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NDT Advance Access published online on November 16, 2004
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh563
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Received February 24, 2004
Accepted October 1, 2004

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Histological and clinical predictors of early and late renal outcome in ANCA-associated vasculitis

Irmgard Neumann 1*, Renate Kain 2, Heinz Regele 2, Afschin Soleiman 2, Sandra Kandutsch 2, and Franz Thomas Meisl 1

1 Department of Nephrology, Wilhelminenspital, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2 Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Irmgard Neumann, E-mail: irmgard.neumann{at}nep.wil.magwien.gv.at



  Abstract

Background. Renal involvement remains a major determinant in antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated small vessel vasculitis (AASV). While some patients may develop persistent renal damage, others have a favourable outcome.

Methods. To identify patients at risk for poor renal outcome, we evaluated 95 renal biopsies (67 initial biopsies and 28 repeat biopsies) of 67 patients with AASV for the presence and extent of active (AI) and chronic (CI) lesions, retrospectively. AI, CI, levels of proteinuria and dose of cyclophosphamide (CYC) were related to renal outcome.

Results. Recovery of renal function in patients initially dialysis dependent was associated with a lower CI compared with patients who remained on dialysis (P<0.001), while AI did not differ significantly. In these patients, age <65 years revealed a positive predictive value of 85% for renal function recovery. Patients initially requiring dialysis exhibited a higher AI and CI compared with those who did not. Renal function in long-term follow-up correlated with CI and the amount of proteinuria. This relationship increased with time, exhibiting at 4 years a correlation coefficient of 0.607 for CI (P<0.01) and of 0.775 for proteinuria (P<0.001). Follow-up biopsies showed a more pronounced CI compared with initial biopsies (P<0.001). None of the investigated initial parameters was predictive for renal relapse. However, there was a relationship between dose and duration of CYC and time to relapse. Compared with the initial biopsy, repeat biopsies of eight patients with a creeping serum creatinine in clinical remission showed a decrease of AI (P<0.001) while CI increased rapidly. These patients also had less initial CYC (NS).

Conclusions. These data suggest that in AASV, evaluation of renal histopathology is helpful in predicting early and late renal outcome. Chronicity and proteinuria were the best determinants of poor renal prognosis. Activity may regress under therapy, while chronicity may progress despite treatment. The amount of CYC seems to influence the occurrence of early relapses and renal survival.

Keywords: ANCA; follow-up biopsies; glomerulonephritis; histopathology; prognosis; therapy.
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