Results of a nation-wide cohort study suggest favorable long-term outcomes of clone-targeted chemotherapy in immunotactoid glomerulopathy.

Immunotactoid glomerulopathy is a rare disease defined by glomerular microtubular immunoglobulin deposits. Since management and long-term outcomes remain poorly described, we retrospectively analyzed results of 27 adults from 21 departments of nephrology in France accrued over19 years. Inclusion criteria were presence of glomerular Congo red-negative monotypic immunoglobulin deposits with ultrastructural microtubular organization, without evidence for cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis. Baseline manifestations of this cohort included: proteinuria (median 6.0 g/day), nephrotic syndrome (70%), microscopic hematuria (74%) and hypertension (56%) with a median serum creatinine of 1.5 mg/dL.

Source: Kidney International - July 29, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Vincent Javaugue, L éa Dufour-Nourigat, Estelle Desport, Audrey Sibille, Bruno Moulin, Pierre Bataille, Pascal Bindi, Cyril Garrouste, Christophe Mariat, Lionel Karlin, Mathilde Nouvier, Jean-Michel Goujon, Viviane Gnemmi, Jean-Paul Fermand, Guy Touchard Tags: clinical investigation Source Type: research