rate in rituximab group than that in the other agents group. Compared with other agents, rituximab did not significantly improve the complete and overall remission rate, serum albumin levels. Rituximab also did not decrease the serum creatinine, urinary protein, and serum cholesterol levels. However, compared with other agents, the adult patients had a higher serum cholesterol levels after treatment with rituximab.Rituximab promised to be a new agent in the treatment of refractory NS; it also could be used as an alternative to conventional immunosuppressive drugs-dependent or drugs-resistant. However, more high-quality, large sample, and multicenter randomized controlled trials are needed to further confirm the efficacy of rituximab in treatment of refractory NS.
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