Does Oral Pentoxifylline Administration Improve Hemoglobin in Hemodialysis Patients?

Summary

Our study investigated the effect of using a known drug used in intermittent claudication (named pentoxifylline) as an adjuvant to erythropoietin stimulating agents to improve anemia of hemodialysis patients.

Timeline

Start

2017-11-01

Primary completion

2018-05-03

Completion

2018-05-04

Publications

• Background Del Vecchio L, Locatelli F. Anemia in chronic kidney disease patients: treatment recommendations and emerging therapies. Expert Rev Hematol. 2014 Aug;7(4):495-506. doi: 10.1586/17474086.2014.941349.
• Background Kuragano T, Kitamura K, Matsumura O, Matsuda A, Hara T, Kiyomoto H, Murata T, Fujimoto S, Hase H, Joki N, Fukatsu A, Inoue T, Itakura Y, Nakanishi T. ESA Hyporesponsiveness Is Associated with Adverse Events in Maintenance Hemodialysis (MHD) Patients, But Not with Iron Storage. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 2;11(3):e0147328. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147328. eCollection 2016.
• Background Cooper A, Mikhail A, Lethbridge MW, Kemeny DM, Macdougall IC. Pentoxifylline improves hemoglobin levels in patients with erythropoietin-resistant anemia in renal failure. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2004 Jul;15(7):1877-82. doi: 10.1097/01.asn.0000131523.17045.56.
• Background Gonzalez-Espinoza L, Rojas-Campos E, Medina-Perez M, Pena-Quintero P, Gomez-Navarro B, Cueto-Manzano AM. Pentoxifylline decreases serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin 6 and C-reactive protein in hemodialysis patients: results of a randomized double-blind, controlled clinical trial. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 May;27(5):2023-8. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfr579. Epub 2011 Oct 3.

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