| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| A‐Echevarria 2004 | Non‐interventional, non‐RCT, cross‐sectional dietary assessment study, examining dietary influences on the plasma profile of fatty acids. |
| Alexander 2005 | This RCT has dual therapy (arginine + canola oil) in the intervention arm. Fish oil is not used, although canola oil does contain small amounts of omega‐3. Arginine alone may have impact on outcome measures. |
| Alexander 2006 | Dual intervention with arginine and fish oil. Arginine alone may have impact on outcome measure |
| Alexander 2008 | Dual intervention with arginine and fish oil |
| Arnadottir 1997 | Non‐RCT, review article on treatment of hyperlipidaemia in kidney transplant recipients |
| Balasubramaniam 1998 | A conference abstract looking at treatment of donors, not recipients |
| Bellomo 2002 | Non‐RCT, conference paper on nutritional support in ICU patients with kidney failure |
| Bennett 1992 | Non‐RCT, review article on arachidonic acid metabolism in transplant‐associated acute kidney failure |
| Bloomgarden 2004 | Non‐RCT, review article |
| Butani 2000 | Non‐RCT, case report on the effect of fish oil in post‐transplantation IgA nephropathy |
| Clark 1994 | Non‐RCT, review article on the treatment of lupus nephritis |
| Davis 2002 | Non‐RCT, review article on kidney disease and liver transplantation |
| de Mattos 1996 | Non‐RCT, review article on immunosuppressive medications |
| Donadio 1997 | Non‐RCT, review article on IgA nephropathy |
| Donadio 2002 | Non‐RCT, review article on IgA nephropathy |
| Endres 1995 | Non‐RCT, review article on n‐3 fatty acids |
| Endres 1996 | Non‐RCT, review article on n‐3 PUFA and human cytokine synthesis |
| Farbakhsh 2005 | Non‐RCT, review article on dyslipidaemia in CKD |
| Gerster 1995 | Non‐RCT, review article on fish oil in enteral nutrition |
| Grekas 2001 | Non‐RCT. There is no control group in this clinical trial of dyslipidaemia, where treatment consists of statin + fish oil |
| Grimble 2001 | Non‐RCT, review article on stress proteins |
| Hansen 1995a | Non‐RCT, cohort study in stable transplants looking at the effects of fish oil on kidney haemodynamics |
| Hansen 1995b | No control group ‐ All patients and "controls" received fish oil. No randomisation |
| Hejaili 2003 | Non‐RCT, review article on lupus nephritis |
| Homan van der Heide 1994 | Non‐RCT. Journal note/commentary on another trial |
| Julian 1997 | Non‐RCT, conference paper on IgA nephropathy |
| Kasiske 2003 | Non‐RCT, K/DOQI practice guidelines on treatment of dyslipidaemia in CKD |
| Kasiske 2004 | Non‐RCT, K/DOQI practice guidelines on treatment of dyslipidaemia in kidney transplantation |
| Kho 1989 | Non‐RCT, study examining effects of dopamine infusion and fish oil administration on urinary prostaglandins |
| Kobashigawa 1997 | Non‐RCT. Review article on hyperlipidaemia in solid organ transplantation |
| Levi 1992 | Fish oil versus corn oil crossover trial, which did not include any of the outcome measures examined in the review |
| Maes 2000 | Non‐RCT, short survey on IgA nephropathy |
| Mathis 2004 | Non‐RCT, review article on drug‐related dyslipidaemia after kidney transplantation |
| Naber 2003 | Non‐RCT, conference paper on lipids in artificial nutrition |
| Nakamura 1998 | Non‐RCT, uncontrolled cohort study on the effects of fish oil on hyperlipidaemia post transplantation |
| Ramezani 2011 | Immunosuppression protocol could not be determined (in relation of CNI exposure) and the lipid data presented represents change in values rather than absolute numbers. No further information was available from study authors. Authors contacted 24 July 2015 ‐ no reply as of 10 Feb 2016 |
| Rodicio 1993 | No fish oil intervention |
| Romo 2012 | Abstract only available. All patients received omega‐3, with the control group receiving placebo and intervention group receiving atorvastatin. Unclear if all patients on CNI |
| Schiele 1999 | Non‐RCT, review article on IgA nephropathy |
| Shah 1994 | Non‐RCT, no fish oil intervention |
| Shihab 1996 | Non‐RCT, review article on cyclosporine nephropathy |
| Singer 2004 | Non‐RCT study of parenteral fish oil given to donors and recipients |
| Soylu 2002 | Non‐RCT, conference paper on paediatric kidney transplant experience |
| Urakaze 1989 | Not all patients were on CNI (separate data for patients on CNI not provided) |
| Wierzbicki 1999 | Non‐RCT, review article on lipid lowering in transplantation |
| Young 1995 | Non‐kidney transplant patients. Conference paper |
| Zak 1996 | Non‐RCT, non‐transplant patients, trial on fish oil in diabetic patients |
| Zolotarski 2003 | Non‐RCT, conference paper on effects of parenteral fish oil given to donors and kidney transplant recipients |
CKD ‐ chronic kidney disease; CNI ‐ calcineurin inhibitor; ICU ‐ intensive care unit; RCT ‐ randomised controlled trial