American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 459-467 , September 2009

Effect of a Carbonaceous Oral Adsorbent on the Progression of CKD: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial

  • Tadao Akizawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yasushi Asano, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Koga Red Cross Hospital, Koga, Japan
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  • Satoshi Morita, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Takafumi Wakita, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (iHope International), Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Psychology, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
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  • Yoshihiro Onishi, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Health Outcomes and Process Evaluation Research (iHope International), Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan
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  • Shunichi Fukuhara, MD, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Shunichi Fukuhara, MD, DMSc, Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoemachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606 8501, Japan
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  • Fumitake Gejyo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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  • Seiichi Matsuo, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Noriaki Yorioka, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Advanced Nephrology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan
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  • CAP-KD Study Group

Received 2 September 2008 ,Accepted 13 May 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.05.011 on July 21, 2009.

 A list of the members of the Carbonaceous Oral Adsorbent's Effects on Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease (CAP-KD) Study Group appears at the end of this article.

 Trial registration: www.ClinicalTrials.gov; study number: NCT00456859.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00834-8

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.05.011

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 459-467 , September 2009

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