Validation of the international IgA nephropathy prediction tool in a French cohort beyond 10 years after diagnosis.

Introduction: The International IgA Nephropathy Network developed a tool (IINN-PT) for predicting the risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) or a 50% decline in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). We aimed to validate this tool in a French cohort with longer follow-up than previously published validation studies.

Methods: The predicted survival of patients with biopsy-proven immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) from the Saint Etienne University Hospital cohort was computed with IINN-PT models with or without ethnicity.

[Rituximab immunomonitoring in autoimmune diseases: a support tool in clinical practice?].

Introduction: Immune monitoring of monoclonal antibodies is a helpful tool in optimizing the management of patients treated with TNF blockers, especially in gastroenterology. In contrast, studies evaluating the interest of such monitoring are lacking for other monoclonal antibodies used in autoimmune diseases, including rituximab despite its widespread use in the field for almost 15 years. Hence, we conducted a study whose goal was to describe the clinical and biological characteristics of all patients who had a rituximab immune monitoring.

Evaluation of the efficacy of an interdialytic "ethanol 40% v/v - enoxaparin 1000 U/mL" lock solution to prevent tunnelled catheter infections in chronic hemodialysis patients: a multi-centre, randomized, single blind, parallel group study.

Background: Tunnelled dialysis catheter (TC) infections are a major health complication and are associated with increased antibiotic consumption, hospital stays, health costs and mortality. Experimental data provide evidence that Ethenox, a mixture of enoxaparine 1000 U/mL in 40% v/v ethanol, could be a promising lock solution. The aim of the study is to compare an interdialytic lock solution of Ethenox with reference lock solutions, unfractionated heparin (UFH) or citrate 4% for the prevention of TCI in hemodialysis patients.

Repeat renal biopsy improves the Oxford classification-based prediction of immunoglobulin A nephropathy outcome.

Background: The prognosis of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is very heterogeneous. Predicting the nature and the rate of the disease progression is crucial for refining patient treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of an Oxford classification-based repeat kidney tissue evaluation to predict end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Deletion Variants of and Associate with Mesangial Immune Deposits but Not with Progression of IgA Nephropathy.

Activation of complement through the alternative pathway has a key role in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). Large, international, genome-wide association studies have shown that deletion of complement factor H-related genes 1 and 3 () is associated with a reduced risk of developing IgAN, although the prognostic value of these deletions in IgAN remains unknown. Here, we compared the renal outcomes of patients with IgAN according to their genotype.