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Alladin A, Hahn D, Hodson EM, Ravani P, Pfister K, Quinn RR, Samuel SM. Immunosuppressive therapy for IgA nephropathy in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2024; 6:CD015060. [PMID: 38864363 PMCID: PMC11167693 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd015060.pub2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common cause of primary glomerulonephritis. It is a heterogeneous disease with different presentations and high morbidity. Thirty per cent of adults and 20% of children (followed into adulthood) will have a 50% decline in kidney function or develop kidney failure after 10 years. OBJECTIVES To determine the benefits and harms of immunosuppressive therapy for the treatment of IgAN in children. SEARCH METHODS We contacted the Information Specialist and searched the Cochrane Kidney and Transplant Register of Studies up to 03 October 2023 using search terms relevant to this review. Studies in the Register are identified through searches of CENTRAL, MEDLINE, and EMBASE, conference proceedings, the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) Search Portal, and ClinicalTrials.gov. SELECTION CRITERIA We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and non-randomised studies of interventions (NRSIs) investigating the treatment of IgAN in children with immunosuppressive therapies compared to placebo, no treatment, supportive care, standard therapy (Japanese protocol), other immunosuppressive therapies or non-immunosuppressive therapies. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two authors independently extracted data and assessed the risk of bias. Random effects meta-analyses were used to summarise estimates of treatment effects. Treatment effects were expressed as risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for dichotomous outcomes, and the mean difference (MD) and 95% CI for continuous outcomes. The risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool for RCTs and the ROBIN-I tool for NRSIs. The certainty of the evidence was assessed using Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE). MAIN RESULTS This review included 13 studies with 686 participants. Ten RCTs included 334 children and 191 adults, and three NRSIs included 151 participants, all children. Most participants had mild kidney disease. The risk of bias was unclear for most of the domains relating to allocation concealment, blinding of participants, personnel, and outcome assessment. In children with IgAN, it is uncertain if corticosteroid (steroid) therapy, compared to placebo reduces proteinuria (1 study, 64 children and young adults: RR 0.47, 95% CI 0.13 to 1.72; low certainty evidence) or the decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (1 study, 64 children and young adults: RR 0.47, 95% CI 0.09 to 2.39; low certainty evidence). It is uncertain if steroids reduce proteinuria compared to supportive care (2 studies, 61 children: RR 0.04, 95% CI -0.83 to 0.72; low certainty evidence). Adverse events associated with steroid therapy were not assessed due to heterogeneity in steroid protocols, including dose and duration, and lack of systematic assessment for adverse events in the included studies. Azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, mizoribine, or cyclophosphamide alone or in combination with steroid therapy had uncertain effects on improving proteinuria or preventing eGFR decline in children with IgAN. Fish oil, vitamin E and tonsillectomy had uncertain effects on improving proteinuria or preventing eGFR decline. Effects of other immunosuppressive therapies, secondary outcomes and adverse events were not assessed due to insufficient data. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS There is a lack of high-quality evidence to guide the management of IgAN in children. There is no evidence to indicate that steroids, other immunosuppressive therapies, or tonsillectomy, when added to optimal supportive care, prevent a decline in eGFR or proteinuria in children with IgAN. Available studies were few, with small numbers, low-quality evidence, high or uncertain risk of bias, did not systematically assess harms associated with treatment, or report net benefits or harms. Severe cases and atypical presentations of IgAN were not included in the reviewed studies, and our findings cannot be generalised to these situations.
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- Areefa Alladin
- Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
- School of Medicine, University of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana
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- Department of Nephrology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
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- Cochrane Kidney and Transplant, Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
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- Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Alladin BA, Pfister K, Hodson EM, Hahn D, Ravani P, Quinn RR, Samuel SM. Immunosuppressive therapy for IgA nephropathy in children. Hippokratia 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd015060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bibi A Alladin
- Department of Pediatrics; University of Calgary; Calgary Canada
- Research Institute; University of Calgary and Alberta Children’s Hospital; Calgary Canada
- Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of Guyana; University of Guyana; Georgetown Guyana
- Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation; Georgetown Guyana
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- Research Institute; University of Calgary and Alberta Children’s Hospital; Calgary Canada
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- Sydney School of Public Health; The University of Sydney; Sydney Australia
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- Department of Nephrology; The Children's Hospital at Westmead; Westmead Australia
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- Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences; Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Calgary Canada
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- Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences; Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Calgary Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics; University of Calgary; Calgary Canada
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Aoto Y, Ninchoji T, Kaito H, Shima Y, Fujimura J, Kamiyoshi N, Ishimori S, Nakanishi K, Minamikawa S, Ishiko S, Sakakibara N, Nagano C, Horinouchi T, Yamamura T, Nagai S, Kondo A, Inaguma Y, Tanaka R, Yoshikawa N, Iijima K, Nozu K. Efficacy of combination therapy for childhood complicated focal IgA nephropathy. Clin Exp Nephrol 2022; 26:561-570. [PMID: 35138499 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-022-02190-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy who present with focal mesangial proliferation (focal IgAN) can have a relatively good prognosis, and renin-angiotensin system inhibitor (RAS-i) is commonly used as the initial treatment. However, there are some complicated focal IgAN cases with resistance to RAS-i treatment or nephrotic-range proteinuria. Thus, combination therapy including corticosteroids is often used. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of combination therapy for complicated focal IgAN cases by comparing to diffuse mesangial proliferation (diffuse IgAN). METHODS We conducted a multicenter retrospective study on 88 children who received 2-year combination therapy. The participants were classified based on pathological severity: focal IgAN (n = 26) and diffuse IgAN (n = 62). RESULTS In total, 26 patients with focal IgAN and 52 with diffuse IgAN achieved proteinuria disappearance within 2 years (100 vs. 83.9%, P = 0.03). Moreover, the time to proteinuria disappearance was significantly shorter in the focal IgAN group than in the diffuse IgAN group (2.9 vs. 4.2 months, P < 0.01) and all patients with focal IgAN achieved proteinuria disappearance within 8 months. At the last observation (8.6 vs. 10.4 years, P = 0.13), only patients with diffuse IgAN (n = 12) had greater than stage 2 chronic kidney disease. In terms of irreversible adverse events, one patient exhibited cataracts. CONCLUSION Combination therapy was significantly effective in patients with complicated focal IgAN. Moreover, the long-term prognosis was good, and the duration of combination therapy for complicated focal IgAN can be decreased to reduce adverse events.
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- Yuya Aoto
- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-6-7 Minatojima Minami-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama641-8509, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kakogawa City Hospital, 439 Honmachi, Kakogawa-cho, Kakogawa, 675-8611, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, 1-12-1 Shimoyamateno, Himeji, 670-8540, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Takatsuki General Hospital, 1-3-13 Kosobe-cho, Takatsuki, 569-1192, Japan
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- Department of Child Health and Welfare (Pediatrics), Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara-cho, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa, 903-0125, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and General Practice, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-6-7 Minatojima Minami-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-6-7 Minatojima Minami-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-6-7 Minatojima Minami-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, Takatsuki General Hospital, 1-3-13 Kosobe-cho, Takatsuki, 569-1192, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan
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Omae T, Ishikawa T, Nakajima Y, Nogami K. Coagulation potential in pediatric patients with immunoglobulin A nephropathy. Pediatr Int 2022; 64:e15042. [PMID: 34699659 DOI: 10.1111/ped.15042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most prevalent primary chronic glomerular disease in children. Understanding the changes in coagulability caused by IgAN is important for clarifying pathophysiology and choice of treatment. The coagulation potential in patients with IgAN remains to be investigated, however. We aimed to assess comprehensive coagulation potential in pediatric patients with IgAN and explore its relationship with pathological disease severity. METHODS Fourteen children with IgAN diagnosed by renal biopsy, who were admitted at Nara Medical University Hospital between 2015 and 2020, were analyzed. Rotational thromboelastometry was used to evaluate coagulation potential. Values of rotational thromboelastometry parameters in patients with IgAN were compared with those in control children. RESULTS In patients with IgAN (aged median 9.5 year), clotting time plus clot formation time (CT + CFT) was shortened (P = 0.003) and α angle was greater (P < 0.001) than those in controls, indicating a hypercoagulable state. The rate of mesangial hypercellularity of glomeruli correlated with CT + CFT, α, and maximum clot firmness (MCF) (rs = -0.79, 0.56, and 0.37). The rate of cellular/fibrocellular crescent of glomeruli correlated with CT + CFT, α, and MCF (rs = -0.41, 0.60, and 0.50). Patients with mesangial hypercellularity ≥80% of glomeruli showed reduced CT + CFT and increased α angle (P = 0.007 and 0.03). Patients with cellular/fibrocellular crescent ≥10% of glomeruli showed decreased CT + CFT and increased α angle (both P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS The hypercoagulable state in pediatric patients with IgAN may be associated with the pathological severity of their disease.
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- Takashi Omae
- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
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Inker LA, Heerspink HJL, Tighiouart H, Chaudhari J, Miao S, Diva U, Mercer A, Appel GB, Donadio JV, Floege J, Li PKT, Maes BD, Locatelli F, Praga M, Schena FP, Levey AS, Greene T. Association of Treatment Effects on Early Change in Urine Protein and Treatment Effects on GFR Slope in IgA Nephropathy: An Individual Participant Meta-analysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2021; 78:340-349.e1. [PMID: 33775708 PMCID: PMC8384669 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE An early change in proteinuria is considered a reasonably likely surrogate end point in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) and can be used as a basis for accelerated approval of therapies, with verification in a postmarketing confirmatory trial. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) slope is a recently validated surrogate end point for chronic kidney disease progression and may be considered as the end point used for verification. We undertook a meta-analysis of clinical trials in IgAN to compare treatment effects on change in proteinuria versus change in estimated GFR (eGFR) slope. STUDY DESIGN Individual patient-level meta-analysis. SETTING & STUDY POPULATIONS Individual data of 1,037 patients from 12 randomized trials. SELECTION CRITERIA FOR STUDIES Randomized trials of IgAN with proteinuria measurements at baseline and 6 (range, 2.5-14) months and at least a further 1 year of follow-up for the clinical outcome. ANALYTICAL APPROACH For each trial, we estimated the treatment effects on proteinuria and on the eGFR slope, computed as the total slope starting at baseline or the chronic slope starting 3 months after randomization. We used a Bayesian mixed-effects analysis to relate the treatment effects on proteinuria to effects on GFR slope across these studies and developed a prediction model for the treatment effect on the GFR slope based on the effect on proteinuria. RESULTS Across all studies, treatment effects on proteinuria accurately predicted treatment effects on the total slope at 3 years (median R2 = 0.88; 95% Bayesian credible interval [BCI], 0.06-1) and on the chronic slope (R2 = 0.98; 95% BCI, 0.29-1). For future trials, an observed treatment effect of approximately 30% reduction in proteinuria would confer probabilities of at least 90% for nonzero treatment benefits on the total and chronic slopes of eGFR. We obtained similar results for proteinuria at 9 and 12 months and total slope at 2 years. LIMITATIONS Study population restricted to 12 trials of small sample size, leading to wide BCIs. There was heterogeneity among trials with respect to study design and interventions. CONCLUSIONS These results provide new evidence supporting that early reduction in proteinuria can be used as a surrogate end point for studies of chronic kidney disease progression in IgAN.
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- Lesley A Inker
- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA; Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA
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- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Biometrics, Travere Therapeutics Inc, San Diego, CA
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- Clinical Drug Development, JAMCO Pharma Consulting AB, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center and the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
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- Division of Nephrology and Immunology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Division of Nephrology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- Department of Nephrology, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium
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- Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, i+12, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Renal, Dialysis and Transplant Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Departments of Population Health Sciences and Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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Risk factor for persistent proteinuria in adulthood after clinical remission in Japanese children with immunoglobulin A nephropathy: impact of tonsillectomy combined with intravenous pulse methylprednisolone. Clin Exp Nephrol 2020; 24:734-735. [PMID: 32239301 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-020-01877-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Initial treatment with pulse methylprednisolone followed by short-term prednisolone and tonsillectomy for childhood IgA nephropathy. Clin Exp Nephrol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10157-018-1553-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Inker LA, Mondal H, Greene T, Masaschi T, Locatelli F, Schena FP, Katafuchi R, Appel GB, Maes BD, Li PK, Praga M, Del Vecchio L, Andrulli S, Manno C, Gutierrez E, Mercer A, Carroll KJ, Schmid CH, Levey AS. Early Change in Urine Protein as a Surrogate End Point in Studies of IgA Nephropathy: An Individual-Patient Meta-analysis. Am J Kidney Dis 2016; 68:392-401. [PMID: 27032886 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.02.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND The role of change in proteinuria as a surrogate end point for randomized trials in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) has previously not been thoroughly evaluated. STUDY DESIGN Individual patient-level meta-analysis. SETTING & POPULATION Individual-patient data for 830 patients from 11 randomized trials evaluating 4 intervention types (renin-angiotensin system [RAS] blockade, fish oil, immunosuppression, and steroids) examining associations between changes in urine protein and clinical end points at the individual and trial levels. SELECTION CRITERIA FOR STUDIES Randomized controlled trials of IgAN with measurements of proteinuria at baseline and a median of 9 (range, 5-12) months follow-up, with at least 1 further year of follow-up for the clinical outcome. PREDICTOR 9-month change in proteinuria. OUTCOME Doubling of serum creatinine level, end-stage renal disease, or death. RESULTS Early decline in proteinuria at 9 months was associated with lower risk for the clinical outcome (HR per 50% reduction in proteinuria, 0.40; 95% CI, 0.32-0.48) and was consistent across studies. Proportions of treatment effect on the clinical outcome explained by early decline in proteinuria were estimated at 11% (95% CI, -19% to 41%) for RAS blockade and 29% (95% CI, 6% to 53%) for steroid therapy. The direction of the pooled treatment effect on early change in proteinuria was in accord with the direction of the treatment effect on the clinical outcome for steroids and RAS blockade. Trial-level analyses estimated that the slope for the regression line for the association of treatment effects on the clinical end points and for the treatment effect on proteinuria was 2.15 (95% Bayesian credible interval, 0.10-4.32). LIMITATIONS Study population restricted to 11 trials, all having fewer than 200 patients each with a limited number of clinical events. CONCLUSIONS Results of this analysis offer novel evidence supporting the use of an early reduction in proteinuria as a surrogate end point for clinical end points in IgAN in selected settings.
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- Lesley A Inker
- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
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- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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- Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy
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- The Glomerular Kidney Disease Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
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- Department of Nephrology, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy
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- Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy
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- Renal, Dialysis & Transplant Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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- KJC Statistics Ltd and University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Evidence Based Medicine, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI
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- Division of Nephrology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Proteinuria rebound in IgA nephropathy associated with obesity-related glomerulopathy. CEN Case Rep 2015; 5:131-136. [PMID: 28508962 DOI: 10.1007/s13730-015-0208-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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IgA nephropathy (IgAN), the most prevalent primary chronic glomerulonephritis worldwide, has three major risk factors: hypertension, proteinuria >1 g/day, and severe renal lesions. Obesity also portends a poor prognosis. A Japanese boy with IgAN showed nephrotic syndrome at presentation. Pathological features resembled those of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN), although IgA deposition differed from MPGN and IgAN. Combination therapy improved renal lesions, but rebound deterioration of proteinuria occurred in this patient, who had marked obesity and hypertension. Serial kidney biopsy specimens were compatible with obesity-related glomerulopathy (ORG). Rebound proteinuria was apparently attributable to ORG rather than relapse and flaring up of IgAN.
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