scholarly journals Which Vitamin D in CKD-MBD? The Time of Burning Questions

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Galassi ◽  
Antonio Bellasi ◽  
Sara Auricchio ◽  
Sergio Papagni ◽  
Mario Cozzolino
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism ◽  
Myocardial Hypertrophy ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Vitamin D Receptors ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Nutritional Vitamin

Vitamin D is a common treatment against secondary hyperparathyroidism in renal patients. However, the rationale for the prescription of vitamin D sterols in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rapidly increasing due to the coexistence of growing expectancies close to unsatisfactory evidences, such as (1) the lack of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) proving the superiority of any vitamin D sterol against placebo on patients centered outcomes, (2) the scanty clinical data on head to head comparisons between the multiple vitamin D sterols currently available, (3) the absence of RCTs confirming the crescent expectations on nutritional vitamin D pleiotropic effects even in CKD patients, (4) the promising effects of vitamin D receptors activators (VDRA) against proteinuria and myocardial hypertrophy in diabetic CKD cohorts, and (5) the conflicting data on the impact on mortality of VDRA versus calcimimetic centered regimens to control CKD-MBD. The present review arguments these issues focusing on the opened questions that nephrologists should consider dealing with the prescription of nutritional vitamin D or VDRA and with the choice of a VDRA versus a calcimimetic based regimen in CKD-MBD patients.

scholarly journals P0891META-ANALYSIS OF NUTRITIONAL VITAMIN D FOR THE TREATMENT OF SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM IN PATIENTS WITH NON-DIALYSIS CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Gunnarsson ◽  
Rosa Lauppe ◽  
Edelgard Kaiser ◽  
Marco Soro ◽  
Philipp Csomor
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Untreated Patient ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Vitamin D Levels ◽  
Patient Groups ◽  
Nutritional Vitamin

Abstract Background and Aims Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is commonly associated with mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD). Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a critical component of CKD-MBD characterized by excessive PTH secretion and parathyroid hyperplasia. SHPT develops in CKD because of disturbances in CKD-MBD parameters such as increases in serum phosphate and fibroblast growth factor 23, and reductions in 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) and serum calcium. Low vitamin D levels play a critical role in the development and progression of SHPT. Nutritional vitamin D (NVD) supplements are being frequently used to address SHPT, especially in early CKD. The objective of this meta-analysis (MA) was to evaluate the effectiveness of the NVDs cholecalciferol and ergocalciferol in reducing PTH and increasing 25(OH)D in patients with non-dialysis CKD (ND-CKD). Method A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed to identify relevant randomized control trials (RCTs) to be included in the MA. All analyses were performed using both random and fixed effects models with inverted-variance weighting. Comparisons were made between the effects of NVDs relative to placebo-treated or untreated patients and between the baseline and end-of-study values of the patients treated with the NVDs, i.e. the effects in treated patients only. Results A total of 14 RCTs comprising 974 patients were included in the analyses. Overall reductions in PTH were small when compared to baseline (reduction of 10.95 pg/ml, 95 % confidence interval (CI): -15.99 to -5.91 pg/ml), while reductions in PTH were approximately three times larger when compared to placebo-treated or untreated patient groups (reduction of 34.35 pg/ml, 95 % CI:-47.47 to -21.24 pg/ml). This indicated a limited potential to actively lower PTH with NVDs as the relative effect on PTH when compared to placebo-treated or untreated patient groups was driven to a large degree by increases in PTH in the comparator arms. Treatment with NVDs tended to increase levels of 25(OH)D both when compared to placebo-treated or untreated patients (increase of 26.54 ng/ml, 95 % CI: 24.62 to 28.46 ng/ml) and when only the changes in treated patients were considered (increase of 21.49 ng/ml, 95 % CI: 20.54 to 22.44 ng/ml). However, large variations in effect sizes on levels of 25(OH)D were observed, making judgements about the size of any true treatment effect difficult. Average levels of 25(OH)D in treated patients at the end of the study period were >30 ng/ml in all but two RCTs and >50 ng/ml in only five of the included RCTs. No clear relationship was observed between study length (range: 4 to 144 weeks) or doses administered (range: 14 000 to 75 000 UI weekly average) and effects on 25(OH)D or PTH. Conclusion Our results suggest that treatment with NVDs is not efficacious to reliably and consistently lower PTH in ND-CKD patients with SHPT. Although treatment with NVDs can potentially be used to correct vitamin D insufficiency, our results suggest that the potential of NVD treatment to raise 25(OH)D levels to >50 ng/ml, a level needed to reduce PTH, is limited.

scholarly journals Impact of nutritional vitamin D supplementation on parathyroid hormone and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease: a Meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Bover ◽  
Joel Gunnarsson ◽  
Philipp Csomor ◽  
Edelgard Kaiser ◽  
Giuseppe Cianciolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Vitamin D ◽  
Parathyroid Hormone ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 ◽  
Major Complication ◽  
Vitamin D Supplementation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Nutritional Vitamin

Abstract Background Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common and major complication in chronic kidney disease (CKD), reflecting the increase of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in response to reduced Vitamin D signaling and hypocalcemia. This meta-analysis evaluated the impact of nutritional vitamin D (NVD) (cholecalciferol or ergocalciferol) on SHPT-related biomarkers. Methods A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed to identify relevant randomized control trials (RCTs) to be included in the meta-analysis. Fixed and random effects models were used to pool study level results. Effects were studied within NVD study arms and relative to control groups (placebo/no treatment); the former in order to identify the effect of actively altering biomarkers levels. Results Reductions in PTH from supplementation with NVD were small when observed within the NVD study arms (pooled reduction: 10.5 pg/ml) and larger when compared to placebo/no treatment (pooled reduction: 49.7 pg/ml). NVD supplementation increased levels of vitamin D (25(OH)D) in both analyses (increase within NVD study arm: 20.6 ng/ml, increase versus placebo/no treatment: 26.9 ng/ml). While small and statistically non-significant changes in phosphate and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) were observed, NVD supplementation caused calcium levels to increase when compared versus placebo/no treatment (increase: 0.23 mg/dl). Conclusions Our results suggest that supplementation with NVD can be used to increase 25(OH)D to a certain extent, while the potential of NVD to actively reduce PTH in ND-CKD patients with SHPT is limited.

scholarly journals The Impact of Iron Supplementation for Treating Anemia in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Results from Pairwise and Network Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Adler ◽  
Francisco Herrera-Gómez ◽  
Débora Martín-García ◽  
Marie Gavid ◽  
F. Javier Álvarez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Iron Supplementation ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Total Study Population ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
The Impact

After relative erythropoietin deficiency, iron deficiency is the second most important contributing factor for anemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Iron supplementation is a crucial part of the treatment of anemia in CKD patients, and intravenous (IV) iron supplementation is considered to be superior to per os (PO) iron supplementation. The differences between the available formulations are poorly characterized. This report presents results from pairwise and network meta-analyses carried out after a comprehensive search in sources of published and unpublished studies, according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) recommendations (International prospective register of systematic reviews PROSPERO reference ID: CRD42020148155). Meta-analytic calculations were performed for the outcome of non-response to iron supplementation (i.e., hemoglobin (Hgb) increase of <0.5–1.0 g/dL, or initiation/intensification of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) therapy, or increase/change of iron supplement, or requirements of blood transfusion). A total of 34 randomized controlled trials (RCT) were identified, providing numerical data for analyses covering 93.7% (n = 10.097) of the total study population. At the network level, iron supplementation seems to have a more protective effect against the outcome of non-response before the start of dialysis than once dialysis is initiated, and some preparations seem to be more potent (e.g., ferumoxytol, ferric carboxymaltose), compared to the rest of iron supplements assessed (surface under the cumulative ranking area (SUCRA) > 0.8). This study provides parameters for adequately following-up patients requiring iron supplementation, by presenting the most performing preparations, and, indirectly, by making it possible to identify good responders among all patients treated with these medicines.

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