Patients
pruritus, treatment-resistant’
This study enrolled patients on hemodialysis who had been on stable dialysis for 3 months or more, received regular hemodialysis 3 times a week. All patients had ‘existing treatment-resistant’ pruritus, also known as refractory pruritus [Characteristic of patients at baseline (FAS).Abbreviations: FAS: full analysis set; SD: standard deviation; RAAS: renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.