No. | Study | Citation | Arm | Serum Creatinine | Proteinuria | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Response | Arm Size | Response | Arm Size | ||||
1 | Appel, 2009 | 18 | CYC | 125 | 185 | 50 | 185 |
MMF | 130 | 185 | 44 | 185 | |||
2 | Chan, 2005 | 19 | CYC | 23 | 31 | ||
MMF | 24 | 33 | |||||
3 | Chen, 2011 | 20 | CYC | 33 | 39 | 15 | 39 |
Tac | 38 | 42 | 22 | 42 | |||
4 | Donadio, 1972 | 21 | AZA | 2 | 7 | ||
Prednisone alone | 2 | 9 | |||||
5 | Donadio, 1976 | 17 | CYC | 4 | 19 | ||
Prednisone alone | 2 | 20 | |||||
6 | El-Shafey, 2010 | 22 | CYC | 5 | 23 | 5 | 23 |
MMF | 6 | 24 | 6 | 24 | |||
7 | Ginzler, 2005 | 23 | CYC | 4 | 69 | 4 | 69 |
MMF | 16 | 71 | 16 | 71 | |||
8 | Hahn, 1975 | 24 | AZA | 8 | 11 | ||
Prednisone alone | 8 | 10 | |||||
9 | Li, 2012 | 9 | CYC | 6 | 20 | ||
MMF | 9 | 20 | |||||
Tac | 9 | 20 | |||||
10 | Miyasaka, 2009 | 25 | Tac | 4 | 27 | ||
Prednisone alone | 1 | 33 | |||||
11 | Ong, 2005 | 26 | CYC | 3 | 25 | ||
MMF | 5 | 19 | |||||
12 | Ren, 2007 | 27 | CYC | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
Tac | 6 | 13 | 6 | 13 |
The outcome used is the number of renal remissions, as defined by serum creatinine < 132 ยตmol/l; proteinuria < 0.5 g/day. Response: no. responses in each arm; arm size: sample size of each arm; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; CYC: cyclophosphamide; Tac: tacrolimus; AZA: azathioprine.