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ReviewKidney international reports2019

Strategies for Phosphate Control in Patients With CKD.

Fellype Carvalho Barreto, Daniela Veit Barreto, Ziad A Massy, Tilman B Drüeke

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In one paragraph

Review in Kidney international reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Palopegteriparatide for adults with chronic hypoparathyroidism: skeletal dynamics through 3 years of the phase 2 PaTH forward trial.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2026
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  12. Phosphate and Inflammation in Health and Kidney Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. Soft tissue calcifications in chronic kidney disease-beyond the vasculature.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2025
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  16. Elevated phosphate levels in CKD - a direct threat for the heart.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2025
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  18. Tenapanor: A novel therapeutic agent for dialysis patients with hyperphosphatemia.Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy · 2025
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2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Fellype Carvalho BarretoService of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Daniela Veit BarretoService of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Ziad A MassyInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U-1018, Team 5, Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations, Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (Paris-Ile-de-France-Ouest University), Paris-Sud University and Paris Saclay University, Villejuif, France.
Tilman B DrüekeInstitut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U-1018, Team 5, Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations, Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (Paris-Ile-de-France-Ouest University), Paris-Sud University and Paris Saclay University, Villejuif, France.
Universidade Federal do Paraná · BRHôpital Ambroise-Paré · FRUniversité Paris-Saclay · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperphosphatemia is a common complication in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly in those requiring renal replacement therapy. The importance of controlling serum phosphate has long been recognized based on observational epidemiological studies that linked increased phosphate levels to adverse outcomes and higher mortality risk. Experimental data further supported the role of phosphate in the development of bone and cardiovascular diseases. Recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms involved in phosphate homeostasis have made it clear that the serum phosphate concentration depends on a complex interplay among the kidneys, intestinal tract, and bone, and is tightly regulated by a complex endocrine system. Moreover, the source of dietary phosphate and the use of phosphate-based additives in industrialized foods are additional factors that are of particular importance in CKD. Not surprisingly, the management of hyperphosphatemia is difficult, and, despite a multifaceted approach, it remains unsuccessful in many patients. An additional issue is the fact that the supposedly beneficial effect of phosphate lowering on hard clinical outcomes in interventional trials is a matter of ongoing debate. In this review, we discuss currently available treatment approaches for controlling hyperphosphatemia, including dietary phosphate restriction, reduction of intestinal phosphate absorption, phosphate removal by dialysis, and management of renal osteodystrophy, with particular focus on practical challenges and limitations, and on potential benefits and harms.

Indexed as

chronic kidney diseasedialysisdiethyperphosphatemiaphosphate bindersrenal osteodysthrophy

Identifiers

PMID31440695
PMCPMC6698320
OpenAlexW2951533026

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