Prognostic value of proteinuria monitoring in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.

Clin Exp Nephrol

Department of Rheumatology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.

Published: August 2023

Objective: To determine the prognostic significance of proteinuria monitoring in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of kidney biopsy-confirmed patients with AAV. Proteinuria was evaluated by a urine dipstick test. Poor renal outcome was defined as stage 4/5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) (estimated glomerular filtration rate < 30 mL/min/1.73 m).

Results: We enrolled 77 patients with a median follow-up duration of 36 months (interquartile range, 18-79) in this study. Excluding 8 patients on dialysis at 6 months, 59/69 (85.5%) achieved remission after induction therapy. Patients were then divided into two groups according to the presence of proteinuria at 6 months after induction therapy (n = 29 with proteinuria, 40 without proteinuria). There was no significant difference in the rate of relapse or death according to the presence of proteinuria (p = 0.304 relapse, 0.401 death). In contrast, patients with proteinuria had significantly lower kidney function than those without proteinuria (41 vs. 53.5 mL/min/1.73 m, p = 0.003). Multivariate analysis revealed that eGFR values at 6 months (hazard ratio [HR] 0.925; 95% CI 0.875-0.978, p = 0.006) and proteinuria at 6 months (HR 4.613; 95% CI 1.230-17.298, p = 0.023) were significantly associated with stage 4/5 CKD.

Conclusion: The presence of proteinuria at 6 months after induction therapy and low renal function was significantly associated with a higher risk of stage 4/5 CKD in patients with AAV. Monitoring for proteinuria after induction therapy may help predict poor renal outcomes in patients with AAV.

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