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The Location and Character of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Lesions: The Prevalence, Overlap, and Clinical Relevance
Alakwaa, Fadhl , Nair, Viji , Bu, Lihong , Nast, Cynthia C. , Ozeki, Takaya , Yamashita, M , Zee, Jarcy , Hodgin, Jeffrey B. , Bu, Lihong, Rosenberg, Avi Z. , Kretzler, Matthias , Barisoni, Laura , Mariani, Laura H.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology | May 17, 2024 | Volume: 33 | Issue: 11S | Pages: 198-198
Association of Histologic Parameters with Outcome in C3 Glomerulopathy and Idiopathic Immunoglobulin-Associated Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis
Lomax-Browne, Hannah J. , Medjeral‐Thomas, Nicholas , Barbour, Sean J. , Gisby, Jack , Han, Heedeok , Fervenza, Fernando C. , Cairns, Thomas H D, Szydlo, Richard , Marks, Stephen D. , Waters, Aoife , Appel, Gerald B., D’Agati, Vivette D. , Sethi, Sanjeev , Nast, Cynthia C. , Bajema, Ingeborg M., Licht, Christoph , Cattran, Daniel C., Peters, James E. , Cook, H. Terence , Marks, Stephen D , Sethi, Sanjeev , Pickering, Matthew C , Fervenza, Fernando C , Bomback, Andrew S. , Tan, Sven‐Jean , Alpers, Charles E. , Fogo, Agnes B. , Fakhouri, Fádi
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology | July 1, 2022 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 994-1007
Background and objectives C3 glomerulopathy and idiopathic Ig-associated membranoproliferative GN are kidney diseases characterized by abnormal glomerular complement C3 deposition. These conditions are heterogeneous in outcome, but approximately 50% of patients develop kidney failure within 10 years. Design, setting, participants, & measurements To improve identification of patients with poor prognosis, we performed a detailed analysis of percutaneous kidney biopsies in a large cohort of patients. Using a validated histologic scoring system, we analyzed 156 native diagnostic kidney biopsies from a retrospective cohort of 123 patients with C3 glomerulopathy and 33 patients with Ig-associated membranoproliferative GN. We used linear regression, survival analysis, and Cox proportional hazards models to assess the relationship between histologic and clinical parameters with outcome. Results Frequent biopsy features were mesangial expansion and hypercellularity, glomerular basement membrane double contours, and endocapillary hypercellularity. Multivariable analysis showed negative associations between eGFR and crescents, interstitial inflammation, and interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy. Proteinuria positively associated with endocapillary hypercellularity and glomerular basement membrane double contours. Analysis of second native biopsies did not demonstrate associations between immunosuppression treatment and improvement in histology. Using a composite outcome, risk of progression to kidney failure associated with eGFR and proteinuria at the time of biopsy, cellular/fibrocellular crescents, segmental sclerosis, and interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy scores. Conclusions Our detailed assessment of kidney biopsy data indicated that cellular/fibrocellular crescents and interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy scores were significant determinants of deterioration in kidney function.
The longitudinal relationship between patient-reported outcomes and clinical characteristics among patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network
Troost, Jonathan P. , Waldo, Anne, Carlozzi, Noelle E. , Murphy, Shannon L., Modersitzki, Frank , Trachtman, Howard , Nachman, Patrick H. , Reidy, Kimberly J. , Selewski, David T. , Herreshoff, Emily, Srivastava, Tarak, Gibson, Keisha L. , Derebail, Vimal K. , Lin, Jen Jar, Hingorani, Sangeeta, Sambandam, Kamalanathan K. , Athavale, Ambarish M., Reich, Heather N. , Adler, Sharon G. , Dell, Katherine M., Appel, Gerald B., Wang, Chia-shi , Kaskel, Frederick J. , Lafayette, Richard , Atkinson, Meredith A. , Kretzler, Matthias , Lemley, Kevin V. , Brown, Elizabeth , Meyers, Kevin , Gadegbeku, Crystal A., Holzman, Lawrence B. , Jefferson, Jonathan Ashley, Tuttle, Katherine R, Singer, Pamela, Hogan, Marie C. , Cattran, Daniel C., Network, the Nephrotic Syndrome Study, Dell, K, Schachere, M., Lemley, K, Whitted, L, Haney, Connie J, Gurusinghe, Sayuri , Toledo, Michelly Louise Sartório Altoé, Greenbaum, L, Wang, C, Lee, B, Nast, Cynthia C. , Page, J La, Stroger, John H, Itteera, M. , Neu, Alicia M. , Boynton, Sara Ashley, Chernitskiy, Vladimir, Reidy, K, Kopp, J, Castro-Rubio, E, Brede, E, Blake, J. Thomas, Modersitzki, F, Lafayette, R, Mehta, K. , Johnstone, Duncan B., Pfeffer, Zoe, Cattran, D, Hladunewich, M, Reich, H, Ling, P., Romano, M, Barisoni, L, Bidot, Carlos, Kretzler, M, Williams, A, Pitter, R, Gibson, K, Grubbs, S, Froment, Anne, Holzman, L, Kallem, K., Cerecino, F J, Johnson, N, Jefferson, A, Tuttle, Katherine R. , Klepach, K, Kelton, M, Cooper, Ann , Lin, J J, Spainhour, Mitzie, Gray, S, Barisoni, L, Gillespie, B, Gipson, D, Holzman, L, Mariani, Laura , Song, Peter X.‐K. , Kincaid, Colleen, Lienczewski, Chrysta, Mainieri, T, Williams, Anna , Ávila-Casado, Carmen , Bagnasco, Serena M. , Gaut, Joseph P. , Hewitt, Stephen M. , Palmer, M, Rosenberg, A, Royal, Virginie , Barisoni, L, Nast, C, Roy, Cindy N., Urv, T, Dell, K, Greenbaum, L, Lee, B, Page, J La, Stroger, John H, Reidy, K, Kopp, J, Brede, E, Modersitzki, F, Lafayette, R, Gadegbeku, C, Cattran, D, Hladunewich, M, Reich, H, Romano, M, Pitter, R, Gibson, K, Cerecino, F J, Jefferson, A, Lin, J J, Gray, S, Kretzler, M, Gillespie, B, Gipson, D, Mariani, L, Mainieri, T, Williams, A, Mariani, L, Palmer, M, Rosenberg, A, Barisoni, L, Urv, T, Wang, Chia-Shi , Tuttle, Katherine R , Hogan, Marie C , Fornoni, Alessia , Fervenza, Fernando C. , Kopp, Jeffrey B. , Greenbaum, Larry A. , Sedor, John R. , Lieske, John C. , Srivastava, Tarak , Hladunewich, Michelle , Tuttle, Katherine R, Singer, Pamela S. , Barisoni, Laura , Gipson, Debbie S , Network, the Nephrotic Syndrome Study, Dell, K, Lemley, K, Greenbaum, L, Lee, B, Page, J La, Stroger, John H, Reidy, K, Kopp, J, Brede, E, Zhdanova, Olga A. , Modersitzki, F, Vento, Sandro , Lafayette, R, Cattran, D, Hladunewich, M, Reich, H, Romano, M, Barisoni, L, Bidot, C, Kretzler, M, Williams, A, Pitter, R, Gibson, K, Holzman, L, Cerecino, F J, Jefferson, A, Freedman, Barry I. , Lin, J J, Gray, S, Barisoni, L, Gillespie, B, Gipson, D, Holzman, L, Sampson, Matthew Gordon , Zee, Jarcy , Mainieri, T, Hodgin, Jeffrey B. , Palmer, M, Rosenberg, A, Thomas, D, Barisoni, L, Nast, C, Abbott, Kevin C. , Roy, C, Urv, T, Brooks, Philip John , Dell, K, Greenbaum, L, Lee, B, Page, J La, Stroger, John H, Reidy, K, Kopp, J, Brede, E, Modersitzki, F, Lafayette, R, Gadegbeku, C, Cattran, D, Hladunewich, M, Reich, H, Romano, M, Bidot, C, Pitter, R, Gibson, K, Cerecino, F J, Jefferson, A, Lin, J J, Gray, S, Kretzler, M, Gillespie, B, Gipson, D, Mariani, L, Mainieri, T, Williams, A, Mariani, L, Palmer, M, Rosenberg, A, Thomas, D, Barisoni, L, Roy, C, Urv, T, Troost, Jonathan P.
Clinical Kidney Journal | July 3, 2019 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 597-606
Abstract Background Understanding the relationship between clinical and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) will help support clinical care and future clinical trial design of novel therapies for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Methods FSGS patients ≥8 years of age enrolled in the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network completed Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System PRO measures of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (children: global health, mobility, fatigue, pain interference, depression, anxiety, stress and peer relationships; adults: physical functioning, fatigue, pain interference, sleep impairment, mental health, depression, anxiety and social satisfaction) at baseline and during longitudinal follow-up for a maximum of 5 years. Linear mixed-effects models were used to determine which demographic, clinical and laboratory features were associated with PROs for each of the eight children and eight adults studied. Results There were 45 children and 114 adult FSGS patients enrolled that had at least one PRO assessment and 519 patient visits. Multivariable analyses among children found that edema was associated with global health (−7.6 points, P = 0.02) and mobility (−4.2, P = 0.02), the number of reported symptoms was associated with worse depression (−2.7 per symptom, P = 0.009) and anxiety (−2.3, P = 0.02) and the number of emergency room (ER) visits in the prior 6 months was associated with worse mobility (−2.8 per visit, P < 0.001) and fatigue (−2.4, P = 0.03). Multivariable analyses among adults found the number of reported symptoms was associated with worse function in all eight PROMIS measures and the number of ER visits was associated with worse fatigue, pain interference, sleep impairment, depression, anxiety and social satisfaction. Laboratory markers of disease severity (i.e. proteinuria, estimated glomerular filtration rate and serum albumin) did not predict PRO in multivariable analyses, with the single exception of complete remission and better pain interference scores among children (+9.3, P = 0.03). Conclusions PROs provide important information about HRQoL for persons with FSGS that is not captured solely by the examination of laboratory-based markers of disease. However, it is critical that instruments capture the patient experience and FSGS clinical trials may benefit from a disease-specific instrument more sensitive to within-patient changes.