Potential benefits and related treatment effects of calcineurin inhibitors combined with steroid for IgA nephropathy : a systematic review and meta-analysis

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BACKGROUND: IgA nephropathy is not uncommon for clinical practice. Within multiple options of treatment, it is alternatively to consider less well-studied immunosuppressants such as calcineurin inhibitors (CNI). The knowledge of CNI with steroid in the treatment of IgA nephropathy can be clarified via a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

METHODS: We performed the systematic search and meta-analysis for the randomized clinical trials of the CNI treatment in IgA nephropathy. The comparison between CNI combined with steroid and steroid-alone treatment was performed to find if the CNI combined with steroid can achieve more complete remission for IgA nephropathy. In addition, the related treatment effects were analyzed. After restricted selection, 16 studies with a total of 998 subjects with IgA nephropathy were enrolled. The focused outcome was complete remission, proteinuria, serum creatinine, and estimated glomerular filtration rate.

RESULTS: The meta-analysis showed higher odds ratio of complete remission if the patients received CNI with steroid combined treatment. The proteinuria can be significantly reduced under the combined treatment of CNI and steroid. However, the CNI with steroid combined treatment showed a non-superior effect on the parameters of serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate.

CONCLUSIONS: In current meta-analysis, the CNI combined with steroid treatment might show a trend to achieve complete remission status and reduce the proteinuria of IgA nephropathy when compared to steroid-alone treatment. However, no significant effects were observed in parameters of serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

International urology and nephrology - 55(2023), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 2227-2236

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Zhong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, ZhiQin [VerfasserIn]
Ji, MeiXue [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AYI8EX34EU
CNI
Calcineurin Inhibitors
Complete remission
Creatinine
IgA nephropathy
Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Proteinuria
Review
Steroid
Steroids
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 09.08.2023

Date Revised 09.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11255-023-03524-1

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NLM353629219