Pentoxifylline Administration in Hemodialysis Patients

Summary

The aim of the study is to assess the impact of pentoxifylline administration on the modulation of hyporesponsiveness to erythropoietin stimulating agents in hemodialysis patients

Timeline

Start

2019-10

Primary completion

2020-04

Completion

2020-04

Publications

• Background Weiss G, Goodnough LT. Anemia of chronic disease. N Engl J Med. 2005 Mar 10;352(10):1011-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra041809. No abstract available.
• Background Johnson DW, Pollock CA, Macdougall IC. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent hyporesponsiveness. Nephrology (Carlton). 2007 Aug;12(4):321-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2007.00810.x.
• 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 Ferrari P, Mallon D, Trinder D, Olynyk JK. Pentoxifylline improves haemoglobin and interleukin-6 levels in chronic kidney disease. Nephrology (Carlton). 2010 Apr;15(3):344-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2009.01203.x.
• Background Goicoechea M, Garcia de Vinuesa S, Quiroga B, Verdalles U, Barraca D, Yuste C, Panizo N, Verde E, Munoz MA, Luno J. Effects of pentoxifylline on inflammatory parameters in chronic kidney disease patients: a randomized trial. J Nephrol. 2012 Nov-Dec;25(6):969-75. doi: 10.5301/jn.5000077.
• Background Ogawa T, Nitta K. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent hyporesponsiveness in end-stage renal disease patients. Contrib Nephrol. 2015;185:76-86. doi: 10.1159/000380972. Epub 2015 May 19.
• Background Shahbazian H, Ghorbani A, Zafar-Mohtashami A, Balali A, AleAli A, Lashkarara GR. Administration of pentoxifylline to improve anemia of hemodialysis patients. J Renal Inj Prev. 2016 Nov 26;6(1):61-64. doi: 10.15171/jrip.2017.11. eCollection 2017.

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