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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN74038076
ISRCTN74038076CompletedNot Applicable

Sequential maintenance immunosuppression with mycophenolate and prednisolone: a randomised interventional trial in progressive immunoglobulin A nephritis (IgAN)

niversitätsklinikum Ulm (Germany)0 sites70 target enrollmentStarted: May 12, 2008Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
70

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Mesangioproliferative IgA glomerulonephritis in kidney biopsy
  • 2. Steadily progressive type IgAN = loss of renal function of 2 to 3 ml/min per month before immunosuppressive induction therapy
  • 3. Completion of any form of an immunosuppressive induction protocol (Pozzi, Ballardie, Rasche, experimental)
  • 4. Still impaired renal function after induction therapy with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) less than 60 ml/min
  • 5. Aged between 18 and 68 years, either sex

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Secondary forms of IgAN e.g. anti-nuclear antibody positive (ANA+) lupus, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positive (ANCA+) vasculitis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), liver cirrhosis
  • 2. Rapidly progressive type three IgAN with crescents in greater than or equal to 30% of glomeruli
  • 3. Serum creatinine less than 130 mcmol/l or greater than 400 mcmol/l after induction therapy

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Ulm (Germany)

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