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Table 3 Safety of mesenchymal stem cells in clinical outcomes

From: Immunomodulatory effects of mesenchymal stem cell therapy in chronic kidney disease: a literature review

Trials

AEs, n (%)

Common AEs

SAE, n (%)

Death, n

Cause of death

LN

Sun et al., 2010 [23]

0

no event reported

0

0

no death

Liang et al., 2010 [24]

—

upper respiratory tract infection

0

0

no death

Wang et al., 2013 [26]

8 (9.2)

diarrhea, agranulocytosis, infections, ACS

5 (5.7)

5

heart failure, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, uncontrolled SLE

Wang et al., 2014 [27]

4 (10.0)

infections

3 (7.5)

3

heart failure, respiratory failure, uncontrolled SLE

Gu et al., 2014 [28]

4 (4.9)

diarrhea, enteritis, infections

4 (4.9)

4

heart failure, pneumonia, uncontrolled SLE

Deng et al., 2017 [30]

—

agranulocytosis, pneumonia,

2 (16.7)

1

pneumonia

Barbado et al., 2018 [33]

0

no event reported

0

0

no death

Ranjbar et al., 2022 [36]

1 (11.1)

transient hypertension

0

0

no death

Chun et al., 2022 [37]

2 (28.6)

diarrhea, toothache, Arthralgia

0

0

no death

DN

Packham et al., 2016 [29]

17 (85.0)

infections, cough, heart failure, diabetic ulcer

5 (25.0)

0

no death

Perico et al., 2023 [38]

11 (91.7)

diarrhea, cough, chest pain

4 (33.3)

2

heart failure, multiple myeloma

IN

Saad et al., 2017 [31]

0

no event reported

0

0

no death

CKDu

     

Carstens et al., 2023 [40]

0

renal failure

6 (33.3)

3

cerebral hemorrhage, renal failure

ADPKD

Makhlough et al., 2017 [32]

6 (100)

nausea, headache, dizziness

1 (16.7)

0

no death

NS

Vivarelli et al., 2023 [39]

15 (94.0)

infections, oliguria, relapse of NS

6 (37.5)

0

no death

Muti-etiology

Makhlough et al., 2018 [34]

7 (100)

headache, dizziness, cough, pruritus

3 (42.9)

0

no death

  1. a. AE and SAE are presented by n (patient numbers with at least one event). % (a percentage of the total)
  2. b. LN: lupus nephritis, DN: diabetic nephropathy, IN: ischemic nephropathy, CKDu: chronic kidney disease of unknown cause or mesoamerican nephropathy, ADPKD: autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, NS: nephrotic syndrome, AE: adverse event, SAE: serious adverse event, ACS: acute coronary syndrome, SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus