Kremezin Study Against Renal Disease Progression in Korea

Summary

1. To evaluate the effectiveness of AST-120 (spherical carbon adsorbent) added to standard-of-care therapy in moderate to severe Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD III-IV), on time to first occurrence of any event of the triple composite outcome of initiation of renal replacement therapy, decline of eGFR 50% or more or doubling of serum creatinine (sCr) when compared with standard-of-care group; 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of AST-120 (spherical carbon adsorbent) to GFR and proteinuria; 3. To evaluate the effectiveness of AST-120 (spherical carbon adsorbent) to health related quality of life; 4. To evaluate the safety and tolerability of long-term AST-120 therapy in patients with CKD; 5. To evaluate the all-cause mortality and hospitalization apart from those planned for operation and intervention)

Timeline

Start

2009-03

Primary completion

2013-09

Completion

2013-09

Publications

• Baek SH, Cha RH, Kang SW, Park CW, Cha DR, Kim SG, Yoon SA, Kim S, Han SY, Park JH, Chang JH, Lim CS, Kim YS, Na KY. Circulating renalase predicts all-cause mortality and renal outcomes in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease. Korean J Intern Med. 2019 Jul;34(4):858-866. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2017.058. Epub 2017 Nov 29.
• Lee SW, Kim S, Na KY, Cha RH, Kang SW, Park CW, Cha DR, Kim SG, Yoon SA, Han SY, Park JH, Chang JH, Lim CS, Kim YS. Serum Anion Gap Predicts All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Study. PLoS One. 2016 Jun 1;11(6):e0156381. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156381. eCollection 2016.

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