Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in the era of terminal complement inhibition: an observational cohort study.
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in the era of terminal complement inhibition: an observational cohort study.
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DOI:
10.1182/blood.2022018833
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发表时间:
2023-10-19
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Kavanagh, David
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Brocklebank, Vicky;Walsh, Patrick R.;Smith-Jackson, Kate;Hallam, Thomas M.;Marchbank, Kevin J.;Wilson, Valerie;Bigirumurame, Theophile;Dutt, Tina;Montgomery, Emma K.;Malina, Michal;Wong, Edwin K. S.;Johnson, Sally;Sheerin, Neil S.;Kavanagh, David
We prove in genotype-matched complement-mediated aHUS cohorts that C5 inhibition results in a statistical improvement in ESKD-free survival. We demonstrate that biallelic pathogenic mutations in EXOSC3 cause eculizumab nonresponsive aHUS. Historically, the majority of patients with complement-mediated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (CaHUS) progress to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Single-arm trials of eculizumab with a short follow-up suggested efficacy. We prove, for the first time to our knowledge, in a genotype matched CaHUS cohort that the 5-year cumulative estimate of ESKD-free survival improved from 39.5% in a control cohort to 85.5% in the eculizumab-treated cohort (hazard ratio, 4.95; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.75-8.90; P = .000; number needed to treat, 2.17 [95% CI, 1.81-2.73]). The outcome of eculizumab treatment is associated with the underlying genotype. Lower serum creatinine, lower platelet count, lower blood pressure, and younger age at presentation as well as shorter time between presentation and the first dose of eculizumab were associated with estimated glomerular filtration rate >60 ml/min at 6 months in multivariate analysis. The rate of meningococcal infection in the treated cohort was 550 times greater than the background rate in the general population. The relapse rate upon eculizumab withdrawal was 1 per 9.5 person years for patients with a pathogenic mutation and 1 per 10.8 person years for those with a variant of uncertain significance. No relapses were recorded in 67.3 person years off eculizumab in those with no rare genetic variants. Eculizumab was restarted in 6 individuals with functioning kidneys in whom it had been stopped, with no individual progressing to ESKD. We demonstrated that biallelic pathogenic mutations in RNA-processing genes, including EXOSC3, encoding an essential part of the RNA exosome, cause eculizumab nonresponsive aHUS. Recessive HSD11B2 mutations causing apparent mineralocorticoid excess may also present with thrombotic microangiopathy. In this month’s CME article, Brocklebank et al present detailed clinical characteristics and complete genetic analyses of a large United Kingdom cohort of patients with suspected complement-associated atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (CaHUS) treated with eculizumab. The authors demonstrate superiority over historical therapies in genotype-matched patients with CaHUS, document that outcome after eculizumab cessation is genotype-dependent, and show that relapse is very unlikely if no pathogenic gene variant is present. The data also reveal a new causative genetic lesion for eculizumab-refractory CaHUS and provide a benchmark that should prove useful as additional options for CaHUS treatment emerge.
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.0804031
发表时间:
2009-06-01
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
影响因子:
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作者:
Ferreira VP;Herbert AP;Cortés C;McKee KA;Blaum BS;Esswein ST;Uhrín D;Barlow PN;Pangburn MK;Kavanagh D
通讯作者:
Kavanagh D
影响因子:
19.6
作者:
Cavero, Teresa;Arjona, Emilia;Praga, Manuel
通讯作者:
Praga, Manuel
影响因子:
20.3
作者:
Fakhouri, Fadi;Fila, Marc;Fremeaux-Bacchi, Veronique
通讯作者:
Fremeaux-Bacchi, Veronique
影响因子:
13.6
作者:
Challis, Rachel C.;Araujo, Geisilaine S. R.;Kavanagh, David
通讯作者:
Kavanagh, David
影响因子:
19.6
作者:
Greenbaum, Larry A.;Fila, Marc;Licht, Christoph
通讯作者:
Licht, Christoph