Glucocorticoids in the treatment of patients with primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and moderate proteinuria

Autor: Pingyan Shen, Jingyuan Xie, Li Lin, Xiao Li, Nan Chen, Xiaoxia Pan, Jian-Ni Huang, Hong Ren
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology. 22:1315-1323
ISSN: 1437-7799
1342-1751
Popis: To compare the efficacy of glucocorticoids in primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (pFSGS) patients with moderate proteinuria. Registered at http://www.chictr.org.cn/ , study No. ChiCTR-OPN-17012789. pFSGS patients with urine protein between 1.0 and 3.5 g/24 h were recruited from 2006 to 2016. No decline in urine protein > 50% was observed after 2 months of run-in angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin-receptor blockers (ACEI/ARB) treatment. Patients were assigned to study group (glucocorticoids with ACEI/ARB) or control group (ACEI/ARB without glucocorticoids). Variables including 24-h urinary protein, serum albumin and serum creatinine during the trial were recorded. Remission was defined as proteinuria 50%, and our composite end point as > 30% decrease of eGFR or eGFR
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