Retrospective observational study to evaluate therapeutic efficacy of Herbometallic Ayur-vedic compounds in the management of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with respect to improvement in renal functions

Chronic Renal disease is such a condition for which the modern therapeutics presently has certain limitations related to therapeutic options.Therefore this status is creating unmet clinical needs in such patients. In India the prevalence of CKD was observed to be 17.2% with ~6% have CKD stage 3 or worse. World-wide there is a rising incidence of chronic kidney disease that is likely to pose major problems for both healthcare and the economy in future years.

In†Ayurveda†several patients with chronic kidney diseases take treatment. But there lacks a systematic studies to determine the various benefits expected by the patients and the spectrum of benefits received by them. The present study is a retrospective observational study to evaluate the changes in parameters of renal functions and to evaluate the benefits of “Ayurveda†therapies as clinically observed and experienced by patients with Chronic Renal Failure undergoing Ayurvedic herbometallic formulations containing biologically derived metals and minerals.

In present study we will review retrospective medical chart of CKD patients.In the process there is no riskas identity of subjects is not disclosed.However the investigators will ensure maintaining patients confidentiality by using only patients code in study documents.

Data of each patient with a follow-up of minimum 3 months up to two years will be used and it will be collected from the available 50 case papers and source documents of patients fulfilling the eligibility criteria. After wards patient’s blood parameters will be measured.