Review Article

The Efficacy of Shen Shuaining Capsule on Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of included studies.

Study (T/C)BaselineIntervention measuresCourse (week) Outcome measuresAssessment of methodological quality
Experiment groupControl groupRandom sequence generationAllocation concealmentBlinding of participants and personnel outcome assessorBlinding of outcome assessorIncomplete outcome dataSelective reportingOther sources of bias

Chen 2001 [22]26/26AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTCoated Aldehyde Oxystarch capsule + RT3UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Feng 2006 [23]21/19AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTCoated Aldehyde Oxystarch capsule4①  ②UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Lin 2007 [24]45/41AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT6①  ②  ④  ⑤UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Zhou 2012 [25]56/56AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT6UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Wang 2013 [26]24/24AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTCoated Aldehyde Oxystarch capsule6UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Xu 2013 [27]30/30AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTCoated Aldehyde Oxystarch capsule8①  ②  ⑤UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Wu 2014 [28]66/50AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT6①  ②  ③  ④  ⑤Stratified randomUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Wu 1998 [29]60/56AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTCoated Aldehyde Oxystarch capsule6①  ②  ④  ⑤UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Huang and Wang 2000 [30]60/60AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT6①  ②  ⑤UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Yang 2003 [31]30/32AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT6①  ②  ⑤UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Xu 2007 [32]56/56AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTMedicinal Charcoal Capsule8UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Wang 2009 [33]68/68AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTCoated Aldehyde Oxystarch capsule6UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Zhan 2002 [34]45/31AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTCoated Aldehyde Oxystarch capsule24①  ②  ③  ⑤UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Liu 2009 [35]50/50AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT12①  ②  ⑤UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Zhang 2011 [36]46/32AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTCoated Aldehyde Oxystarch capsule24UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Wang 2003 [37]30/30AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT48①  ③  ④UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Kang 2009 [38]22/21AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT12①  ②Random number of tablesUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Yao 2014 [39]42/42AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT24UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Zhang 2014 [40]30/30AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTRT48UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear
Liu 2007 [41]25/20AccordanceShen shuaining capsule + RTCoated Aldehyde Oxystarch capsule6①  ②  ④UnclearUnclearUnclearUnclearYesUnclearUnclear

RT: routine conventional treatment.
① SCR; ② BUN; ③ CCR; ④ Hb; ⑤ response rate.
Yes: low risk of bias; no: high risk of bias; unclear: uncertain risk of bias.