Cochrane · systematic review · CD008369
Astragalus (a traditional Chinese medicine) for treating chronic kidney disease
Zhang, HW, Lin, ZX, Xu, C, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
Kidney and TransplantAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 2 · 28.6%Very low 0 · 0%Low 4 · 57.1%Moderate 1 · 14.3%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Astragalus and co‐interventions compared with same co‐interventions alone for people with CKD
Population: patients with CKD
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Time to requirement for RRT/initiation of dialysis Astragalus and co‐interventions vs same co‐interventions alone | no estimate extracted | 0 studies · 0 participants | Ungraded |
All‐cause mortality Astragalus and co‐interventions vs same co‐interventions alone | no estimate extracted | 0 studies · 0 participants | Ungraded |
Creatinine clearance (after treatment) Astragalus and co‐interventions vs same co‐interventions alone | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 306 participants | Low |
Serum creatinine (after treatment) Astragalus and co‐interventions vs same co‐interventions alone | no estimate extracted | 14 studies · 841 participants | Low |
h proteinuria (after treatment) Astragalus and co‐interventions vs same co‐interventions alone | no estimate extracted | 11 studies · 706 participants | Low |
Albumin Astragalus and co‐interventions vs same co‐interventions alone | no estimate extracted | 10 studies · 588 participants | Low |
Haemoglobin Astragalus and co‐interventions vs same co‐interventions alone | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 222 participants | Moderate |