Oral mizoribine pulse therapy for patients with steroid-resistant and frequently relapsing steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome
Oral mizoribine pulse therapy for patients with steroid-resistant and frequently relapsing steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome
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DOI:
10.1093/ndt/gfh996
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发表时间:
2005-10-01
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Suzuki, H
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作者:
Kawasaki, Y;Hosoya, M;Suzuki, H
Background. We investigated the efficacy of oral mizoribine pulse therapy ( mizoribine-pulse) for cyclosporin ( CyA)-dependent, steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome ( SRNS) and frequently relapsing, steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome ( FR-SDNS).Methods. One child with CyA-dependent SRNS and eight children with CyA-dependent FR-SDNS were treated with mizoribine- pulse ( daily dose: 10 mg/ kg; maximum total dose 500 mg). We compared clinical manifestations before and after mizoribine- pulse, and studied the changes in serum mizoribine concentration in each patient on days when mizoribine was administered.Results. Four patients had no subsequent relapses ( responders). Two of the four responders discontinued prednisolone and CyA, the other two discontinued CyA. Although each of the five other patients ( nonresponders) experienced single subsequent relapses, the dosages of prednisolone and CyA after mizoribine-pulse were decreased significantly compared with before mizoribine- pulse. The peak blood concentration of mizoribine in the responders was higher than in the non-responders ( 3.6 +/- 0.9 vs 1.8 +/- 0.4 mg/ ml).Conclusions. Mizoribine- pulse may be effective for some patients with CyA-dependent SRNS and FR- SDNS.