Journal of Veterinary Clinics (한국임상수의학회지)

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Evaluation of Therapeutic Effect of the Extract from Rhubarb (Rheum officinalis) in Dogs with Chronic Renal Failure

개의 만성 신부전에서 대황 추출물의 치료학적 효과의 평가

  • Kim, Ye-Won (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Hyun, Changbaig (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
  • 김예원 (강원대학교 수의과대학 소동물 내과교실) ;
  • 현창백 (강원대학교 수의과대학 소동물 내과교실)
  • Accepted : 2012.11.12
  • Published : 2012.12.31
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Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Rhubarb extracts ($Rubenal^{(R)}$) in dogs with chronic renal failure (CRF). Client-owned 40 dogs with CRF graded International renal interest Society (IRIS) II-III were enrolled in this study. The dogs were equally allocated and blindly administered with $Rubenal^{(R)}$ or placebo. The following items were evaluated at day 0, 30, 90 and 180: body condition score (BCS), clinical score (appetite, polydipsia/polyuria, quality of life score), hemogram (WBC, RBC, PCV), serum biochemistry (ALT/AST, ALP, Creatinine/BUN, total protein, albumin), serum electrolyte (Na, K, Cl, Ca, P), systolic blood pressure, urinalysis (UPC, USG) and IRIS stage. In this study, we found that the $Rubenal^{(R)}$ preparation was well tolerated by dogs and induced no adverse effects. Statistically significant improvements were observed in clinical score (quality of life score by vet and clients), serum BUN and creatinine levels, serum phosphorus concentration, level of proteinuria, and the IRIS score of CRF in dogs after 6 month of treatment of $Rubenal^{(R)}$. Those findings suggested that the Rhubarb extracts can improve the clinical signs of CRF (i.e. azotemia, hypertension, proteinuria, hyperphosphoremia) and the quality of life (i.e. BCS, clinical score) and can retard the progression of CRF in dogs. Therefore the Rhubarb extracts can be a good supplementary drug for treating dogs with subclinical and clinical renal diseases. However, care should be taken for interpreting our result, because this study is not double-blinded controlled study but pilot study.

이번 연구는 만성신부전이 있는 개에서 대황 추출물($Rubenal^{(R)}$)의 치료적 효과와 부작용을 평가하기 위해서 실시되었다. 보호자가 있는 만성신부전 IRIS II-III 단계의 개 40마리가 이번 연구에서 사용되었다. 개들에게 동일한 모양의 대황 추출물과 위약을 투여한 후 0, 30, 90, 180일 동안 관찰, 평가하였다: BSC, 임상적 평가(식욕, 다음/다뇨, QOL), 혈액 검사(WBC, RBC, PCV), 혈청화학검사(ALT/AST, ALP, Creatinine /BUN, Total protein, albumin), 전해질검사(Na, K, Cl, Ca, iCa, P), 혈압, 요검사(UPC, 요비중) 그리고 IRIS 단계를 평가하였다. 이번 연구에서 개들에게 대황 추출물을 적용하였을 때 부작용 없이 잘 받아들이는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 통계학적으로 임상적 평가(수의사와 보호자의 QOL)와 혈청 BUN, creatinine 수치, 혈청 인 농도, 단백뇨의 양, 그리고 만성신부전의 IRIS 점수가 루비날치료 6개월 후에 유의성 있게 개선되었다. 이러한 발견은 대황의 추출물은 만성신부적의 임상증상(i.e., azotemia, hypertension, proteinuria, hyperphosphoremia)과 삶의 질(i.e., body condition score, appetite and PD/PU)을 향상시키고, 개에서 만성신부전의 진행을 늦출 수 있다는 것을 보여준다. 그러므로 대황 추출물은 준임상적, 그리고 임상적으로 신장 질환을 치료하고 있는 개에게 좋은 보조제가 될 수 있다. 하지만 본 연구는 작은 규모의 파일럿 연구이므로 이중 맹검법의 대규모 실험을 통해 보다 정확한 실험결과의 재현이 요구된다.

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