Effect of an Oral Adsorbent, AST-120, on Dialysis Initiation and Survival in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Figure 1
The delaying effect of AST-120 on dialysis initiation. The cumulative percentage of nondialysis patients analyzed by Kaplan-Meier methods showed the delaying effect of AST-120. The dialysis initiation free rate was significantly higher in the pair matched patients receiving AST-120 (AST-120 group, ) compared to those not receiving AST-120 (non-AST-120 group, ) ().
