Plasma Exchange for the Recurrence of Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Adult Renal Transplant Recipients: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Characteristics of treatment in included studies. DFFP: double filtration plasmapheresis; NR: not reported; PLEX: plasma exchange.

Study	Method	Treatment protocol	Mean total sessions	Plasma volume processed	Mean treatment length (months)
Artero et al. (1994) [11]	PLEX	Daily sessions for 3 consecutive days, then every other day for a total of nine sessions	9	1,5x plasma volume	NR
Deegens et al. (2004) [12]	PLEX	Daily sessions for 3 days, then according to clinical response	24	1,5x plasma volume	12
Otsubo et al. (2004) [13]	DFFP	3 sessions every other day, then according to clinical response	10	NR	NR
Pardon et al. (2006) [14]	NR	NR	16	NR	NR
Canaud et al. (2009) [15]	PLEX	3 sessions per week during 3 weeks, followed by 2 sessions per week during 3 weeks, 1 session per week until month 3, 2 sessions per month until month 5, and finally once a month until month 9	26	NR	10
Moroni et al. (2010) [16]	PLEX	3 sessions per week during the first 3 weeks, followed; by 2 sessions per week during 3 weeks and then tailored to clinical response	NR	1,0x plasma volume	14