SynthesisRenal failure2023
The efficacy and safety of roxadustat for anemia in patients with dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Renal failure, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Effect of Roxadustat on Cardiovascular System and Malnutrition-Inflammation-Atherosclerosis (MIA) Syndrome in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study
Effect of Roxadustat on Bone and Neuropsychiatric Aspects in End Stage Kidney Disease Patients on Hemodialysis
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Long-term safety and effectiveness of roxadustat in Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease-associated anemia: The ROXSTAR registry.Chinese medical journal · 2025Trial
- Safety Profile of Roxadustat in Anemic Patients: A Meta-Analysis of 21 RCTs.Medeniyet medical journal · 2025Article
- Network meta-analysis of HIF-prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors for anemia in dialysis-dependent and non-dialysis CKD: effects on hemoglobin, iron markers, and adverse clinical outcomes.BMC nephrology · 2025Article
- Review
- Roxadustat for renal anemia: current clinical experience.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Pharmacological induction of the hypoxia response pathway in Huh7 hepatoma cells limits proliferation but increases resilience under metabolic stress.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis meta-analysis aims to assess the efficacy and safety of roxadustat in treating anemia patients with dialysis-dependent (DD) chronic kidney disease (CKD).
methodsWe comprehensively searched 5 databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating roxadustat for anemia in DD-CKD patients. RevMan 5.0 was used to extract and synthesize data for meta-analysis.
resultsTen different RCTs (9 studies) and 5698 DD-CKD patients with anemia were included. Our findings revealed that when compared to the erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) group, the roxadustat group showed increased hemoglobin levels [MD (Mean Difference) 0.25 g/dL (95%CI 0.14 g/dL to 0.36 g/dL),
conclusionsThe hemoglobin levels of DD-CKD patients were significantly increased and not affected by the inflammatory state after roxadustat treatment. Roxadustat also improved iron utilization, and it was not associated with higher treatment-emergent adverse events, treatment-emergent serious adverse events, and major adverse cardiovascular events when compared to ESAs.
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