Outcome of immunosuppression in children with IgA vasculitis-related nephritis

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BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: IgA vasculitis with nephritis (IgAVN) is the most common vasculitis in children. Treatment recommendations are, due to a lack of evidence, based on expert opinion resulting in variation. The aim of this study was to describe clinical presentation, treatment and outcome of an extremely large cohort of children with biopsy proven IgAVN to identify prognostic risk factors and signals of treatment efficacy.

METHODS: Retrospective data were collected on 1148 children with biopsy proven IgAVN between 2005 and 2019 from 41 international paediatric nephrology centres across 25 countries and analyzed using multivariate analysis. The primary outcome was estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and persistent proteinuria at last follow up.

RESULTS: The median follow up was 3.7 years (IQR 2-6.2). At last follow up, 29% of patients had an eGFR < 90 ml/min/1.73m2, 36% had proteinuria and 3% had chronic kidney disease stage 4-5. Older age, lower eGFR at onset, hypertension and histological features of tubular atrophy and segmental sclerosis were predictors of poor outcome. There was no evidence to support any specific second line immunosuppressive regimen to be superior to others, even when further analysing subgroups of children with reduced kidney function, nephrotic syndrome or hypoalbuminemia at onset. Delayed start of immunosuppressive treatment was associated with a lower eGFR at last follow up.

CONCLUSION: In this large retrospective cohort, key features associated with disease outcome are highlighted. Importantly there was no evidence to support that any specific immunosuppressive treatments were superior to others. Further discovery science and well-conducted clinical trials are needed to define accurate treatment and improve outcomes of IgAVN.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - (2024) vom: 11. Jan.

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Englisch

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Rohner, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Marlais, Matko [VerfasserIn]
Ahn, Yo Han [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Alaa [VerfasserIn]
Alsharief, Abrar [VerfasserIn]
Novak, Anja Blejc [VerfasserIn]
Brambilla, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Cakici, Evrim Kargin [VerfasserIn]
Candan, Cengiz [VerfasserIn]
Canpolat, Nur [VerfasserIn]
Yu-Hin Chan, Eugene [VerfasserIn]
Decramer, Stéphane [VerfasserIn]
Didsbury, Madeleine [VerfasserIn]
Durao, Filipa [VerfasserIn]
Durkan, Anne M [VerfasserIn]
Düzova, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Forbes, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Gracchi, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Güngör, Tulin [VerfasserIn]
Horinouchi, Tomoko [VerfasserIn]
Demir, Belde Kasap [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Yasuko [VerfasserIn]
Koskela, Mikael [VerfasserIn]
Kurt-Sukur, Eda Didem [VerfasserIn]
La Scola, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Langan, Dean [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaozhong [VerfasserIn]
Malgieri, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Mastrangelo, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Min, Jeesu [VerfasserIn]
Mizerska-Wasiak, Malgorzata [VerfasserIn]
Moussaoui, Nabila [VerfasserIn]
Noyan, Aytul [VerfasserIn]
Nuutinen, Matti [VerfasserIn]
O'Gormon, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
Okamoto, Takayuki [VerfasserIn]
Oni, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Oosterveld, Michiel [VerfasserIn]
Pańczyk-Tomaszewska, Malgorzata [VerfasserIn]
Parmaksiz, Gonul [VerfasserIn]
Pasini, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Rianthavorn, Pornpimol [VerfasserIn]
Roelofs, Joris [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yunyan [VerfasserIn]
Sinha, Rajiv [VerfasserIn]
Topaloglu, Rezan [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Diletta Domenica [VerfasserIn]
Udagawa, Tomohiro [VerfasserIn]
Wennerström, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Yap, Yok Chin [VerfasserIn]
Tullus, Kjell [VerfasserIn]

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Children
Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis
IgA vasculitis nephritis
Immunosuppression
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Date Revised 11.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1093/ndt/gfae009

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NLM367025183