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SynthesisComputational and mathematical methods in medicine2022

Rituximab May Have Positive Effect on Refractory Nephrotic Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.

Jingjing Lin, Jia Sun

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Synthesis in Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jingjing LinNephrology Department, First People's Hospital of Linping District, Hangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6928-5361
Jia SunNephrology Department, First People's Hospital of Linping District, Hangzhou, China.
Hangzhou First People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: This study was aimed at demonstrating the role of rituximab (RTX) on the influence of nephrotic syndrome (NS) and on urinary protein which was not significant. Methods: The clinical randomized controlled trials were performed by eight databases. Meanwhile, the confidence interval (CI) of either relative risk or mean difference was set to 95%. Besides, the heterogeneity of the research results is tested by Results: A total of 1658 references were found using the search method. This meta-analysis will be done by the ultimately eight different studies. Each study is described as random controlled trial. According to these eight studies, the remission of test group and control group was quite higher (OR: 1.60; 95% Cl: 1.17, 2.20; Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that rituximab (RTX) may be effective in RNS, as evidenced by remission rates and serum albumin. However, the effect on urinary protein was not significant. The clear evidence is missing in this literature. Therefore, large sample, multicenter, low risk of bias clinical studies, as well as basic medical research, is needed.

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Nephrotic SyndromeHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRituximabSerum AlbuminTreatment OutcomeRituximabSerum Albumin

Identifiers

PMID35813445
PMCPMC9262522
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