[Value of cyclosporine in the treatment of the recurrence of nephrosis after renal transplantation]

Nephrologie. 1996;17(8):441-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

From May 1992 to December 1994, 14 children with end stage renal failure secondary to steroid-resistant idiopathic nephrotic syndrome received a cadaver kidney graft. Immediate recurrence of the nephrotic syndrome occurred in four patients. In the four patients, a complete remission was observed shortly after the start of intravenous cyclosporin; two children received in addition methylprednisolone pulses for secondary rejection. Two children were still protein-free 9 and 15 months after transplantation. In the third patient, proteinuria relapsed after 9 months of complete remission and persisted in spite of the reintroduction of intravenous cyclosporin. The fourth graft was lost at 3.5 month from irreversible rejection. The creatinine clearance of the 3 functioning grafts was respectively: 73, 76 and 92 ml/mn/1.73 m2 16, 10 and 15 months after transplantation. Intravenous cyclosporin started shortly after the recurrence, maintaining blood levels between 200 and 300 ng/ml, may induce a remission in recurrent nephrotic syndrome after renal transplantation in childhood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Cyclosporine / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Nephrotic Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Cyclosporine