Outcomes of Immunosuppression in IgA Nephropathy Based on the Oxford Classification

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Palamuthusingam, Dharmenaan
Castledine, Clare
Lawman, Sarah
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Numerous studies have addressed the predictive value of pathology findings from the Oxford Classification. Whether this influences treatment choice has not been determined. We evaluated patients with IgA nephropathy who were immunosuppressed and correlated our findings with both clinical and histological features as per the Oxford Classification. This was a retrospective observational study of 45 patients who had biopsy-proven IgA nephropathy with a mean follow-up of 2.6 years. Primary outcomes were time to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or a 50% rise in serum creatinine. Immunosuppression was not associated with lower hazards for both ESRD and 50% rise in serum creatinine. From the Oxford Classification, only T0 was associated with significantly lower hazards for ESRD [hazard ratio (HR), 0.067; confidence interval (CI) 0.01-0.58]. Patients who had crescents and/or necrotizing lesions on biopsy were more likely to be immunosuppressed (odds ratio 9.99; 95% CI 1.99-50.06, P = 0.005) but demonstrated a statistically nonsignificant higher hazard for both renal end points (HR, 1.61; CI 0.19-13.89). Such lesions were also associated with a higher incidence of hypertension (149 vs. 135 mm Hg) and greater proteinuria (2.7 vs. 1.9 g/day) at presentation. The use of the Oxford Classification did not aid decision-making with regard to the use of immunosuppression. Crescents and/or necrosis identified on histology were associated with the use of immunosuppression. Hence, there is a need for these lesions to be evaluated further in large cohorts and incorporated into future disease classifications.

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Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation

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29

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2

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© 2018 Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation. Published by Medknow. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

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Nephrology and urology

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Palamuthusingam, D; Castledine, C; Lawman, S, Outcomes of Immunosuppression in IgA Nephropathy Based on the Oxford Classification, Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2018, 29 (2), pp. 341-350

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