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Medical adjuvant treatment to increase patency of arteriovenous fistulae and grafts

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Referencias

References to studies included in this review

Andrassy 1974 {published data only}

Andrassy K, Malluche H, Bornefeld H, Comberg M, Ritz E, Jesdinsky H, et al. Prevention of p.o. clotting of av. cimino fistulae with acetylsalicyl acid: Results of a prospective double blind study. Klinische Wochenschrift 1974;52(7):348‐9.

Crowther 2002 {published data only}

Crowther MA, Clase CM, Margetts PJ, Julian J, Lambert K, Sneath D, et al. Low‐intensity warfarin is ineffective for the prevention of PTFE graft failure in patients on hemodialysis: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2002;13(9):2331‐7.

Fiskerstrand 1984 {published data only}

Fiskerstrand CE, Thompson IW, Burnet ME, Williams P, Anderton JL. Double‐blind randomized trial of the effect of ticlopidine in arteriovenous fistulas for haemodialysis. Artificial Organs 1985;9(1):61‐3.

Grontoft 1985 {published data only}

Grontoft KC, Mulec H, Gutierrez A, Olander R. Thromboprophylactic effect of ticlopidine in arteriovenous fistulas for haemodialysis. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology 1985;19(1):55‐7.

Grontoft 1998 {published data only}

Grontoft KC, Larsson R, Mulec H, Weiss LG, Dickinson JP. Effects of ticlopidine in A‐V fistula surgery in uremia. Fistual Study Group. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology 1998;32(4):276‐83.

Harter 1979 {published data only}

Harter HR, Burch JW, Majerus PW, Stanford N, Delmez JA, Anderson CB, et al. Prevention of thrombosis in patients on haemodialysis by low‐dose aspirin. New England Journal of Medicine 1979;301(11):577‐9.

Michie 1977 {published data only}

Michie DD, Wombolt DG. Use of sulfinpyrazone to prevent thrombus formation in arteriovenous fistulas and bovine grafts of patients on chronic hemodialysis. Current Therapeutic Research, Clinical and Experimental 1977;22(1):196‐204.

Schmitz 2002 {published data only}

Schmitz PG, McCloud LK, Reikes ST, Leonard CL, Gellens ME. Prophylaxis of hemodialysis graft thrombosis with fish oil: double‐blind, randomized, prospective trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2002;13:184‐90.

Sreedhara 1994 {published data only}

Sreedhara R, Himmelfarb J, Lazarus JM, Hakim RM. Anti‐platelet therapy in graft thrombosis: results of a prospective, randomized double blind study. Kidney International 1994;45(5):1477‐83.

Trimarche 2006 {published data only}

Trimarche H, Young P, Forrester M, Schropp J, Pereyra H, Fexias E. Clopidogrel diminishes hemodiaysis access graft thrombosis. Nephron. Clinical Practice 2006;102:128‐32.

References to studies excluded from this review

Albert 1978 {published data only}

Albert FW, Schmidt U, Harzer R. Postoperative thromboprophylaxis for Cimino‐fistulae with sulfinpyrazone in comparison to acetylsalicylic acid. Krankenhausarzt 1978;51:712‐8.

Dulude 2001 {published data only}

Dulude H, Kaplan M, Odland M, Marbury T, Hoggard JG, Ploth D, et al. Escalating single doses of CJC‐1004, a locally acting antithrombotic agent in hemodialysis patients with vascular access occlusion. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2001;12:287A.

Janicki 2003 {published data only}

Janicki K, Bojarska SA, Pietura R, Janicka L. Preventive effects of ticlopidine on the incidence of late A‐V fistula thrombosis complications in haemodialyses patients. Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie Sklodowska Sectio D: Medicina 2003;58:215‐8.

Kaegi 1975 {published data only}

Kaegi A, Pineo GF, Shimizu A, Trivedi H, Hirsh J, Gent M. The role of sulfinpyrazone in the prevention of arterio‐venous shunt thrombosis. Circulation 1975;52(3):497‐9.

Kaufman 2003 {published data only}

Kaufman JS, O'Connor TZ, Zhang JH, Cronin RE, Fiore LD, Ganz MB, et al. Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Hemodialysis Access Graft Thrombosis. Randomized controlled trial of clopidogrel plus aspirin to prevent hemodialysis access graft thrombosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2003;14(9):2313‐21.

Krasinski 2004 {published data only}

Krasinski Z, Dzieciuchowicz L, Kulesza J, Pietrzak I, Gabriel M, Krasinka B, Oszkinis G. Influence of long‐term therapy with low molecular weight heparin on patency of arterio‐venous fistula for hemodialysis. ERA ‐ EDTA ELI Congress Abstracts. 2004:360.

Radmilovic 1998 {published data only}

Radmilovic A, Boric Z, Naumovic T, Stamenkovic M, Musikic P. Shunt thrombosis prevention in hemodialysis patients ‐ A double‐blind, randomized study: pentoxifylline vs placebo. Angiology 1998;38(7):499‐506.

Dember 2005 {published data only}

Dember L, Kaufman J, Beck G, Dixon B, Gassman J, Greene T, et al. Dialysis Access Consortium (DAC) trial design: clopidogrel prevention of early AV fistula thrombosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2002;13:229A.
Dember LM, Kaufman JS, Beck GJ, Dixon BS, Gassman JJ, Greene T, et al. Design of the dialysis access consortium (DAC) clopidogrel prevention of early AV fistula thrombosis trial. Clinical Trials 2005;2(5):413‐22.

Dixon 2005 {published data only}

Dixon BS, Beck GJ, Dember LM, Depner TA, Gassman JJ, Greene T, et al. Design of the Dialysis Access Consortium (DAC) Aggrenox Prevention Of Access Stenosis Trial. Clinical Trials 2005;2(5):400‐12.

Fuster 2001 {published data only}

Fuster V, Charlton P, Boyd A. Clinical protocol. A phase IIb, randomized, multicenter, double‐blind study of the efficacy and safety of Trinam (EG004) in stenosis prevention at the graft‐vein anastomosis site in dialysis patients. Human Gene Therapy 2001;12(16):2025‐7.

Irish 2007 {published data only}

Irish A. A randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, factorial‐design trial to assess the effect of aspirin and fish oil in the prevention of early thrombosis in arterio‐venous fistulae in patients with Stage IV or V chronic kidney disease requiring haemodialysis ‐ FAVOURED (Fish oil and Aspirin in Vascular acccess OUtcomes in REnal Disease). Cochrane Renal Group Prospective Trials Register [http://www.cochrane renal.org./dbsearch.php.]2007.
Irish A. Fish oil and aspirin in vascular access outcomes in renal disease. Australasian Kidney Trials Network [http://www.uq.edu.au./aktn./index.html.]2007.

Lok 2007 {published data only}

Anon. Fish oil Inhibition of Stenosis in Haemodialysis grafts study. http://www.controlled‐trials.com/ISRCTN15838383/15838383 (accessed 18 May 2008)2007.
Lok CE, Allon M, Donnelly S, Dorval M, Hemmelgarn B, Moist L, et al. Design of the fish oil inhibition of stenosis in hemodialysis grafts (FISH) study. Clinical Trials 2007;4(4):357‐67.

Mileti 1995 {published data only}

Mileti M, De Petri G, Bacchi M, Ogliari V, Pecchini F, Bufano G, et al. A trial to evaluate the efficacy of picotamide in preventing thrombotic occlusion of the vascular access in hemodialysis patients. Journal of Nephrology 1995;8(2):167‐72.

Churchill 1992

Churchill DN, Taylor DW, Cook RJ, Laplante P, Barre P, Cartier P, et al. Canadian Hemodialysis Morbidity Study. American Journal of Kidney Disease 1992;19(3):214‐34.

DOQI 1997

Anonymous. NKF‐DOQI clinical practice guidelines for vascular access. National Kidney Foundation ‐ Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 1997;30 Suppl 3:150‐91.

Jadad 1996

Jadad AR, Moore RA, Carrol D, Jenkinson C, Reynolds DJM, Gavaghan DJ, et al. Assessing the quality of reports of randomised clinical trials: is blinding necessary?. Controlled Clinical Trials 1996;17(1):1‐12.

Kanterman 1995

Kanterman RY, Vesely TM, Pilgram TK, Guy BW, Windus DW, Picus D. Dialysis access grafts: anatomic localisation of venous stenosis and results of angioplasty. Radiology 1995;195(1):135‐9.

Kaplan 1958

Kaplan EL, Meier P. Non‐parametric estimation from incomplete observations. Journal of the American Statistical Association 1958;53:457‐81.

Metha 1991

Metha S. Statistical summary of clinical results of vascular access procedures for haemodialysis. In: Sommer BG, Henry ML editor(s). Vascular Access for Hemodialysis‐II (Chapter 11). W L Gore, 1991:145‐57.

Schulz 1995

Schulz KF, Chalmers I, Hayes RJ, Altman DG. Empirical evidence of bias. Dimensions of methodological quality associated with estimates of treatment effects in controlled trials. JAMA 1995;273:408‐12.

References to other published versions of this review

Cochrane 2003

Da Silva AF, Escofet X, Rutherford PA. Medical adjuvant treatment to increase patency of arteriovenous fistulae and grafts. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 2. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002786]

Characteristics of studies

Characteristics of included studies [ordered by study ID]

Andrassy 1974

Methods

Study design: Randomised,
double‐blind clinical trial

Method of randomisation: independent statistician

Participants

Country: Germany

No. of participants: 92

Sex: M=50, F=42

Inclusion criteria: end‐stage renal failure

Interventions

Treatment: Aspirin 500 mg daily (n=45)

Control: Placebo (n=47)

Outcomes

Primary: Fistula thrombosis, 28 days follow up

Notes

Brescia‐Cimino fistula formation

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Low risk

A ‐ Adequate

Crowther 2002

Methods

Study design: Randomised,
double‐blind clinical trial

Method of randomisation: concealed computer‐generated randomisation scheme

Participants

Country: Canada

No. of participants: 107

Age: 20‐85 years

Sex: M=61, F=46

Inclusion criteria: haemodynamic dependency or planned haemodialysis in near end‐stage renal disease patients.

Exclusion criteria: recent major haemorrhage (within 6 months), allergy to warfarin, persistent thrombocytopenia, inability to take oral medications, already taking warfarin for other reasons at start of trial, expectation of recovery of renal function or life expectancy less than two months, lack of informed consent or inability to give informed consent.

Number of participants prematurely discontinuing:
placebo: 11
warfarin: 12

Interventions

Treatment: Warfarin variable dose with target INR 1.4‐1.9

Control: Placebo

Duration: 37 months

Outcomes

Primary: Graft thrombosis

Notes

PTFE grafts
Trial terminated November 2000 due to increased number of major bleeding events in treatment group

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Low risk

A ‐ Adequate

Fiskerstrand 1984

Methods

Study design: Randomised, double‐blind, clinical trial

Method of randomisation: Unclear

Participants

Country: United Kingdom

No. of participants recruited:18

No. of participants who completed the trial:15

Inclusion criteria: patients requiring access surgery for chronic haemodialysis

Exclusion criteria: patients requiring anti‐platelet or anticoagulant therapy; history of peptic ulcer; known bleeding disorder; platelet count < 100,000/mm3

Interventions

Treatment: Ticlopidine 250 mg bid

Control: Placebo bid

Duration: 1 month postoperation

Outcomes

Primary: Fistula thrombosis

Notes

Brescia‐Cimino AVF

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Unclear risk

B ‐ Unclear

Grontoft 1985

Methods

Study design: Randomised, double‐blind clinical trial

Methof of randomisation: Unclear

Participants

Country: Sweden

No. of participants recruited: 42

Sex: M=28, F=14

Age: 24‐72 years

No. of participants who completed the trial: 36

Losses to follow up: 3 received artificial grafts, 1 received other form of anticoagulant and 2 serious side effects suspected

Inclusion criteria: patients undergoing fistula operation

Exclusion criteria: patients with bleeding tendency; reduced platelet counts; receiving anticoagulants, anti‐inflammatories or platelet aggregation inhibitors

Interventions

Treratment: Ticlopidine 250 mg bid

Control: Placebo bid

Duration: 2 days pre and 4 weeks postoperation

Outcomes

Fistula thrombosis

Platelet aggregation

Notes

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Unclear risk

B ‐ Unclear

Grontoft 1998

Methods

Study design: Randomised, double‐blind, multicentre, clinical trial

Method of randomisation: minimisation scheme based on the four weighted stratification variables of the participating centre

Participants

Country: Sweden and Finland

No. of participants recruited: 258

No. of participants with evaluable grafts: 242

Sex: M=152, F=90

Inclusion criteria: patients with chronic renal failure predialysis or on dialysis; patients requiring AVF.

Patients in whom first operation failed could be re‐entered after wash‐out period.

Exclusion criteria: patients requiring anti‐platelet or anticoagulant therapy; history of hepatic disease; severe or malignant hypertension; gastrointestinal ulcer; bleeding disorder; reduced white blood cells or platelets

Interventions

Treatment: Ticlopidine 250 mg bid

Control: Placebo bid

Duration: 7 days pre and 28 days post‐surgery

Outcomes

Primary: Fistula thrombosis

Secondary: Biochemical markers: urea, haemoglobin and cholesterol levels

Notes

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Low risk

A ‐ Adequate

Harter 1979

Methods

Study design: Randomised, double‐blind, clinical trial

Method of randomisation: Unclear

Participants

Country: United States

No. of participants: 44

Sex: M=20, F=24

Inclusion criteria: patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis

Exclusion criteria: recent gastrointestinal bleeding

Interventions

Treatment: Aspirin 160 mg/day

Control: Placebo

Duration: aspirin or placebo started 1 month postoperation and continued for approximately 5 months

Outcomes

Primary: Graft thrombosis

Notes

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Unclear risk

B ‐ Unclear

Michie 1977

Methods

Study design: Randomised, double‐blind, clinical trial

Participants

Country: United States

Interventions

Treatment: Sulfinpyrazone 200 mg qds

Control: Placebo

Outcomes

Primary: Graft thrombosis

Notes

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Unclear risk

B ‐ Unclear

Schmitz 2002

Methods

Study design: Randomised, double‐blind clinical trial

Method of randomisation: permuted block randomisation scale

Participants

Country: United States

No. of participants: 24

Age: 46 ‐ 58 years

Sex: M=11, F=13

Inclusion criteria: Newly placed PTFE graft

Exclusion criteria: Patients needing fistula revision, history of gastro‐intestinal bleeding, already taking warfarin or an anti‐platelet agent, terminal or life‐threatening disease, pregnancy or malignant hypertension

Interventions

Treatment: 4000 mg fish oil once daily

Control: Placebo

Duration: 12 months

Outcomes

Primary: Graft thrombosis

Notes

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Low risk

A ‐ Adequate

Sreedhara 1994

Methods

Study design: Randomised, double‐blind, parallel group study

Method of randomisation: pre‐determined schedule.

Participants

Country: United States

No. of participants recuited: 108

Sex: M=45, F=63

Age: Mean age 54.4 years, range 19‐84

1 participant excluded after receiving Brescia‐Cimino fistula

Type I patients = 84 (patients who required a new AV ePTFE graft for chronic HD)

Type II patients = 23 (patients on chronic HD with AV ePTFE with graft thrombosis requiring new graft

Losses to follow up: 11

Interventions

1. Dipyridamole 75 mg tid with aspirin placebo qd
2. Dipyridamole placebo tid with aspirin 325 mg qd
3. Dipyridamole 75 mg tid with aspirin 325 mg qd
4. Dipyridamole placebo tid with aspirin placebo qd

Duration: 18 months or until graft thrombosis

Outcomes

Primary: Graft thrombosis

Notes

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Low risk

A ‐ Adequate

Trimarche 2006

Methods

Study design: Randomised clinical trial. Unclear if study was blinded or not

Participants

Country: Argentina

Interventions

Treatment: Clopidogrel 75 mg od

Control: No treatment

Outcomes

Primary: Graft thrombosis

Notes

Risk of bias

Bias

Authors' judgement

Support for judgement

Allocation concealment?

Unclear risk

B ‐ Unclear

AV = arteriovenous
AVF = arteriovenous fistula
ePTFE = expanded polytetrafluoroethylene
F = females
HD = haemodialysis
M = males

qd = once a day
bid = twice a day
tid = three times a day

Characteristics of excluded studies [ordered by study ID]

Study

Reason for exclusion

Albert 1978

Study compares acetylsalicylic acid with sulfinpyrazone, no placebo group included so did not meet inclusion criteria.

Dulude 2001

Only abstract available; not enough data presented to allow adequate data extraction for meta‐analysis.

Janicki 2003

It was not a randomised trial as there is no mention of any randomisation process. There is no data on date of the study, thus the control group could have been a historical group. There is no information on how patency or thrombosis was assessed.

Kaegi 1975

Some patients were on warfarin at the start of the study. Other patients were started on these drugs during the trial.

Kaufman 2003

Not able to elicit numbers of thrombotic episodes from results.

Krasinski 2004

Not able to elicit numbers of thrombotic episodes from results.

Radmilovic 1998

The trial looked at external fistulas, a technique now not practised and numbers of thrombotic episodes could not be elicited from the results.

Characteristics of ongoing studies [ordered by study ID]

Dember 2005

Trial name or title

Dialysis Access Consortium (DAC) Trial Design: Clopidogrel Prevention of Early AV Fistula Thrombosis

Methods

Participants

Haemodialysis patients with newly formed upper limb arteriovenous fistulae using native vein

Interventions

Placebo versus clopidogrel 75 mg once daily

Outcomes

Primary Outcome: Fistula patency at six weeks

Secondary Outcome: Suitability for dialysis defined as the ability to achieve a dialysis machine blood flow of over 300 ml/min during either the fourth month following the fistula creation or the first month of fistula use, whichever occurs later

Starting date

Contact information

Notes

Dixon 2005

Trial name or title

Design of the Dialysis Access Consortium (DAC) Aggrenox prevention of access stenosis trial

Methods

Participants

Haemodialysis patients with newly formed arteriovenous grafts

Interventions

Aggrenox (containing dipyridamole and aspirin) versus placebo

Outcomes

Primary outcome: Primary unassisted patency (defined as time from access placement until thrombosis or an access procedure carried out to restore or maintain patency).
Secondary outcome: Cumulative access patency

Starting date

2005

Contact information

Notes

Fuster 2001

Trial name or title

A phase IIb, randomised, multicentre, double‐blind study of the efficacy and safety of trinam in stenosis prevention at the graft‐vein anastomosis site in dialysis patients

Methods

Participants

Haemodialysis patients requiring arteriovenous fistula formation

Interventions

End to end anastomosis versus end to end anastomosis with Trinam application

Outcomes

Anastomotic stenosis measured by fistulography

Starting date

Contact information

Notes

Irish 2007

Trial name or title

FAVOURED (Fish oil and aspirin in vascular access outcomes in renal disease)

Methods

Participants

Stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease patients with arteriovenous fistulae

Interventions

Low‐dose aspirin and fish oil either alone or in combination

Outcomes

Primary outcome: Fistula patency at 3 months. Secondary outcomes: Patency at 6 months, primary patency time, secondary (assisted) patency time, adverse events (eg. bleeding)

Starting date

2007

Contact information

Notes

Lok 2007

Trial name or title

FISH (Fish oil Inhibition of Stenosis in Haemodialysis grafts study)

Methods

Participants

End‐stage renal disease patients with new PTFE grafts

Interventions

Fish oil versus placebo

Outcomes

Primary outcome: reduction in the number of thrombotic occlusions in vascular access

Starting date

2004

Contact information

Notes

Mileti 1995

Trial name or title

STOP (Shunt Thrombotic Occlusion Prevention with Picotamide)

Methods

Participants

Haemodialysis patients with arteriovenous shunt thrombotic occlusions

Interventions

Picotamide versus Placebo

Outcomes

Primary Outcome: reduction in the number of thrombotic occlusions in vascular access

Secondary Outcomes: non‐fatal ischaemic stroke, non‐fatal myocardial infarction and vascular death

Starting date

1993

Contact information

Notes

Data and analyses

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Comparison 1. Aspirin versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

3

173

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.42 [0.20, 0.86]

Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Aspirin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 1 Aspirin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

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Comparison 2. Ticlopidine versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Fistulae thromboses at one month Show forest plot

3

312

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.47 [0.26, 0.85]

Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Ticlopidine versus placebo, Outcome 1 Fistulae thromboses at one month.

Comparison 2 Ticlopidine versus placebo, Outcome 1 Fistulae thromboses at one month.

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Comparison 3. Dipyridamole versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 3.1

Comparison 3 Dipyridamole versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 3 Dipyridamole versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

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Comparison 4. Dipyridamole + aspirin versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 4.1

Comparison 4 Dipyridamole + aspirin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 4 Dipyridamole + aspirin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

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Comparison 5. Warfarin versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 5.1

Comparison 5 Warfarin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 5 Warfarin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

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Comparison 6. Fish oil versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 6.1

Comparison 6 Fish oil versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 6 Fish oil versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

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Comparison 7. Clopidogrel versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 7.1

Comparison 7 Clopidogrel versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 7 Clopidogrel versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

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Comparison 8. Sulfinpyrazone (SF) versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

Analysis 8.1

Comparison 8 Sulfinpyrazone (SF) versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 8 Sulfinpyrazone (SF) versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 1 Aspirin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.
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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Aspirin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 2 Ticlopidine versus placebo, Outcome 1 Fistulae thromboses at one month.
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Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Ticlopidine versus placebo, Outcome 1 Fistulae thromboses at one month.

Comparison 3 Dipyridamole versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.
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Analysis 3.1

Comparison 3 Dipyridamole versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 4 Dipyridamole + aspirin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.
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Analysis 4.1

Comparison 4 Dipyridamole + aspirin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 5 Warfarin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.
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Analysis 5.1

Comparison 5 Warfarin versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 6 Fish oil versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.
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Analysis 6.1

Comparison 6 Fish oil versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 7 Clopidogrel versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.
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Analysis 7.1

Comparison 7 Clopidogrel versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 8 Sulfinpyrazone (SF) versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.
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Analysis 8.1

Comparison 8 Sulfinpyrazone (SF) versus placebo, Outcome 1 Graft thrombosis.

Comparison 1. Aspirin versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

3

173

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.42 [0.20, 0.86]

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Comparison 1. Aspirin versus placebo
Comparison 2. Ticlopidine versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Fistulae thromboses at one month Show forest plot

3

312

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.47 [0.26, 0.85]

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Comparison 2. Ticlopidine versus placebo
Comparison 3. Dipyridamole versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

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Comparison 3. Dipyridamole versus placebo
Comparison 4. Dipyridamole + aspirin versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

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Comparison 4. Dipyridamole + aspirin versus placebo
Comparison 5. Warfarin versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

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Comparison 5. Warfarin versus placebo
Comparison 6. Fish oil versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

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Comparison 6. Fish oil versus placebo
Comparison 7. Clopidogrel versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

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Comparison 7. Clopidogrel versus placebo
Comparison 8. Sulfinpyrazone (SF) versus placebo

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Graft thrombosis Show forest plot

1

Odds Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Totals not selected

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Comparison 8. Sulfinpyrazone (SF) versus placebo